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Aconite Info

A new Info Page on Aconite has been added to the Website along with a PDF for download

Aconite

Family: Ranunculaceae

Genus: Aconitum

Related genera: Anemone, Aquilegia, Delphinium, Helleborus, Pulsatilla, Ranunculus

The poisonous plant genus Aconitum consists of at least a hundred different species and has an array of legends and folklore attributed to it.

Sometimes called ‘Queen of Poisons’ or ‘Plant Arsenic’, similar to how arsenic is considered a ‘King of Poisons’.

A distinction sometimes found concerns the names Monkshood and Wolfsbane. Some argue the original Wolfsbane is the white or yellow-flowered species Aconitum lycoctonum whereas the blue flowering Monkshood, Aconitum napellus is probably the better known of the two species and it is frequently found in medieval monastery gardens. The two species contain different poisons, which are however similar in effect.

Mythology and History

The Greek word akónitos is composed of ak = pointed and kônos = cone, an akon being a dart or javelin, perhaps a reference to the use as an arrow poison. Theophrastus suggests the name derived from the town of Aconæ (today assumed to be near Karadeniz Ereğli in Turkey). It may also have been named after Mount Akonitos in Pontus (Asia Minor), where the plant is said to have grown from the spittle of Cerberus, the three-headed watchdog of Hades, when the folkhero Heracles drew up the beast from his infernal abode. Homer (800 bc) gives the first account of this myth in the Illiad. Eight centuries later Ovid embellishes the story in Metamorphoses VII Continue reading Aconite Info

April 23, 2013

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Aconite Root Fetishes

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Aconite Roots in glass tubes

Finally I could find fitting glass vessels for the remaining Aconite roots! These are tubes with a flat base and a natural cork stopper for sealing. They are 16 cm in height and perfect for herbal fetishes. A seal hand-inked on a cleansed piece of laid paper and info about the Aconite herb is included with each root fetish. – SOLD

Prices: € 10 for the one to the left, € 19 for each of the other two

Shipping: € 5,50 for registered mail international

For ordering write to info@teufelskunst.com

April 19, 2013

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High John the Conqueror Root

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High John the Conqueror is a legendary folk hero of Afro-American traditions. He represents freedom, strength, sovereignity and above all cunning. It is believed that by rubbing the root named after him his spirit can be contacted and petitioned for help in different matters concerning the struggle for a better life, love, wealth and good luck in gambling. The root is said to come from a species of Morning Glory (Ipomoea), either Ipomoea jalapa or Ipomoea purga. They are usually round or egg-shaped, of a dark brown color and have a shrivelled surface (because of this they have been compared to the balls of dark-skinned men). The root plays an important roll in many lines of Afro-American folk magic and often greater value is placed on the shape of such root than on its size or weight. When used in spellwork, the root must be whole and sustained with libations of alcohol, anointed with oils or offered tobacco (as if you would be giving these offerings to the actual folk hero).

The roots offered here come from an established American supplier. I have been thinking long whether to take them into the Teufelskunst store and finally decided yes, they definitely belong here too! Some of these I am making into charms wrapped in red silk, together with Devil’s Shoestring root. They can also be bought single by those who wish to make their own charms or use them for magical oils. Sometimes also a pair of two equal looking roots is used. Above is a photo of all High John the Conqueror roots currently available (prices for single roots, root pairs and vials as given).

For ordering write to info@teufelskunst.com

PS: I am still waiting for the photos of the English Easter Yew Wands. I appologize to those who had already reserved one. Photos may come by the end of the month (when the wands have been resurrected from their graves).

April 16, 2013

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Seed Boxes

Wooden Seed Boxes

Wooden Boxes, Hand-Branded and varnished

We have expanded our Seed contingent and offer now seeds from over 50 different plants. As a special offer you can now buy a beautiful hand-branded and varnished wooden box containing seed-samples from over 40 plants we currently have in stock. Along with the box you also receive sowing instructions for each herb, illustrated with our unique plant seals. If you think that is just too much you can also get the wooden boxes in smaller size with seed samples from at least 22 different plants.

The same seeds can also be purchased with a sigil-adorned Cardboard-Box. Printed sowing instructions are included here as well.

  • Wooden Box with seeds from over 40 plants: 66€ + shipping*
  • Wooden Box with seeds from 22 plants: 44€ + shipping*
  • Cardboard Box with seeds from 22 plants: 38€ + shipping

*Only few available at a time

For more special offers check our Seeds Collections or view the A-Z list of available seeds including prices on single seed portions.

