The Mystic Mandrake, By C.J.S. Thompson | 
pickMy mandragora-loving heart let out a fatal scream reading this 1934 book! This unique plant-human hybrid in Western folklore was used medicinally since Ancient Greece, shrouded in a sexy mythos since the Old Testament, a hangdog fairy tale in the Brothers Grimm, and with mere possession growing to an execution-worthy witchy Medieval offense—favorite chapters: the mandrake in literature, herbals, occult works, the gallows legend, medicine & more.
TieDyeDude I love the mandrake in Pan's Labyrinth 😋 2w
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