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Botanical Name
Olea europaea
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The olive is the tree that gives the fruit and the oil, an evergreen of the Mediterranean region. Wikipedia names Olea europaea as the species that includes the cultivated olive and five other subspecies. Cunningham calls it masculine, with the Sun and fire, and gives deities Athena, Apollo, Irene, Minerva and Ra and powers of healing, peace, fertility, potency, protection and lust. His other names are Olivier, Itm and Mitan. Kynes gives it all four elements, the signs Aquarius, Aries and Leo, and the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Moon and Sun, with a long list of deities that includes Amaterasu, Amun, Apollo, Athena, Hera, Horus, Pele, Poseidon and Ra. Her powers include abundance, fertility, healing, love, loyalty, peace, prosperity, protection and purification. She says to prepare a candle with olive oil for love or passion and to use olive oil to consecrate ritual objects, and she sells olives, olive oil and dried leaves.

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Correspondences

Elements
Air, Earth, Fire, Water
Celestial Bodies
Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, Sun
Zodiac Signs
Aquarius, Aries, Leo
Colours
No colours recorded.
Deities
Amaterasu (Japanese; also called Amaterasu Omikami), Amun (Egyptian; also called Amen, Amon), Apollo (Greek), Athena (Greek), Flora (Roman), Hera (Greek), Hermes (Greek), Horus (Egyptian), Jupiter (Roman; also called Jove), Minerva (Roman), Pele (Hawaiian), Poseidon (Greek), Ra (Egyptian; also called Re), Saturn (Roman), Zeus (Greek), Astarte (Canaanite & Phoenician; also called Ashtart, Ashtoreth), Brahma (Hindu), Fides (Roman), Indra (Hindu)

Folk Names

  • Itm
  • Mitan
  • Olivier

Categories

  • Abundance
  • Blessing
  • Consecration
  • Family
  • Fertility
  • Fidelity
  • Funeral Rites
  • Healing
  • Home Blessing
  • Hope
  • Love
  • Luck
  • Lust
  • Peace
  • Prosperity
  • Protection
  • Purification
  • Sex
  • Sexuality
  • Spirituality
  • Wealth

Substitutes

No substitutes recorded.

Forms

Fruit

Cunningham lists the fruit, and Kynes sells olives and has you eat three before contacting spirits.

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Leaf

Kynes sells the dried leaves.

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Oil

Kynes sells olive oil and uses it to prepare candles and to consecrate ritual objects.

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References

Notes

  1. Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Olive".
  2. Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Olive".
  3. Wikipedia, under "Olea europaea."
  4. Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Olive".
  5. Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Olive".
  6. Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Olive".
  7. Kynes, Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Olive".

Bibliography

  • Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2012. (EPUB.)14
  • Kynes, Sandra. The Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants: History, Folklore, Correspondences, and Spells. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2024. (EPUB.)2567
  • Wikipedia, under "Olea europaea." Accessed October 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olea_europaea&oldid=1376609949. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)3
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