atropa belladonna L.
Solanaceae

POISONOUS!!!!
Do not ingest this herb for any reason.
Dangerous Plants to cockatiels.
There are still reported deaths today related to Belladonna.
It is used for astral protection and to encourage visions,
but there are less toxic herbs that will accomplish this.

Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade is native to Europe
but is now spontaneous as an escape from cultivation
in the United States and India.

Its generic name Atropa come from the Greek Fate Atropos,
the inflexible one who cuts the thread of life.

The specific epithet, meaning "beautiful lady,"
recalls the use of sap of the plant to dilate the pupils
of the eyes among the fine ladies of Italy who believed
that the dreamy, intoxicated stare thus produced
was the height of fetching beauty.
Many vernscular names of the plants
refer to its intoxicating properties: Sorcerer's Cherry,
Witch's Berry, Devil's Herb, Murderer's Berry,
Dwaleberry (dwale in English deriving
from the Scandinavian root meaning "trance"),
Banewort, Deadly Nightshade, and Death's Herb,

Sacred Herbs of the Goddesses
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Plants and their magickal properties
Astral Projection, Visions **TOXIC**



SOURCE(S)
The Little Herb Encyclopdedia
by Ritchason, Jack
©1995 Woodland Health Books

Culpeper's Apprentice
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03162003

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