An in-depth investigation of traditional European folk medicine and the healing arts of witches

- Explores the outlawed "alternative" medicine of witches suppressed by the state and the Church and how these plants can be used today

- Reveals that female shamanic medicine can be found in cultures all over the world

- Illustrated with color and black-and-white art reproductions dating back to the 16th century

Witch medicine is wild medicine. It does more than make one healthy, it creates lust and knowledge, ecstasy and mythological insight. In Witchcraft Medicine the...

The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants

- Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances

- Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality

- Contains 797 color photographs and 645 black-and-white illustrations

In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into...