{"id":47784,"date":"2020-09-17T07:43:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47784"},"modified":"2020-09-17T08:58:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:58:23","slug":"mandrake-mandragora-officinale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/09\/mandrake-mandragora-officinale\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandrake (Mandragora Officinale)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some twenty other names<br \/>\nFor this plant poison<br \/>\nAnthropomorphon, and the  Sorcerers Root<br \/>\nRacoon Berry , Mannikin<br \/>\nWoman drake and Hexenmannchen<br \/>\nIt\u2019s gender Masculine<br \/>\nAnd Of some repute<\/p>\n<p>Ruled by the planet Mercury<br \/>\nWhose Element is fire<br \/>\nHecate and Hathor<br \/>\nIt\u2019s dieties<br \/>\nInspire<\/p>\n<p>Protection and Fertility<br \/>\nMoney Love and Health<br \/>\nA whole Mandrake root<br \/>\nLeft on a mantel<br \/>\nQuietly on the shelf<br \/>\nProtection and Prosperity<br \/>\nOn ones headboard too<br \/>\nEnsures a perfect slumber<br \/>\nAnd only good dreams<br \/>\nComing through<\/p>\n<p>When carried it attracts<br \/>\nLove<br \/>\nWhen worn a good prevention<br \/>\nAgainst Covid 19<br \/>\nAnd months of vile dissension<br \/>\nDemons stay the hell away<br \/>\nMandrake bade Them  go<br \/>\nExcellent in exorcism<br \/>\nWhich not so many know<\/p>\n<p>To activate a dried root<br \/>\nPlace it prominently<br \/>\nIn the home and leave untouched<br \/>\nFor three days<br \/>\nThen place it in warm water<br \/>\nLeave it overnight<br \/>\nThis will activate the root<br \/>\nIt\u2019s magick at a height<\/p>\n<p>The water it was bathed in<br \/>\nSprinkle it around<br \/>\nOn the windows on the doors<br \/>\nTo purify it\u2019s bound<\/p>\n<p>Mandrake roots are very costly<br \/>\nAnd scarce one has to say<br \/>\nAnd many a Witch may use Ash Roots<br \/>\nOr the Briony today<\/p>\n<p>To draw an alternative wisdom<br \/>\nA force beyond the pale<br \/>\nThe scent of Mandrake<br \/>\nInduces sleep<br \/>\nIt truly cannot fail<\/p>\n<p>Of the nightshade family<br \/>\nA perennial herbaceous plant<br \/>\nIt likes a shady forest plot<br \/>\nSomewhere by a river<br \/>\nAway from light for it is not<br \/>\nEnthused by sun<br \/>\nOr Shafts of light<br \/>\nWhen the day is done<\/p>\n<p>Witches often store them<br \/>\nIn silk and in a box<br \/>\nUsed in flying ointments<br \/>\nRubbed on skin unlocks<br \/>\n\u201cHighs\u201c in all directions<br \/>\nAkin to flying through<br \/>\nA forest and over mountain tops<br \/>\nIt\u2019s powers of flight<br \/>\nAre true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some twenty other names For this plant poison Anthropomorphon, and the Sorcerers Root Racoon Berry , Mannikin Woman drake and Hexenmannchen It\u2019s gender Masculine And Of some repute Ruled by the planet Mercury Whose Element is fire Hecate and Hathor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/09\/mandrake-mandragora-officinale\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47784"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47786,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47784\/revisions\/47786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}