The term for herb, good or bad, was pharmakon (the root word for our modern “pharmacy”). In Greek myths, powerful herbs were depicted as rare and difficult to obtain. Witches’ Tools: Potions, Wands, and Magic The connection between drugs and good forces was lost over time and transferred to witches. In this nineteenth-century re-imagination of religious ritual, the priestess of Apollo sits on a tripod at Delphi, inhaling fumes (not shown) to allow her to communicate with the god.
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