Baneful Herbs

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Datura..Heavier than the other daturas and therefore attuned to the Earth aspect of Venus, this annual plant is called Jimson weed because in Jamestown in 1676, it poisoned soldiers who made the fresh leaves into a soup. Magically, this herb has been implicated in lycanthropy and shape-shifting. It is interesting in relation to this that in the language of flowers, jimsonweed signifies disguise.
Gentil Coquelicot Mesdames ♫... #Poppies -- Opium Poppy
Witches Banes P12 Long before it was made famous as a witch’s plant, Belladonna was used as an anesthetic; the same toxic alkaloids in Belladonna that made it a useful anaesthetic also cause hallucinations and death and can seriously damage a person’s health if used. In antiquity it was used by women to dilate the pupils to appear more beautiful.
Mead Hall: In Fyrkat, the grave of a #völva revealed the use of #henbane, a drug that not only produces hallucinations, but can also be a powerful aphrodisiac.
Poisonous Plants: Ricin.MY LIFE has changed forever from the senseless act of violence shown against me from a neighbor...tool.. former player terrorist against young persons SOMEONE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON on deals
Poisonous Plants: #Salvia #Divinorum.
10 Deadly Poisons - A Crime Writer's Resource
10 Deadly Poisons - A crime writer's resource - Writers Write
10 Deadly Poisons - A Crime Writer's Resource
Poisonous Plants: #Opium #Poppy.
The Solanaceae are an ancient family of deliriants and hallucinogens that have been venerated as ‘Witches’ Weeds’ since the earliest disciples of plant lore learned of their properties. Among them are counted Henbane and Hemlock, Datura, also known as Angel’s Trumpet, Belladonna and Mandrake. Weed encounters with many of them in the course of the Poison Diaries.