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Under the Dragon Root – A Folk Grimoire of Occult Plant Lore & Practicum
CAD $70.00
Under the Dragon Root is the final offering in a trilogy by Corinne Boyer. This long awaited book brings 20 plants from the Witches’ Garden into the light. Along with accumulated folklore, folk medicine and historical magical uses. Particularly from the past three hundred years out of North Western Europe, though some information is much older.
Bringing together rare and little known plant lore with a particular focus on the poisonous plants. Typically associated with witches, demons and spirits. Corinne has chosen her favorite twenty garden plants. Including: wormwood, valerian, poppy, autumn crocus, mushrooms, mandrake, bay laurel, daphne mezeron, hellebore, periwinkle, henbane, angelica, lily of the valley, rue, ferns, vervain, belladonna, aconite, foxglove and thorn apple. It offers detailed instructions and includes topics such as the graveyard apothecary, making a root spiritus, making plant charms and powders, and working with poisonous plants.
The plants are organised by season and the authors own wisdom and personal recipes included. Includes copious footnotes and is exhaustively researched. Includes source material from fields such as history of pharmacy, grimoire magic, traditional witchcraft, folklore collections from the Victorian era, divinatory methodology and Swedish folk magic.
This book is part of a trilogy that includes Under the Witching Tree, Under the Bramble Arch that guides one into the realms of plant lore, folk magic, and folk medicine.
Corinne has been working with plants and herbalism since 1999 and has been teaching and writing full time since 2010. Contains twenty original Medieval woodcuts of the plants and around fifty captivating photos taken by Claude Mahmood. Original cover art by Peter Köhler.
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| Weight | 660 g |
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| Dimensions | 15.6 × 23.4 × 4 cm |
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Under the Dragon Root is the final offering in a trilogy by Corinne Boyer. This long awaited book brings 20 plants from the Witches’ Garden into the light. Along with accumulated folklore, folk medicine and historical magical uses. Particularly from the past three hundred years out of North Western Europe, though some information is much older.
Bringing together rare and little known plant lore with a particular focus on the poisonous plants. Typically associated with witches, demons and spirits. Corinne has chosen her favorite twenty garden plants. Including: wormwood, valerian, poppy, autumn crocus, mushrooms, mandrake, bay laurel, daphne mezeron, hellebore, periwinkle, henbane, angelica, lily of the valley, rue, ferns, vervain, belladonna, aconite, foxglove and thorn apple. It offers detailed instructions and includes topics such as the graveyard apothecary, making a root spiritus, making plant charms and powders, and working with poisonous plants.
The plants are organised by season and the authors own wisdom and personal recipes included. Includes copious footnotes and is exhaustively researched. Includes source material from fields such as history of pharmacy, grimoire magic, traditional witchcraft, folklore collections from the Victorian era, divinatory methodology and Swedish folk magic.
This book is part of a trilogy that includes Under the Witching Tree, Under the Bramble Arch that guides one into the realms of plant lore, folk magic, and folk medicine.
Corinne has been working with plants and herbalism since 1999 and has been teaching and writing full time since 2010. Contains twenty original Medieval woodcuts of the plants and around fifty captivating photos taken by Claude Mahmood. Original cover art by Peter Köhler.
Troy Books ✢ Softcover Edition
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