What Does Magick Have to Do with Tea?

At Clairvoyance Tea, we’ve found a solution to an old problem: research-backed magical brews wrapped in the timeless ritual of tea.

I’ve spent years learning traditional western magick, often wondering where the fruits of my practice would lead me. When searching for ways to share this practice with others, I came across herbalism. My love of tea and esoteric knowledge instantly collided with this newfound passion, and the idea for magickal tea was born.

Grouping plants by their astrological correspondences, medicinal effects, physical attributes, and ritualistic uses across cultural boundaries and time makes authentic magical executables possible without you needing express knowledge of the research behind the scenes—provided somebody crazy enough to dare to master these crafts maintains quality and accuracy.

This foolhardy quest is one we take very seriously. Striving to be a source of light for travelers from all walks of life is our true magickal will.

These aren’t just teas. They’re potent magickal artifacts steeped in millennia of medicinal and esoteric knowledge. Tip the scales of fortune, sharpen your mind, charm a lover, or discover your own true will—all with the timeless ritual of tea.

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The Problem

There is a schism in the Western magical community that runs almost as deep as modern materialism.

Practitioners of magick following ceremonial traditions like Golden Dawn and Thelema tend to look at Wicca as a misguided side quest rather than a genuine movement of personal empowerment; on the other side of things, Wiccans, Neo-Pagans, astrologers, and new age philosophers are largely unaware of the scholarly synthesizers throughout history at the root of their folk magic rituals—men and women who often spent their entire lives preserving esoteric texts and techniques around the globe at great cost to themselves.

And, who could blame them? To expect the average witch to spend years combing through fifteenth century grimoires or wading through outdated grading systems of magical orders is too heavy a responsibility. Expecting a magician with an academic approach to understand why that same witch wouldn’t dedicate themselves to learning from the source is equally absurd.

The Bridge

Clairvoyance started as a way to share my love and knowledge of magick, but has grown into a catalyst for connecting ceremonial magicians, witches, star readers, spiritually curious weirdos, agnostics, atheists, and people of popular faiths through a common thread: traditional Western herbalism.

Below, I present our flagship blend in especial detail to demonstrate the discipline we put into each tea. It is my wish that you find something truly wonderful for yourself here.

Moon Maiden — Invocation of the Lunar Goddess

Throughout history, there has been a consistent ruler in the realm of dreams, intuition, and hidden knowledge on a throne sitting opposite pure reason—a lady of immense magical ability traditionally referred to as the White Goddess. To this end, a tea blend aiming to invoke her must be equally as ethereal, visionary, and beautiful.

Sitting on a bed of pungent florals, namely jasmine, chamomile and lavender, is a layer of mildly stimulating rosemary and dreamy mugwort.

Jasmine, the brilliant Night Bloomer, is a direct perfume correspondence listed by Crowley in 777 for the sphere of Luna on the tree of life (Yesod) and provides a calming, aromatic blanket. Dioscorides, the 1st century Greek physician, agreed, noting Jasmine as a way to “soften” the body with a hypnotic effect.

Chamomile, a flower the Egyptians believed to be Ra incarnate, seems an odd choice for a moon tea until you factor in how time shifts symbols in Jungian psychology. It is in every modern nighttime tea blend for a reason: it is a moderate herbal relaxant, and thus the taste is associated with an impulse in our psyches to signal sleepiness. And after all, should the sun’s light not reflect off the moon’s surface, we might not know it ever existed in the first place.

Lavender is a cooling antidepressant known to decrease stress and improve sleep quality. Its oils are so potent that it is a prescription drug in Europe and Australia called Silexan, primarily to improve anxiety, stress and tension. It also suggests a purple tint to the mind, a perfect match with Yesod. Lavender was one of the primary aromatics used in Egyptian mummification and held an important role in religious ceremonies as an incense, cementing the flower as a link between this world and the next.

Blue Mallow isn’t actually blue at all, it is a brilliant violet that stimulates our visual perception. In herbalism it is known as a demulcent, providing Moon Maiden with a silky mouth feel that equalizes the astringent properties of rosemary. Pythagoras (yes, this mathematician turns out to be one of the most prominent occult figures in history) forbade his followers from eating plants in the Mallow family for the express reason of it being a link between celestial and earthly beings. Today it is often used in Wiccan rites for calm energy and soothing nightmares, a useful partner to potent mugwort.

Rosemary, as Matthew Wood explains in The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism, turns out to be the most useful herb in both Mediterranean and Western herbalism, with organ affinities ranging from respiratory to digestive to nervous; “The Arabic physicians considered it one of the most valuable items in the materia medica.” While commonly understood as being in the domain of fire, its Latin name Rosmarinus literally translates to “Dew of the Sea”, growing wild on sea cliffs and drinking ocean mist. Greek scholars wore garlands of rosemary to help them pass exams, and so earns its place in this blend as a memory tonic for bringing what we can of the dreamworld into ours.

Mugwort is the dream-inducing cornerstone of this blend, setting it apart from nearly every night blend on the market. It is scarcely used due to its interactions while pregnant or nursing, but also acts as a visionary enhancer for the subconscious while meditating and sleeping, making it an excellent choice for Crowley to place this as a lunar herb in 777. It is the go-to herb for ritualistic dreamwork and visionary meditation. The Romans valued mugwort highly for its protective and medicinal properties, famously using it to prevent fatigue by placing leaves in sandals for weary soldiers and travelers, and associated it with Diana, the Goddess of the Moon.

Customers have reported feeling unusually well rested after drinking this tea before bed. The taste is a full-spectrum chamomile base, using both German and Egyptian varieties, with notes of lavender underneath. We source our German chamomile and mugwort from a family-owned farm in Vermont whose chamomile is out of this world and whose mugwort, notoriously bitter, has no bitterness whatever.

Brews violet, the color of Foundation.

The Planetary Collection

Moon Maiden is one of seven classical planetary teas. Each brew corresponds to a sphere on the Tree of Life, with ingredients selected for their astrological correspondences, medicinal effects, and ritual history.

Liquid Sol captures sunlight in liquid form—luxurious saffron, zestful lemon peel, and buttery calendula alongside fiery St. John’s Wort and sweet cinnamon. Morning fuel for those who rise with purpose. Brews gold, the color of Beauty.

Ruby Samurai blesses the battlefield with hibiscus and roasted Yerba Maté, a complex toasted-tart profile resembling the vitality of blood. A tonic for the weary fighter. Brews red, the color of Strength.

Aphrodite’s Kiss marries the supple lush of rose petals with the subtle cooling breath of spearmint. Linden leaves lend gentle hands for easing stress toward connection. The hopeful romantic’s potion. Brews green, the color of Victory.

Merciful Tide is a tribute to Jupiter’s unmatched breadth of power. Imperial White tea upon a throne of lemon balm and sage, with vibrant tulsi and aromatic hyssop. Where the realms of fortune and progress reside. Brews blue, the color of Mercy.

Quicksilver celebrates Mercury with quickness of intellect and endurance of mind. Gotu kola—proven to increase reaction time—fuels an energetic shockwave of citrus and spice from rare bai-hao oolong. Brews orange, the color of Splendor.

Divine Blessing honors the supernal Mother. Saturn is her planet, and with each rotation she births new structure and understanding. Roasted barley and aged pu’er with detoxifying horsetail build a stage for renewed discipline. Brews black, the color of Understanding.

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