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Witches' Sabbath
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A Witches' Sabbath is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century.
An illustration of Witches' Sabbath by Martin van Maële, from the 1911 edition of the book La Sorcière, by Jules Michelet
An illustration of Witches' Sabbath by Martin van Maële, from the 1911 edition of the book La Sorcière, by Jules Michelet
Sixteenth-century Swiss representation of Sabbath gathering from the chronicles of Johann Jakob Wick. Note the horned god seated on serpent-enlaced th
Sixteenth-century Swiss representation of Sabbath gathering from the chronicles of Johann Jakob Wick. Note the horned god seated on serpent-enlaced throne, witch performing the osculum infame upon a demon and another being aided by a demon to summon a storm from her cauldron, while others carouse and prepare magic potions
Index of a 1574 printing of Malleus Maleficarum
Index of a 1574 printing of Malleus Maleficarum
Witches' Sabbath. Johannes Praetorius: Blockes-Berges Verrichtung, Leipzig, 1668
Witches' Sabbath. Johannes Praetorius: Blockes-Berges Verrichtung, Leipzig, 1668
Flying ointment
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Flying ointment is a substance described in European folklore and early modern witch trials as enabling witches to fly, often on broomsticks. These ointments were believed to contain hallucinogenic pl
Witches' Sabbath
…Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath – 1989 book by Carlo Ginzburg Flying ointment – Hallucinogenic salve used in the practice of witchcraft Isobel Gowdie – Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft at Auldearn near Nairn in 1662…
Preparation for the Witches' Sabbath by David Teniers the Younger. Note on the left an older witch reading from a grimoire while anointing the buttock
Preparation for the Witches' Sabbath by David Teniers the Younger. Note on the left an older witch reading from a grimoire while anointing the buttocks of a young witch about to fly to the sabbath upon an inverted broom with a candle upon its twigs
A Witches' Sabbath by Frans Francken the Younger. Note on extreme right pots of magic ointment and older witch applying ointment to back of naked youn
A Witches' Sabbath by Frans Francken the Younger. Note on extreme right pots of magic ointment and older witch applying ointment to back of naked younger witch
Ingredient: Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna
Ingredient: Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna
Ingredient: Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger
Ingredient: Black Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger