Even a plant known could develop a reputation for supernatural, if your habits are strange enough. One example involves elaborate embroidery as mandrake, or mandragora, a small perennial herb common throughout the Mediterranean region.
Like the other nightshades, Mandrake, not the fame magical power in a part of its toxicity. This powerful herb can kill the unwary, but has also served as an important source of therapeutic drugs. The addition of Mandrake, mysticism is the appearance of the root. Thick and tubers, it is possible to imagine the appearance of a small man, a coincidence that deeply impressed by some of his contemporaries in ancient greek botanist Theophrastus. Were rhizoto-moi, or "cuners root." Herbalists of their time, they just cutters supplied herbs for physicians. It was even more magical Mandrake recall. It 'a plant that phosphorescence. Sometimes at night, the chemical part of his berry-tions to respond to the baptism to give a pale light. The phenomenon is explained by the science of today, our ancestors and the spirits of anributed has magical powers.
Josephus, a Jewish General, statesman and historian of the first century AD, describes the dangers of harvesting Mandrake. While its luster, it was easy to find, grass fell when she approached, and simply touch could be fatal. One way to collect the grass was to dig gently around until a small part of the root remained covered. The collector would then lash a dog in a root and walk away. The dog would take the roots apart in a suicide attempt to rejoin his master. But in exchange for the dog's death, according to Josephus, the teacher gets an infallible charm against demons. Others said Mandrake protected from impact injuries, cure all diseases, has the chance of love, fertility promoted, guaranteed perfect shot, and revealing previously hidden treasures.
Important thing is the magic plant, how to run numerous courses in human experience. As long as ignorance keep people enslaved to superstition, the idea of magical plants remained strong. Infiltrating the activity of herbal magic, romance, agriculture has recognized the essential health, happiness and success. While nations underestimate the gullibility of their neighbors, and the new generation mocked the ignorance and credulity of the old, each in turn, wove their own fabric for a fantastic new herbal taboos, legends and traditions. The tradition of the mandrake root, for example, had a firm grip on the imagination of the people, if you do not believe, for many centuries. "Go and catch a falling star, pregnant Mandrake Root" has had a long list of impossible tasks mentioned by the 17 th century poet John Donne.
Like the other nightshades, Mandrake, not the fame magical power in a part of its toxicity. This powerful herb can kill the unwary, but has also served as an important source of therapeutic drugs. The addition of Mandrake, mysticism is the appearance of the root. Thick and tubers, it is possible to imagine the appearance of a small man, a coincidence that deeply impressed by some of his contemporaries in ancient greek botanist Theophrastus. Were rhizoto-moi, or "cuners root." Herbalists of their time, they just cutters supplied herbs for physicians. It was even more magical Mandrake recall. It 'a plant that phosphorescence. Sometimes at night, the chemical part of his berry-tions to respond to the baptism to give a pale light. The phenomenon is explained by the science of today, our ancestors and the spirits of anributed has magical powers.
Josephus, a Jewish General, statesman and historian of the first century AD, describes the dangers of harvesting Mandrake. While its luster, it was easy to find, grass fell when she approached, and simply touch could be fatal. One way to collect the grass was to dig gently around until a small part of the root remained covered. The collector would then lash a dog in a root and walk away. The dog would take the roots apart in a suicide attempt to rejoin his master. But in exchange for the dog's death, according to Josephus, the teacher gets an infallible charm against demons. Others said Mandrake protected from impact injuries, cure all diseases, has the chance of love, fertility promoted, guaranteed perfect shot, and revealing previously hidden treasures.
Important thing is the magic plant, how to run numerous courses in human experience. As long as ignorance keep people enslaved to superstition, the idea of magical plants remained strong. Infiltrating the activity of herbal magic, romance, agriculture has recognized the essential health, happiness and success. While nations underestimate the gullibility of their neighbors, and the new generation mocked the ignorance and credulity of the old, each in turn, wove their own fabric for a fantastic new herbal taboos, legends and traditions. The tradition of the mandrake root, for example, had a firm grip on the imagination of the people, if you do not believe, for many centuries. "Go and catch a falling star, pregnant Mandrake Root" has had a long list of impossible tasks mentioned by the 17 th century poet John Donne.
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