mandrake roots and some ? i have, 10 points?
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 at
17:24
my aunt came home this evening, and there were 5 mandrake roots on her door step.
she gave them to me because i love werid plants.
but im doing some research, are the good plants to have and what do you feed them.
i asked here becasue i saw a myth about them,
i didnt understand too, so could you tell me about them.
please and thank you
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Strictly Herbalistic: MANDRAKE — _Mandragora officinarum._ L. Family Solanaceae (Potato family).
Material: Various parts especially parsnip-shaped root of
perennial plant found in fields and stony places of southern Europe.
Usage: Brew made from boiling crushed root.
Active Constituents: Scopolamine, hyoscyamine, mandragorine, and other tropanes.
Effects: Hallucinations followed by deathlike trance and sleep.
Contraindications: Same as thornapple. Said to cause insanity.
Not recommended.
Magickal uses:Mandrake – Protection,Love, Money, Fertility, Health
The Mandrake Fable: Each man’s an OEdipus, that thinks
He hath the four powers of the Sphinx,
Will, Courage, Knowledge, Silence. Son,
Even the adepts scarce win to one!
Thy Thoughts–they fall like rotten fruits.
But to destroy the power that makes
These thoughts–thy Self? A man it takes
To tear his soul up by the roots!
This is the mandrake fable
A a reverse love spell, a real onefrom RavenWind, H.P. so here it is…
I. Get a cup full of rose petals, and a half a cup of mandrake.
II. Boil the roses, take out the water and put it in a vase or glass
that you can cork up.
III. Dry the rose petals (in a Microwave is fine) and on a night
where the moon wanes very close to new…
IV. Light a large fire, cast a circle (or whatever cleansing you
do), and when read pour the mandrake and dried rose over
a fire.
Speak into the night:
"I call to the storms
I call to the breeze
To scourge the ground
and bend the trees
I summon Cerridwyn
Morgana and Aine
to take my love, away from me.
May he find love,
true and pure,
but with him, no longer
shall I endure
For my own good
if harming none
Ash’te Savant’
the spell is done!"
V. Leave an offering of some of the water for the Sidhe.
VI. Mix ash from the fire in the rest of the water, cork
and burry. Binding is a good idea. If you ever want
him to return, break the spell and call him.
Apparently if you pull them out of the ground you die. I don’t know where that idea came from or why.
If I remember correctly they can help you become a werewolf.
mandrake root is actually a type of nightshade, some are poisonous so don’t eat it. No need to feed just plant in well drained soil, at a temporate temperature. The reason it is said to scream when pulled out is because sometimes the plant looks like a human body. At tiems ginsing is also called mandrake because of it’s odd shape.