Mandrake
The legendary material of the ‘old Ways’, Mandrake forms an individual working relationship with all that take the time to learn about her. This incredible plant has it’s ‘roots’ deep in the history and psyche of magick with early references in the Bible. In the Greek legends of Cerci she was said to walk the poison path and Mandrake was a principle ‘transformational’ material.
‘Modern’ Mandrake lore reaches back to the Medieval Ages, particularly Germany. It’s anthropomorphic ‘body shaped’ roots drove the use of Mandrake root as a powerful spirit familiar able to do almost anything asked of it as long as it was kept well. More ominously, the owning or growing of Mandrake was also a powerful piece of evidence in identification and conviction of witchcraft during the witch trials.
Most practitioners see Mandrake as when woking with love, fertility, protection, money and health - mainly due to Cunningham’s Encyclopaedia of Magical Herbs. With those associations and those related to fire, masculine energy and the deities Hecate and Hathor, many have found Mandrake to be a powerful tool in modern practice. These associations are a good place to start but your journey with her will most certainly take you on different paths.
Mandrake has the power to elevate and transform your workings.
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