The Green Mysteries: An Occult Herbarium
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1945147113 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 558 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. His imagery has embellished publications by Three Hands Press, Ouroboros Press, and Red Wheel Weiser Books. He has exhibited at the 2011 & 2016 Esoteric Book Conferences, and lectured at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, where a Decennary Retrospective of his work was shown in 2014. Vierling is a California based painter & illustrator working in traditional media. He is
He has exhibited at the 2011 & 2016 Esoteric Book Conferences, and lectured at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, where a Decennary Retrospective of his work was shown in 2014. Vierling is a California based painter & illustrator working in traditional media. His imagery has embellished publications by Three Hands Press, Ouroboros Press, and Red Wheel Weiser Books. . SCHULKE is the author of a number of books on occult philosophy, witchcraft, and esoteric herbalism, including Veneficium: Magic Witchcraft and the Poison Path (Three Hands Press, 2012). About the Author DANIELA. He is the co-editor of the journal Clavis: Occult Arts, Letters and Experience.Benjamin A
Interspersed with the encyclopedic plant entries are short narratives addressing such concepts as the Witches’ Flying Oinment, intoxicating incense, the herbal dimsension of Alchemy, and the ‘Green Saints’ such as Al-Khidir, the medieval Wildman, and the forest-dwelling Nymphs who nourished the Greek gods. More than a mere collation of previously existing works on plants, much of the material is drawn directly from the author's private field notes, diaries, and manuals of magical operation, presented in an angaging narrative style. Presenting a vast array of trees and herbs from many spiritual traditions, this exhaustive compendium examines their folklore, magical uses and spiritual essences. The Green Mysteries is the product of twenty-five years of experiential research on the spiritual and occult properties of plants. While presenting the material through both magical and mythopoetic narrative, the stance of the book is also grounded firmly in supportive disciplines such as botany, chemistry, and anthropology and also includes up to date phylogenetic and pharmacological findings. Illustrated with with over 270 original illustrations by Benjamin Vierling, commissioned for the project.