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What (who) is ointment$54807$ - definition

HALLUCINOGENIC SALVE USED IN WITCHCRAFT TO ENABLE FLIGHT
Witch ointment
  • Ingredient: Black Henbane, ''[[Hyoscyamus niger]]''
  • Opium Poppy: ''[[Papaver somniferum]]''
  • Witches flying to the Sabbath: Capricho No. 68: ''Linda maestra'' (Pretty teacher) by [[Francisco Goya]] - from the series [[Los Caprichos]]
  • Witches prepare a magic salve. Note naked witch top left riding through the air mounted upon a goat. ([[woodcut]], 1571)
  • Ingredient: Deadly Nightshade, ''[[Atropa belladonna]]''
  • ''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 [[besom]] 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 younger witch

Whitfield's ointment         
Whitfield's Ointment; Whitfield’s ointment
Whitfield's ointment is an acidic ointment used for the topical treatment of dermatophytosis, such as athlete's foot. It can have a slight burning effect that goes away after a few minutes.
Flying ointment         
Flying ointment is a hallucinogenic ointment said to have been used by witches in the practice of European witchcraft from at least as far back as the Early Modern period, when detailed recipes for such preparations were first recorded.
Fairy Ointment         
ENGLISH FAIRY TALE
The Fairy Nurse; Fairy ointment
Fairy Ointment or "The Fairy Nurse" is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales. It has been told in many variants.

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Flying ointment

Flying ointment is a hallucinogenic ointment said to have been used by witches in the practice of European witchcraft from at least as far back as the Early Modern period, when detailed recipes for such preparations were first recorded and when their usage spread to colonial North America.