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A guide to safely working with the poisonous plants of the witches’ pharmacopoeia for magic, healing, and visions
List of contents
Introduction
PART 1
What Is the Poison Path?
1 Basic Knowledge for the Poison Path
Entheology, Ethnobotany, and the Solanaceae
2 A Brief History of Baneful Herbs
Medicine, Politics, and Magic
3 The Witches’ Flying Ointment
PART 2
The Three Ways of the Poison Path
4 The Crossroads on the Path of Poison
5 The Book of Saturn
Baneful Herbs and Dark Workings
6 The Book of Venus
The Ars Veneris
7 The Book of Mercury
Traversing the Realms
8 Other Magical Plants
Catalysts, Euphoriants, and Cleansers
PART 3
The Poison Path in Practice
9 Walking the Crooked Path Preparation and Formulation
10 The Other Garden Cultivation and Harvesting
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
About the author
Coby Michael is a practitioner of the Poison Path of occult herbalism and a cultivator of entheogenic herbs. He contributes to the Pagan Archives at Valdosta University, writes regularly for
The House of Twigs, and maintains a blog,
Poisoner’s Apothecary, on Patheos Pagan. He teaches classes and online workshops on plant magic, baneful herbs, and traditional witchcraft. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Summary
A guide to safely working with the poisonous plants of the witches’ pharmacopoeia for magic, healing, and visions
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"I’m very keen to discover what Mr. Michael has collected and presents in this new book. For some, it might be a bit beyond the pale, but for those interested in ethnobotany, as well as those curious to look into some of the more shadowy corners of plant study, as well as how plants have been used in the past by apothecaries, herbalists, and the cunning folk (and if you know where to look, are still used today), this looks to be the book to be reading indeed."
