The Poison Path Grimoire: Dark Herbalism, Poison Magic, and Baneful Allies

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A practical guide to the magical and ritual use of poison plant allies

Shares a detailed formulary, including rituals, magical correspondences, and recipes for working with the baneful herbs of occult herbalism

Looks at the plants of fate and the divination practices they support, love magic with poison plants, shadow work and spell work, the devils garden, and the use of nightshades as power plants for medicine and magic

Explores poison history, lore, occult toxicology, and the alchemical power of working with poison

In this practical guide to the magic of the Poison Path, occult herbalist Coby Michael celebrates the deadly, unwanted, and wild plants of dark herbalism and explores how to embrace their power in ritual, magical practice, and spiritual healing.

Examining the art and science of working with noxious and malefic plants and fungi, the author discusses the occult properties of poison and how poison plants can be used in spell work and other magical operations. He looks at the plants of Fate and the divination practices they support, love magic with poison plants, shadow work, the devils garden, and the use of nightshades as power plants for medicine and magic. Presenting a detailed formulary, he shares rituals, magical correspondences, and recipes for working with specific poison plant allies and other baneful herbs of occult herbalism.

Exploring the path of dark herbalism, the author explains how it encompasses not only Veneficiumpoisonous plants and fungibut all plants that humanity has tried to forget, from invasive plants and those we cant domesticate to those that have been regulated arbitrarily or simply feared as toxic or poison. He shows how the dark herbalist seeks out plants that are adversarial or taboo because they understand that the qualities we consider dark are really the plants spiritual medicine and can offer powerful wisdom and healing. Examining poison history, lore, and occult toxicology, he explains how the aim of using these plants is not to cause physical death, but rather death of the ego. He shows how poison in this sense is an alchemical force that allows the practitioner to become a vessel for the forbidden fruit of knowledge and how the transmutation of our personal poisons can lead to powerful self-transformation.

Providing a practical framework for orienting yourself on the Poison Path, this grimoire reveals how dark herbalism can serve as a path of inner illumination.

Author Bio

Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner who teaches about the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. The author of The Poison Path Herbal and coauthor of Leo Witch, he owns and operates The Poisoners Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for the Poison Path. He has been blogging since 2016 and has written articles for Alraune: The Poisoners Guild, This Witch Magazine, and The Witches Almanac. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.