The Witch's Book of Simples: The Simple Arte of Domestic Folk Medicine

The Witch's Book of Simples: The Simple Arte of Domestic Folk Medicine

by Melusine Draco
The Witch's Book of Simples: The Simple Arte of Domestic Folk Medicine

The Witch's Book of Simples: The Simple Arte of Domestic Folk Medicine

by Melusine Draco

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Overview

Keep it Simple

A Simple is a philtre derived from a single herb and was an important element among the natural resources of the parish-pump witch, wise-women and cunning-folk. Simples are common kitchen ‘stuff' that have been handed down through generations of country people in the form of family cures for everyday ailments. Or as William Fernie wrote in his Herbal Simples (1897) The art of Simpling is as old with us as our British hills. It aims at curing common ailments with simple remedies culled from the soil, or got from home resources near at hand. These were no fancy recipes with magical formulae, and, often given as a tisane, the woman of the household was able to use the remedies to treat common ailments suffered by her family. And, this elementary form of domestic plant medicine can be as simple as a cup of chamomile tea made from flowers picked fresh from our own garden to aid sleep. This was the most elementary way to use medicinal plants since no fancy recipes or scientific acumen was needed. But this element of traditional witchcraft has long been in the shadows …


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789047899
Publisher: Collective Ink
Publication date: 04/01/2022
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.63(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Mélusine Draco is an Initiate of traditional British Old Craft and originally trained in the magical arts of traditional British Old Craft with Bob and Mériém Clay-Egerton. She has been a magical and spiritual instructor for over 20 years with Arcanum and the Temple of Khem, and writer of numerous popular books. She now lives in Ireland near the Galtee Mountains.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Keep It Simple 1

Chapter 1 The Herb Garden 14

Chapter 2 Preparation & Usage 26

Chapter 3 The Simples 45

Chapter 4 Complaints & Ailments 172

Chapter 5 Potpourri 178

Sources & Bibliography 186

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