VENEFICIUM: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path.

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VENEFICIUM: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path.
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VENEFICIUM: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path.
VENEFICIUM: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path.

Place Published: California
Publisher: Three Hands Press [Xoanon]
Date Published:
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine in Dust Jacket
Book Id: 303018

Description

First edition. 1,250 copies printed. Octavo, cloth in full colour dust jacket, artwork by Benjamin Vierling. 208 pp. ¶ In many esoteric traditions, there exists an iconic or linguistic corollary between the concepts of 'poisoner' and 'sorcerer', suggesting a sinistral magical kinship. Indeed, the use of plant, animal and mineral toxins is a strand of magic originating in remotest antiquity and reaching the present day. Beyond its mundane function as an agent of corporeal harm, poisons have also served as gateways of religious ecstasy, occult knowledge, and sensorial aberration, as well as the basis of cures. Allied with Samael, the Edenic serpent of first transgression whose Hebrew name in some translations is 'Venom of God', this facet of magic wends through the rites of ancient Sumer and Egypt, penetrating European Necromancy, Alchemy, the arcane the rites of the Witches' Sabbath, and modern-day folk magic. This persistent thread, here referred to as the 'Cult of the Green Snake', finds diverse manifestations in the varied traditions it makes home. VENEFICIUM concerns the intersection of magic and poison. Of particular note to this study are the herbs of the so-called 'Devil's Garden', which bear relation to the allied witchcraft concepts of the Graal of Midnight, the Witches' Supper, and the Unguentum Sabbati, the flying ointment of the witches which has exerted fascination over scholar, historians, and practitioners alike. Beyond consideration of the toxicological dimensions of magical power, the concurrent thread of astral and philosophical poisons are also examined, and their resonance and dissonance with magical practice explored. The work will be of interest to students of magic, witchcraft, alchemy, botanical folklore, medicine, and occult pharmacology.

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