The Witches' Flying Ointment: Myth-Medicine-Magic

Name: The Witches' Flying Ointment: Myth-Medicine-Magic
Start: 2024-06-27T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 282 Derby R-3, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970

Schedule

Thu Jun 27 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

282 Derby R-3, Salem, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01970 | Salem, MA

The Witches' Flying Ointment: Myth-Medicine-Magic
Presentation 1
The medieval witches' flying ointment has become an important symbol of modern traditional witchcraft and entheogenic ritual practice. It has come to represent the witching herbs and the altered states of consciousness that they create, as well as their folkloreic association to the Witches' Sabbath. The plant's mentioned in the recipes of medieval flying ointments are the very same plants that we seek to connect with on the Poison Patch; deadly nightshade, wolfsbane, poppy and more. Each of these plants has their own unique spirit, and offers some very specialized characteristics of interest to the occult herbalist.
In this class we will explore the history of the medieval witches' ointment, and the journey it has been on to arrive at where it is today. We will discuss the different world views that have influenced our definition of the flying ointment, as well as the plants that make them. We will look at some of the medieval recipes that have survived and discuss the ingredients, and the purpose they would have served. After looking at historic ointments, we will discuss modern ointment, their usage, applications and how to safely and effectively create and use your own entheogenic formulas.
Learn about our guest:
Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. He studied religion at Arizona State University and has been a folk herbalist since a young age. He owns and operates The Poisoner’s Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for The Poison Path. Coby has been blogging since 2016 and is a prolific writer including articles for This Witch Magazine (2020),The Witches' Almanac (2022) The Poisoner’s Guild (2023) . His first book The Poison Path Herbal came out in 2021 with Inner Traditions. He is also co-author of Leo Witch (2023) and is working on his next book The Poison Path Grimoire. He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Fl and travels the country teaching people about plant magic, the poison path and reconnecting with nature.