Q: Have been reading a book titled Wizards and witches. Finding this book interesting. Am wanting to know if there is any truth to these herbs the author claims of deadly nightshade, monkshood, thornapple, plus henbane are made into an ointment to aid witches in night flying? A book and herb dealer claims wolfsbane is used for cloaking. Is that true?
Sincerely,
Dawn
Sincerely,
Dawn
A1: Winifred responds... A2: Mark Responds
A1: Greetings Dawn, I would suggest acquiring a couple of real honest to goodness herbal manuals to accompany your other reading. If you are interested in using herbs in your work you need to know more about them, especially if you intend to wear, ingest or inhale them. Certain plants and other natural ingredients, by themselves or in-conjunction with other plants or compounds can make you very ill and even kill you. In some cases, by even just smelling or touching them. .. and yes these four are of the deadly variety! There are books such as "Kitchen Witchery" by Marilyn F. Daniel that give you substitutions for deadly ingredients. Her book runs the gamut from oils to comestibles. Nice little book.
Again, I'm sure Mark may have a few words to say about this.
Blessings,
Winifred
A1: Greetings Dawn, I would suggest acquiring a couple of real honest to goodness herbal manuals to accompany your other reading. If you are interested in using herbs in your work you need to know more about them, especially if you intend to wear, ingest or inhale them. Certain plants and other natural ingredients, by themselves or in-conjunction with other plants or compounds can make you very ill and even kill you. In some cases, by even just smelling or touching them. .. and yes these four are of the deadly variety! There are books such as "Kitchen Witchery" by Marilyn F. Daniel that give you substitutions for deadly ingredients. Her book runs the gamut from oils to comestibles. Nice little book.
Again, I'm sure Mark may have a few words to say about this.
Blessings,
Winifred
A2: Hi, Those recipes include deadly ingredients because they were coerced out of people under torture during the Witch Trials. It is my guess that they did so in hopes that the inquisitors would try them & die instead of fly. Also, hallucinogenics are usually poisons, in that the poison makes the mind hallucinate, giving, perhaps, a sensation of flight. Again, don't try this at home.
Rev. Mark A. Lyons, President
Drawing the Circle Productions, INC
Rev. Mark A. Lyons, President
Drawing the Circle Productions, INC
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