Description
• Explains the way to work with baneful herbs through rituals and spells, as plant spirit familiars, as potent medicines, and as visionary substances
• Details the spiritual, alchemical, astrological, and symbolic associations of every plant, its active alkaloids, the way to safely cultivate and harvest it, and rituals and spells suited to its individual nature and powers
• Shares plant alchemy methods, magical techniques, and recipes featuring the plants, including a up to date witches’ flying ointment
Part grimoire and part herbal formulary, this guide to the Poison Path of occult herbalism shares history, lore, and information regarding the usage of poisonous, consciousness-altering, and magical plants. Creator Coby Michael explains how, regardless of their poisonous nature, baneful herbs can transform powerful plant allies, offering potent medicine, magical wisdom, and get admission to to the spirit realm.
Detailing the spiritual, alchemical, astrological, and symbolic associations of every plant, the Creator explores their magical uses in spells and rituals. He focuses primarily on the nightshade circle of relatives, or Solanaceae, such as mandrake, henbane, and thorn apple, but also explores plants from other families such as wolfsbane, hemlock, and hellebore. He also examines plants in the witch’s pharmacopoeia that are safer to work with and just as chemically active, such as wormwood, mugwort, and yarrow.
The Creator shares rituals suited to the individual nature and powers of every plant and explains how to draw and work with plant spirit familiars. He offers plant alchemy methods for crafting spagyric tinctures and magical techniques to facilitate working with these plants as allies and teachers. He shares magical recipes featuring the plants, including a up to date witches’ flying ointment. He also explores safely cultivating baneful herbs in a poison garden.
