• Includes a dictionary of nearly 300 magical plants with descriptions
of each plant’s scientific name, common names, elemental qualities,
ruling planets, and zodiacal signatures, with commentary on
medico-magical properties and uses
• Explores methods of
phytotherapy and plant magic, including the Paracelsian “transplantation
of diseases,” ritual pacts with trees, the secret ingredients of
witches’ ointments, and the composition of magical philters
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Explains the occult secrets of phytogenesis, plant physiology, and plant
physiognomy (classification of plants according to the doctrine of
signatures)
Merging the scientific discipline of botany with
ancient, medieval, and Renaissance traditions of occult herbalism, this
seminal guide was first published in French in 1902 as a textbook for
students of Papus’s École hermétique and sparked a revival in the study
of magical herbalism in early twentieth-century France.
Author
Paul Sédir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), explains the occult
secrets of phytogenesis (the esoteric origin and evolutionary
development of the plant kingdom), plant physiology (the occult anatomy
of plants), and plant physiognomy (classification of plants according to
the doctrine of signatures). Unveiling the mysteries behind planetary
and zodiacal attributions, he provides readers with the keys to make
their own informed determinations of the astral properties of plants.
Moving from theory into practice, Sédir explores various methods of
phytotherapy and plant magic, including the Paracelsian “transplantation
of diseases,” the secret ingredients of witches’ ointments, and the
composition of magical philters.
In the third section of the
book, Sédir offers a dictionary of magical plants that covers nearly 300
plant species with descriptions of their astral signatures, occult
properties, and medico-magical uses. Compiled from an array of rare
sources and esoterica, this classic text includes a wealth of additional
materials and supplemental charts and diagrams drawn from Sédir’s
occult colleagues, all of whom adopted and expanded upon Sédir’s
pioneering system of plant correspondences.
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