https://ritualdust.com/tags/witchcraft/ Recent content in witchcraft on Ritual dust Hugo -- gohugo.io en-ca Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/folklore/witches-flying-ointment/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/folklore/witches-flying-ointment/ Flying ointment or salve is a potentially hallucinogenic and highly toxic blend of plants in a fatty base that appears in folklore, fiction and books relating to witch hunting dating back to the middle ages. There’s still quite a bit of debate amongst folklorists and researchers on whether such ointments actually existed, if they actually contained the toxic and hallucinogenic plants often associated with them and whether they are one of the sources of the myth of the witch flying on a broom (the theory being that witches would craft mind-altering flying ointment, apply it on a broom stick and “ride” it in order to “fly”, in a combination of sexual stimulation, trance state and possibly vivid dreams and visions of flying). https://ritualdust.com/works/lettering/henbane/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/lettering/henbane/ A lettering piece made inspired by the henbane herb, used by european witches in their flying ointment. Henbane lettering