The Occult Properties of Herbs

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This is a cleaned up/bookmarked PDF of the earlier version in: https://concen.org/content/occult-properties-herbs-and-plants-1969 The following are defective print pages each having a few words missing from one or two lines; presumably the words had been highlighted with marker pen and could not be captured by scanner: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18. This 64pp first edition was later revised and enlarged to 96pp and published as a 2nd edition in 1980 by Aquarian Press, Wellingborough, UK.

Author(s): CROW, William Bernard
Series: Paths to Inner Power Series
Publisher: The Aquarian Press
Year: 1969

Language: English
City: London
Tags: alchemy, astrology, balsams, cereals, divination, drugs, druids, healing, heraldry, herbs, magic, myth, plants, oracles, poisons, resins, shrubs, symbolism, tisane, trees, witchcraft

The Occult Properties of Herbs - Front Cover
Half-title (recreated, with list of defective pages)
Title Page
CONTENTS
1. The Nature Of Herbs
Herbs, Shrubs And Trees
Kinds Of Plants
2. Herbs As Foods
The Seven Cereals
Their Mysterious Origin
Myth and Magic
Bean King And Queen
Carling Sunday
Apple Cult
Other Fruit Ceremonies
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Other Tisanes
3. Herbs In Healing
Ancient Medicine
Ayur-veda, the Hindu System
Moxa
Doctrine Of Signatures
Herbalism
Homoeopathy
4. Drugs And Poisons
The Cult Of Bacchus
Fermented Liquors
Tobacco
Opium
Mescal
Indian Hemp
Some Other Vegetable Drugs
Aphrodisiacs
Poisonous Plants
5. Herbs In Alchemy
The Herb Of Immortality
Elixir Of Life
Palingenesy
Spontaneous Generation
6. Herbs In Astrology
Epochs
Seasons
Plants And The Moon
The Floral Clock
Herbs Of The Planets
Plants Of The Zodiac
7. Herbs In Magic
Lotus Of The Ancients
Druids And The Mistletoe
Rosicrucians And The Rose
Love Philtres
Herbs In Divination
Plants Used In Witchcraft
Antidotes To Enchantments
Trees As Oracles
8. Herbs In Religion
Ambrosia
Nectar
The Christian Mysteries
Incense
Sacred Oils
Linen
9. Symbolism Of Herbs
Emblems Of Places
Symbols Of Gods
Symbols Of Saints
Symbols Of Virtue
Heraldic Herbs And Trees
10. Mythical Plants
World Tree
Bodhi-tree
Tree Spirits
Metamorphoses
Druidical Tree Alphabet
11. Barks And Woods
Barks
Woods
12. Resins And Balsams
Gums
Kinos
Gum-resins
Resins
Oleo-resins
Oils