Folk Herbcraft & Cunning-Craft
Historical analysis of European cunning-folk traditions, domestic plant charms, protective threshold foliage, and folklore records.
Inside this collection
The Flying Ointment Question
Analysis of 15th-to-17th-century demonological trial records, nightshade grease formulations, and critical academic skepticism.
Rowan & The Threshold Cross
Sorbus aucuparia, pentagram-marked fruit calyces, red thread bindings, and protective hearth plantings against witchcraft.
Elder Tree Taboos
Sambucus nigra traditions, the Hyldemoer guardian spirit, wood-burning prohibitions, and pungent foliage in domestic protection.
Midsummer St. John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum harvesting customs on Saint John's Eve, red oil exudates, and historical reputations as Fuga Daemonum.
Artemisia & The Nine Herbs Charm
Mugwort as una herbast eldest, Old English Lacnunga healing charms, travel amulets, and medieval wayside protections.
Vervain in Classical & Folk Rite
Verbena officinalis, purification of sacred altars in Roman antiquity, medieval herbal enchantments, and ritual picking taboos.
Apotropaic Briars & Thorns
The folk use of blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and hawthorn hedges in fencing out spirits, boundary lore, and dead-wood folklore.
The Dog & The Mandrake Tradition
Detailed iconographic tracing of the tied-dog digging ritual from Flavius Josephus through high medieval illuminations.
A darker leaf.
A closer look.
We trace the line between botanical evidence, historical remedies and plant lore. A beautiful specimen deserves a careful reading.
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