DescriptionBe Banished, Prince of Darkness: Plants Used to Keep the Devil and Demons at Bay in Early Modern Europe gathers together a potent pharmacopeia of anti-diabolic herbs. Corinne Boyer’s book has been complemented by twelve original illustrations by Johnny Decker Miller.The use of sacred herbs for driving away evil spirits is as old as written record, and common to pre-Christian religions in Europe. Cleansing and cathartic plants formed the basis of sophisticated anti-demonic practices well into the period of European Christendom. Satan as a figure of corruption and malice, belongs squarely within the Christian pantheon. Priests were empowered to exorcise him, sometimes using plants as weapons of spiritual warfare.In the Early Modern era, such plants and practices also belonged to the layperson, as practices of folk magic. Herbs to banish the Devil and his servants.Three Hands Press ✢ Limited hardcover edition with colour dust wraps, limited to 750 hand numbered copies.
