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THE OCCULT PROPERTIES OF HERBS

by

W B. CROW D.Se., PhD

THE AQUAIAN PESS 37/38 Margare Stree, London, 

THE OCCULT PROPERTIES OF HERBS

by

W B. CROW D.Se., PhD

THE AQUAIAN PESS 37/38 Margare Stree, London, 

CONTENTS I

TH NTUE O HEBS Herbs, Shrubs and Trees-Kin  Plans

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HEBS S OOS

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HEBS  HELG

 Ancient Medcine-Ayurveda the Hindu SysmMoxaa - Doct Mox Doctrin rinee  Sig Signatu natures res - Her Herbali balism sm Homoeopathy. UGS  POSOS

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HEBS  LCEMY

The Cult  Bacchus-rmentd Liquors-Tobacco  -Opium - Mescal-Indian Hemp Hemp Some other Vegetable Drugs-Aphrodisiacs-Poisonous Plants The Herb of Immortali-Elir  Le-Palin  geneontanous Genration HEBS  TOLOGY

 Epochseaso -Plan and the Moon- The  Epochseaso-Plan Floral Clock-Herbs  the Pla-Plan  the Zodiac 7

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The Seven Cerea- Tir Mysrious Origin Myth an Magic-Bean ing an Qeen-Carling  Sunday-Apple CultOther Fruit Ceremonies Japanse Tea Ceremony-Other Tisanes

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HEBS  GC

 Lotus  th thee Ancients-rui and th thee Mistletoe  -Rosiccians and the Rose-Love Philtres-Herbs n Divination-Plan used n Witchcraft Witchcraft   Antidots to Enchantments- Trees as Oracles

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HEBS  RELGO

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MBOLISM O HEBS

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 Ambrosia Nectar  Nectar -  Christian Mysteries Incense-Sacred Oils-Linen  Emblems  Placesymbo  Go-Symbo 

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T CUT OETm O EB

 Sainmol  Vireeraldic erb and Tree TCL P

World TreeBodireeTe Tree  LTree  SpiriMeamorpoeDridical Tree lpabe   BAR A WOODS Tpe of BarkWoo  e roVario Woo 12 RES A BAL GmKinoGmreinRein  Oleorein Oil

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CR O

HE NATURE OF HERBS Herb, b d ree If we consder pants as they actuay are, and not ecause f ther use or meda properes, e n l them roughy as hers, shus and trees, wh me temeate stag, uh  undershrus. Hes ave no woody tem ve ground They de dwn n wner, and pass the d ason ether as  perstent underground , ch may e woody, or the ndvua pat des a:tgeher, and ony  rem to reprouce the pant Somm the under'ound perstent part  a stem th noneen scae eav, wth vaous hapes to  whch suh names as rhzome, er, orm, u�b are aped, and  i  t or rootet are ttached The shape f the overground ht vares very much acrdng o whher he v are crded togthe on the stem or wheher hey are more dey earated. n spte of the mense dversty among he housans  of nown pant pec there s a cetan omon pan f structure sevae hroghot a arge part of the vegetabe ngdom. Hppocrats (460377 BC  tha gra physcan of antquty recognsed the pant  a compound ndvua, e a unt made of many smaer unts Each unt was a shot, e.  stem wth aves Ony a few f he o or a snge one at e ase my have a rt or roo ataed n ore ecet s, ut fore the s of Dansm, tha grt ntate  he arne ens, Goethe (7491832), taug