Trefor Wickens - The Magical Use of Herbs in the Shakespearean Era
Channel: Doreen Valiente
Date: 2022-06-27

The Talk is in the form of lecture, using slides, folktales and personal experience to explore the methods employed by our Elizabethan ancestors, with regard to the use of herbs and Illustrate their folk magic use in British culture during time of William Shakespeare, Including Q&A session.
People were guided through the use of herbs mentioned by the Bard, to enable us to include them in our modern day spells and charms 
We explored the properties of plants mentioned in his plays including A Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth 
In this talk we also acknowledged Doreen’s love of Shakespeare and herbs by referencing some of her comments on the subject from her writings
A short handout on the herbal spells/charms covered will be available.