A type of orchid. Below ground many orchids have tuberoids composed of both root and stem tissue and used for storage. In this orchid the tuberoids appear in pairs, giving the orchid its name, orchis, which is Greek for testicle. The root of the Orchis is considered a remedy to be used against enchantments. Also known as “Adam and Eve Root” and used in folk magick for love charms.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...