num_pages: 256
description: A guide to safely working with the poisonous plants of the witches pharmacopoeia for magic healing and visions  Explains how 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 each plant its active alkaloids how 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 modern witches flying ointmentPart grimoire and part herbal formulary this guide to the Poison Path of occult herbalism shares history lore and information regarding the use of poisonous consciousness-altering and magical plants. Author Coby Michael explains how despite their poisonous nature baneful herbs can become powerful plant allies offering potent medicine magical wisdom and access to the spirit realm.Detailing the spiritual alchemical astrological and symbolic associations of each plant the author explores their magical uses in spells and rituals. He focuses primarily on the nightshade family 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 witchs pharmacopoeia that are safer to work with and just as chemically active such as wormwood mugwort and yarrow.The author shares rituals suited to the individual nature and powers of each plant and explains how to attract 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 modern witches flying ointment. He also explores safely cultivating baneful herbs in a poison garden.
language: English
title: The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful Herbs, Medicinal Nightshades, and Ritual Entheogens
publisher: Park Street Press