Calamus | Sweet Flag

DescriptionCalamus (also known as sweet flag, bach, vacha, & rat root) is found all over the northern hemisphere. This grass-like plant loves wet environments. It grows near pond edges, wet fields, pastures, ditches and moist meadows. But do not mistake it for a cattail.Alleged to grant the bearer control over a person or situation and aids one in times of emotional exhaustion. Burning calamus incense will strengthen self-confidence, and promotes success. Use to strengthen and bind spells of luck, money, healing, and protection. To keep hunger and poverty out of your home, place pieces of this root in the corners of your kitchen. It can be powdered and used in healing incenses and charm bags or burned to treat headaches, coughs, and colds.In Exodus 30: 23-32 we find that calamus was one of the herbs used to make an anointing oil for the ark of the covenant as well as the tent of meeting. According to these verses this oil was only meant to be used on qualified persons to consecrate them as priests to God. Whatever touches the oil, or is consecrated by it is alleged to become holy.