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Mandrake - Studies of Dreams, Mystics, Paranormal - Posted: 27th Mar, 2011 - 8:32pm
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Post Date: 25th Mar, 2011 - 11:44am / Post ID: #
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Herbal Fridays: Mandrake
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This week on Herbal Fridays, we're looking at mandrake. American Mandrake, also known as hog apple, May apple and duck's foot, is one of those plants with a long and colorful herbal history in the Americas. Historically, it's been used as a medicine in treatments for disorders relating to the liver and bowels, as well as a cathartic. It's important to note that there are two different types of mandrake; American and European mandrake are two similar but botanically unrelated plants.
A number of medieval herbals, such as the Herbarium of Apuleius cite the use of mandrake root as a cure for demonic possession. It's also recommended as a preventative against sorcery. Mandrake became a popular ingredient in magic because the roots tend to bear a resemblance to the human figure - an early example of poppet magic in action.
Do you use mandrake in your workings Got ideas for ways to incorporate it into spellwork Share them in our Comments section below! Source: About.com Paganism / Wiccan
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Post Date: 25th Mar, 2011 - 5:11pm / Post ID: #
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Medieval Mandrake is a Very dangerous herb. It has folklore attached to it by the way it is harvested and it's use is for those who know exactly what they are doing.
In small doses it can add to s-xual Potency, but take too much and it is fatal.
My advice is steer clear unless you are an experienced Herbalist or Magician.
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If its that bad for you why even entertain it? I looked this up online (wikipedia) and I can see why some think this has some kind of magic to it.
QUOTE Because mandrake contains deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids such as atropine, scopolamine, apoatropine, hyoscyamine and the roots sometimes contain bifurcations causing them to resemble human figures, their roots have long been used in magic rituals, today also in neopagan religions such as Wicca and Germanic revivalism religions such as Odinism.
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