Hi, Khem,
Thanks for the excerpts and the url to the Raatsch article. I had to
laugh about the real pilsner beer being "the beer that makes you
thirstier!" I'll bet it does.:) Either Dale Pendell or Stephen Harrod
Buhner wrote that if you make henbane beer, you should keep only one
bottle in the house, as it will cause a fierce thirst and you will drink
up everything you have and truly endanger yourself.
I was also intrigued by his mention of Indians adding datura seeds to
fermented maize drink. Recently I tried to find dependable information
about the magical uses of datura and couldn't find all that much. I
still have some books to get, though. Any suggestions along those lines
are very welcome.
I came across the Kenneth Grant thing but not the other guy.
A friend mentioned that the ancient Greeks used wines with added
ingredients for religious or magical purposes. Raatsch's mention of a
"flower" added to wine to increase its ability to inebriate made me
think of clary sage, since it comes from that neck of the woods and has
that property. I am sure you know that it's a real euphoric when used by
itself--one of the only herbs I know of that is euphoric and is not
illegal--but I have not found any descriptions of experiences of
combining it with wine, just warnings that it greatly increases the
effect of alcohol. I have not wanted to experiment with it, since I am
pretty susceptible to alcohol on its own.
Where's this from? Is this Kenneth Grant?
> " Sabbath Wine is the Wine of Communion, and
> Going to the Sabbat, the 'Travel' or 'Trip',
> is a Return from Exile, a Return to the
> Community of Celebrants. "
Harry Roth
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