THE GREEN MYSTERIES

DescriptionLAST REMAINING AVAILABLE COPIES! The Hardcover is OUT OF PRINT!Three Hands Press‘ highly anticipated book THE GREEN MYSTERIES | ARCANA ✠ VIRIDIA ~ An Occult Herbarium, or the ‘Granary of the Fauns’ is more than a mere collation of previously existing works on plants, much of the material is drawn directly from the author’s private field notes, diaries, and manuals of magical operation, presented in an engaging narrative style. Illustrated with over 270 original illustrations by Benjamin Vierling, commissioned for the project.From author ofVeneficium: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path comes The Green Mysteries, the monumental product of twenty-five years of experiential research on the spiritual and occult properties of plants. A compendium of trees and occult herbalism from countless spiritual traditions. This exhaustive Herbal of esoteric botany Daniel Schulke examines in detail the folklore, magical uses and spiritual essences of the vegetal kingdom.While presenting the material through both magical and mythopoetic narrative. The stance of the book is also grounded firmly in supportive disciplines such as botany, chemistry, and anthropology and also includes up to date phylogenetic and pharmacological findings. Interspersed with the encyclopedic plant entries are short narratives. Addressing such concepts as the Witches’ Flying Ointment, intoxicating incense, the herbal dimension of Alchemy, and the ‘Green Saints’ such as Al-Khidir, the medieval Wildman, and the forest-dwelling Nymphs who nourished the Greek gods. The text focuses especially upon the Doctrine of Plant Essence, and how those powers are utilized in the active practice of magic and sorcery.More than just a mere collation of previously existing works on plants. Presented in an engaging narrative style. Much of the material is drawn directly from the author’s private field notes, diaries, and manuals of magical operations. 1991-2016.The Green Mysteries contains:560 pagesOver 275 original illustrations by Benjamin VierlingOriginal calligraphy by Gail Coppock12 full-page colour platesMagical Correspondences, Ethnobotany, Folklore & ChemistryCharts, Tables, Diagrams & Lexica of Magical BotanyExtensive information on Pharmacology & PoisonsRecipes & Ritual FormulaeThree Hands Press ✢ Hardcover bound in full green cloth with colour dust jacket, Limited to 1500 copies