VIII: Flying Ointments
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January 25, 2011, 4:40 pm
Filed under: Podcast Episodes | Tags: entheogen, flying, flying ointment, shapeshifting, unguent, witchcraft, witches salve
Filed under: Podcast Episodes | Tags: entheogen, flying, flying ointment, shapeshifting, unguent, witchcraft, witches salve
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Follow the witch as she delves into the history of flying ointments through the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, then forward into the grimoires and verse of the early modern period, and then lastly to a modern folktale of a witch and a flying ointment from the United States, collected from oral sources in the 1930s. Learn about the poisonous plants and the methods used to create witches’ unguents and why they may be more ancient than commonly believed.
Music Credits: “Mandragora” by Alraune and “Belladonna Smiles” by Bone Poets Orchestra
Resources:
- Apuleius, Lucius . The Golden Ass. [160 AD].
- Blackwood, Margaret and Skelton, Robin. Earth Air Fire Water: Pre-Christian and Pagan Elements in British Songs, Rhymes and Ballads. Arkana: London, 1990.
- Davis, Hubert J. The Silver Bullet and Other American Witch Stories. Johnathan David Publishers, 1975.
- Della Porta, Giovanni Battista . De Miraculis Rerum Naturalium. 1558.
- MacGregor Mathers, S.L. The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin The Mage As Delivered by Abraham the Jew unto his Son Lamech, A.D. 1458. John M. Watkins: London, 1900.
- Rhodius, Apollonius. The Argonautica. [200 BC].
- Shantell Powell”Flying Potions and Getting to the Sabbat“. The Witching Hours. 1998.
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I really liked the Witch of Endor story!
Comment by Eric Jeffords January 26, 2011 @ 2:13 pmWoops, that was supposed to go on the other one XD, cough!
Let me try that again: I liked the final story about the insect, that was really cool. I’m listening to it again as I type!
This podcast was rather humorous
I enjoyed it immensely!
Comment by Eric Jeffords January 26, 2011 @ 2:15 pmAwesome! Great research and wonderful storytelling. It is there in those old stories just waiting to be learned. Thank you for showing the way.
Comment by Grundy Swallow April 15, 2011 @ 7:35 pmI just listened to all the episodes on a road-trip from New-Mexico to California. The five-year old boy with us couldn’t get enough!! He just wanted to listen to them all over and over again. When are you going to record more episodes? Craft-time is calling for more of your amazing stories! Thanks for all the magic you put out there.
Comment by Seda Joseph Saine July 5, 2011 @ 3:26 pmI loved this episode so much, I listened to a second time with my boyfriend when he came home from work.
thank you so much for all the research & effort you’ve put forth to make such an interesting and exciting podcast.
I love it!
Comment by brujitablog September 6, 2011 @ 9:52 am