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The Witches' Ointment The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic
Author: Thomas Hatsis

An exploration of the historical origins of the ?witches? ointment? and medieval hallucinogenic drug practices based on the earliest sources — ? Details how early modern theologians demonized psychedelic folk magic into ?witches? ointments? — ? Shares dozens of psychoactive formulas and recipes gleaned from rare manuscripts from university collect... more »ions all over the world as well as the practices and magical incantations necessary for their preparation

? Examines the practices of medieval witches like Matteuccia di Francisco, who used hallucinogenic drugs in her love potions and herbal preparations

In the medieval period preparations with hallucinogenic herbs were part of the practice of veneficium, or poison magic. This collection of magical arts used poisons, herbs, and rituals to bewitch, heal, prophesy, infect, and murder. In the form of psyche-magical ointments, poison magic could trigger powerful hallucinations and surrealistic dreams that enabled direct experience of the Divine. Smeared on the skin, these entheogenic ointments were said to enable witches to commune with various local goddesses, bastardized by the Church as trips to the Sabbat--clandestine meetings with Satan to learn magic and participate in demonic orgies.

Examining trial records and the pharmacopoeia of witches, alchemists, folk healers, and heretics of the 15th century, Thomas Hatsis details how a range of ideas from folk drugs to ecclesiastical fears over medicine women merged to form the classical ?witch? stereotype and what history has called the ?witches? ointment.? He shares dozens of psychoactive formulas and recipes gleaned from rare manuscripts from university collections from all over the world as well as the practices and magical incantations necessary for their preparation. He explores the connections between witches? ointments and spells for shape shifting, spirit travel, and bewitching magic. He examines the practices of some Renaissance magicians, who inhaled powerful drugs to communicate with spirits, and of Italian folk-witches, such as Matteuccia di Francisco, who used hallucinogenic drugs in her love potions and herbal preparations, and Finicella, who used drug ointments to imagine herself transformed into a cat.

Exploring the untold history of the witches? ointment and medieval hallucinogen use, Hatsis reveals how the Church transformed folk drug practices, specifically entheogenic ones, into satanic experiences.

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ISBN-13: 9781620554739
ISBN-10: 1620554739
Publication Date: 8/24/2015
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Park Street Press
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