CHAPTER IX

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PLANTS OF THE WITCHES. -- The Herbs of Hecate, Circe, and Medea -- Witch Powder -- Witches and Elders -- Sylvan Haunts of Witches -- Witches’ Plant-steeds -- Witches’ Soporifics -- The Nightmare Flower -- Plants used in Spells -- Potions, Philtres, and Hell-broths -- The Hag Taper -- Witch Ointment -- The Witches’ Bath -- Foreign Witches and their Plants -- Plants used for Charms and Spells -- Witches’ Prescriptions -- Herbs of Witchcraft -- Plants Antagonistic to Witches 91

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