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September 2022

September 20, 2022

Christian Rätsch, Undying Contributions to the Poison Path

On the 17th of September, 2022 author, lecturer and ethnobotanist Christian Rätsch (Hamburg, Germany) died...

March 2022

March 03, 2022

Flower Essences from the Witch’s Garden

In Flower Essences from the Witches’ Garden, Nicholas focuses specifically on the use of flower...

February 2022

February 08, 2022

Philosophia Toxicum: A Discourse on the Poison Path

The Poison Path According to One Poisoner I have been writing and teaching about my...

September 2021

September 13, 2021

Sex-Magic-Gnosis

So what happens to that energy when we aren't having sex to make babies? Energy...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

Nightshades: Ointments, Oils and Tinctures

Nightshades are a large and common group of plants. We are almost always nearb one...

October 2020

October 06, 2020

The Healing Properties of Baneful Herbs

Baneful herbs, herbs that are toxic or potentially deadly have been and continue to be...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

Solanaceae in the Garden of Shadow

There are no plants more specifically associated with Witchcraft and the Devil than those that...

April 07, 2020

Plant Spirit Familiars

I have been working with plants all my life and have been working with them...

December 2019

December 21, 2019

Spellcrafting with Baneful Herbs

Baneful herbs are a most intriguing category of plant magic. These powerful botanical toxins are...

December 10, 2019

Saturnian Plants: Defining Boundaries and Defining Boundaries

The baneful herbs of the Poison Path are under the rulership of Saturn. These plants...

November 2019

November 08, 2019

Baneful Herbs in Magical Practice

By drawing from existing practices in magical herbalism and witchcraft we can incorporate baneful herbs...

October 2019

October 12, 2019

Samhain in the Devil’s Garden

The tides of the spirit world are reflected in the green world because in reality...

September 2019

September 16, 2019

Thornapple, Gender and Ritual Application

I have found that the majority of plants particularly those associated with spirituality and expanding...

September 03, 2019

Unguentum Venenum: A Flying Ointment

The infamous witches' flying ointment is a quintessential representation of the beliefs surrounding medieval witchcraft....

August 2019

August 28, 2019

Preparing for Flight: Techniques for Ritual Entheogens

Entheogens allow our spirits to fly and to go to other worlds. Some of them...

August 18, 2019

Deadly Delicacies from Emporium Black

Seamus (SHAY-mus) is a retired culinary artist, pastry chef and chocolatier. He is an artist,...

August 13, 2019

Poisoner’s Apothecary: Origins, Growth and Change

Over the past year I have watched this thing that is the Poisoner's Apothecary grow...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

Nightshades All Around Us

Nightshades are such a fascinating group of plants. There are over 3,000 different varieties within...

July 02, 2019

Foxglove: Digitalis and the Faery Realm

The bright purple flowers hanging from the towering stalks of the Foxglove plant are a...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

Books on Magical Herbalism

Magical Herbalism is quite possibly one of the broadest categories of magickal study and practice....

May 22, 2019

An Update and other Reflections

Since this time last year so many things have changed and grown out of the...

May 08, 2019

Back Alley Mandragora Dealings

Mandrake is possibly the most magical plant in history. People who are not familiar with...

April 2019

April 28, 2019

Flying High on Hexennacht

Beltane, Walpurgisnacht, Hexennacht is one of my favorite sabbaths. It combines my love of nature,...

April 25, 2019

The Fly in the Witch’s Ointment: Redefining the Poison Path

The Poison Path can be a misleading term for the practice of working with baneful...

April 18, 2019

Baneful Herbs and Traditional Craft

Some plants heal, some are great for cooking and others are especially useful for the...

April 10, 2019

Remembering the Spiritual Properties of Entheogenic Herbs

To the witch and herbalist, plants are many things. It is important we do not...

April 02, 2019

Bane & Beauty: An Interview With Dylan Pierce

Baneful herbs, are a colloquialism for the multi-faceted plants that comprise the witch's pharmacopoeia. They...

March 2019

March 16, 2019

Of the Nightshades: Interview with Ian Vertel

In this article, I conduct an interview with Ian Vertel, a poisoner, apothecary and herb...

March 11, 2019

On the Nature of Plants: Ramblings of a Poisoner

The Poisoner, like the herbalist and the wortcunner, whose blood runs green, has an uncanny...

March 04, 2019

Baneful Herbs & Venefic Witchcraft

Magickal roots, plants tended by the devil, herbs that make you see the dead are...

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