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Daniel Harms doth schreibble : > > I've been trying to track down Will-Erich Peuckert's > original account of his experiences with the recreation > and use of a witches' ointment from Porta's Magia Naturalis. > > It's mentioned quite a bit in the literature, but I've yet > to find an original reference. Any ideas as to where it > might be? Hi, Dan ~ The article you are looking for is located in Merck's *Medizinischer Monatsspiegel* [ " Medical Monthly " ], volume 9, issue #8 for August, 1960, on pages 169-174, and is titled *Hexensalben*. And, if you haven't read it yet, you might also wish to take a look at Caelum Rainieri's LiveJournal thread on the subject, located here : Going to Hell, or, The Underworld Journey http://tinyurl.com/2nvazd I first learned of Peuckert's experience with the Witch's Salve from an issue of *Fate* magazine back in the 60s, which is possibly the earliest reference to this article to appear in English. I was living in Oakland, New Jersey at the time, and the similarities with my own ASP-experiences set me off on a quest to recreate this Salve. With an assist from a friend's father < who rather handily worked at the Sandoz labs in New Jersey and was no stranger to the subject >, I eventually succeeded in reproducing a version of it for myself using materials that were once commonly available as over-the-counter preparations from the local pharmacy. Please forgive my tardiness in replying to your emails, Dan. This is my first post since moving to our new home, and coping with over 3000 messages by way of dial-up has been difficult. Cors in Manu Domine, ~ Khem Caigan <[log in to unmask] " Seek out the channel of the soul, from where it descended in a certain order to serve the body; and seek how you will raise it up again to its order by combining action with a sacred word. " ~ Chaldaean Oracles, Fragment 124. " That is, seek the source of the soul, from where the soul had been led into your body; and how, by raising it up and awakening it by means of telestic rites, you may lead it back up from where it has come. " ~ Michael Psellus [c.1019-1078]