Liber XI · Herbal Magick
Chapter III
Flying Ointments (History)
7 min readErgot and Witchcraft Theories: Did a Fungus Cause Witch Trials?Ergot and witchcraft theories explained: St Anthony's fire, Caporael's Salem hypothesis, Matossian on rye and witch-hunts, and why historians disagree.6 min readFlying Ointments: History of the Witches' Salve and Its LegendsThe history of the flying ointment, the salve witches were said to use to fly to the sabbath: Apuleius, demonologists, Laguna's test, nightshade theories and modern debate.8 min readWitches' Flight in Art: Brooms, Ointment Pots and the SabbathHow artists pictured witches' flight and the flying ointment, from Le Franc's broom-riders and Molitor's woodcuts to Dürer, Baldung, de Gheyn and Goya.
Forthcoming in this chapter
35- Bhang and Shiva: Meaning, History and Practice
- Hashish and the Sufis: Meaning, History and Practice
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow and The Hasheesh Eater: Meaning, History and Practice
- Crowley's Psychology of Hashish: Meaning, History and Practice
- Rastafari and Ganja: Meaning, History and Practice
- Doctrine of Signatures: Meaning, History and Practice
- The Greek Root-Cutters: Meaning, History and Practice
- Herbals of the Middle Ages: Meaning, History and Practice
- Hildegard of Bingen's Physica: Meaning, History and Practice
- Mugwort: Meaning, History and Practice
- Rue: Meaning, History and Practice
- Yarrow: Meaning, History and Practice
- Rosemary: Meaning, History and Practice
- Sage and Smudging: Meaning, History and Practice
- Bay Laurel and Delphi: Meaning, History and Practice
- Mandrake: Meaning, History and Practice
- Belladonna: Meaning, History and Practice
- Datura: Meaning, History and Practice
- Wolfsbane: Meaning, History and Practice
- Hemlock: Meaning, History and Practice
- Flying Ointments: Meaning, History and Practice
- Frankincense: Meaning, History and Practice
- Dragon's Blood: Meaning, History and Practice
- Copal: Meaning, History and Practice
- Incense in Ritual: Meaning, History and Practice
- Herb Lore in Hoodoo: Meaning, History and Practice
- The Eleusinian Kykeon: Meaning, History and Practice
- Peyote and the Native American Church: Meaning, History and Practice
- Ayahuasca: Meaning, History and Practice
- Psilocybin Mushrooms in History: Meaning, History and Practice
- Iboga and Bwiti: Meaning, History and Practice
- Kava: Meaning, History and Practice
- Tobacco in Indigenous Ritual: Meaning, History and Practice
- Entheogen: Meaning, History and Practice
- Green Witchcraft: Meaning, History and Practice