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Book

Entering Hekate's garden : the magick, medicine, and mystery of plant spirit witchcraft

Call Number

  • 133.43 B8216 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Newburyport, MA : Weiser Books, 2020.

Physical Description

273 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"Bringing pharmakeia (the practice of plant spirit witchcraft) into contemporary times, this book merges historical knowledge with modern techniques, featuring detailed monographs dedicated to 39 plants ranging from the esoteric (such as aconite, American mandrake, and damiana) to the accessible (including bay laurel, dandelion, fennel, garlic, juniper, and lavender)"--

Contents

  • Prolog: Medea's truth
  • Nyssa : the call
  • Origio : the source
  • Praeparatio : the foundation
  • Ratio : the system
  • Practica : the process
  • Hieros Pyr : the fire
  • Gnosis : the knowledge
  • Magikeia : the spell
  • Sibylika : the prophecy
  • Agia : the sacred
  • Sophia : the wisdom
  • Initio : the mystery.

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