{"id":52959,"date":"2022-03-23T18:10:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=52959"},"modified":"2022-03-27T10:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T10:34:25","slug":"bay-also-called-grecian-laurell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/bay-also-called-grecian-laurell\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay  also called Grecian Laurell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo \u00a0he loved Daphne<\/p>\n<p>but sadly she never cared<\/p>\n<p>she turned him down<\/p>\n<p>so her father \u00a0acted as \u00a0a clown<\/p>\n<p>he turned his daughter into a tree<\/p>\n<p>a bay tree so i hear<\/p>\n<p>an intro to a poem about the bay<\/p>\n<p>which became clear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>masculine its gender<\/p>\n<p>ruled by the \u00a0planet Sun<\/p>\n<p>the element of course was fire<\/p>\n<p>deities \u00a0when done<\/p>\n<p>Apollo Ceres &amp;Eros<\/p>\n<p>protection and psychic power<\/p>\n<p>leaves placed under \u00a0 ones pillow<\/p>\n<p>prophetic dreams and how<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>burned causing some visions<\/p>\n<p>.and negativity<\/p>\n<p>it also deters cockroaches<\/p>\n<p>and mice apparently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>placed in windows<\/p>\n<p>preventing lightening strike<\/p>\n<p>and of course fire<\/p>\n<p>the berries are a \u00a0narcotic<\/p>\n<p>at least \u00a0some will perspire<\/p>\n<p>see visions \u00a0be claivoyant<\/p>\n<p>warding off the poltergeist<\/p>\n<p>very good in money spells<\/p>\n<p>and love spells made \u00a0at sacred wells<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In roman times<\/p>\n<p>and greek times<\/p>\n<p>a cure all i can say<\/p>\n<p>it lowers blood sugar<\/p>\n<p>and fights circulation<\/p>\n<p>And eases digestion \u00a0woes too<\/p>\n<p>clairvoyance and wisdom<\/p>\n<p>in matters of love<\/p>\n<p>there are wonderful spells<\/p>\n<p>that come true<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the \u00a0berries are quite the narcotic<\/p>\n<p>strange dreams emanate so they say<\/p>\n<p>and all from this weird little berry.<\/p>\n<p>that hangs off the branch and some say<\/p>\n<p>it is very potent, prophetic dreams cometh<\/p>\n<p>as pain possibly slips away.<\/p>\n<p>and most of us thought it just a leaf<\/p>\n<p>in your rice in your soup come what may.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>gender \u00a0 masculine<\/p>\n<p>planet \u00a0 \u00a0 sun<\/p>\n<p>element \u00a0 fire<\/p>\n<p>Deities \u00a0 \u00a0 apollo,Ceres Eros<\/p>\n<p>powers \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Protection and strength<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo \u00a0he loved Daphne but sadly she never cared she turned him down so her father \u00a0acted as \u00a0a clown he turned his daughter into a tree a bay tree so i hear an intro to a poem about the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/bay-also-called-grecian-laurell\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52959"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52981,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52959\/revisions\/52981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}