Order via info@teufelskunst.com

Note: Wooden boxes are currently sold, but new ones are on the way…

December 21, 2012

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New in Store: Aconite Roots, Gallow's Oak, Mandrake, Poison Hemlock, Poppy Seeds + Announcing Next Artist Interview

We received in the mail new precious working and crafting materials, amongst which was a huge gift from an English sorcerer: in the center of the package a Giant Poison Hemlock root, about 40 cm, perfect for a central altar piece in the work with the Typhonian Currents or in Rites of the Dark Goddess in Her Strangler-Aspects and Her Succubi.

“The Hemlock is certainly an ophidian sukkubi: coiling around the senses and fogging all reason: a deadly naiad who entices you and whose kiss tightens itself around you to constrict your breath and steal your life away. A beautiful and terrible Queen.”

To the initiated Poison Hemlock is on the other hand also a strong ally in the battle against all archonic suppression. The above roots are availabe for purchase. Prices on demand.

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Also available are recently harvested roots of Aconite. The roots are 7-13 cm in length, straight, curled and some forked, for making talismans or usage in powders and potions. Price varies from 5-15 €, depending on root size and shape.

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Gallow’s Oak for crafting: fine pieces of mossy-grown Gallow’s Oak wood to be crafted into  talismans. The wood is part of a trade with an English practitioner. More to be revealed about this later…

  

Further fresh Male Fern Root, Mandrake Talismans, Seeds of Poison Hemlock, Mandrake and Poppy and some anorganic ingredients such as Sulfur and Iron Oxide can now also be bought from us.

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Latest additions to our Fetish section: Green, Green/Black, Aged Bone and Bloodred Skull-Candles

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Coming up next: Interview with Occult Artist VÆNVS OBSCVRA

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Teufelskunst Fetish-Candles and Talismans in ‘action’:

      

Special Thanks to Cyril Helnwein for the terrific pic!

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Contact: info@teufelskunst.de

September 17, 2012

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Upcoming Artist Features, Teufelskunst Talismans, Ritual Incense and Custom Skull-Candles

In this journal we present the second batch of our hand-made Talismans, info on updated Website sections as well as photos by customers and friends who have received our Skull-Candles and took snapshots when burning them. We also announce our first Artist Interview!

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ARTIST INTERVIEW: SAMUEL ARAYA

We are looking forward to our first artist interview with illustrator and designer Samuel Araya. In the interview we will talk about his work and the inspirations behind his dark imagery. We will also have a closer look at three of his paintings, investigate their meaning and receive insights into the process of making them.

    

Artist Blogsite

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TALISMANS II

bellicum
Latin “war-signal”, “war-trumpet”,
also a name of the Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) tree

fasces
from the Latin word fascis,
meaning “bundle”

Fasces are a bundle of wooden sticks with an axe blade emerging from the center, which is an image that traditionally symbolizes summary power and jurisdiction, and/or “strength through unity”.

The idea behind the fasces has inspired us again in the creation of this second batch of handmade Talismans. The Talismans are manufactured in a manner similar to the first five Talismans offered here. The difference to the first series is in their form: whilst the first were atavistic representations of the ghost-like emanations of our craft the new talismans are more human in shape. Both Talismans serve at the same time as Mascots of our Teufelskunst and are only given into the hands of experienced practitioners.

The filling consists again of various hot peppers and herbs (partly poisonous) as well as loadstone powder. The skulls are carved again from the Blackthorn’s wood, each holding a pair of dark-red garnets in their eye-sockets. The talismans are accompanied by seven anointed Blackthorn spines bound together with cleansed red and black thread, forming Bellicum Fasces to be used in attack and defense spellwork. With each talisman comes also a cleansed vial to insert a hand-written spell or pact, one anointed onyx sphere and incense.

The talismans have been manufactured entirely by hand. They carry fluid links to the totemic soul of Crow, Scorpion and Snake, and powdered links to the plant souls of Aconite, Belladonna, Black Nightshade, Henbane, Mandrake, Mugwort, Thorn Apple and Wormwood, mixed with the tears of Myrrh and the wood of the Bellicum tree. Long Pepper, Grains of Paradise and Ghost Chili (Bhut Jolokia) lend their fire to the bodies of the talismans, within their chest beats a small heart-shaped ‘High John the Conqueror root’ and underneath the wooden skull vibrate the powdered remnants of a Human Skullbone.

The incense powder accompanying these talismans consists again of fiery ingredients and should be burnt outdoors only. (The exact formula is given inside the leaflet that comes with the talismans.)

Only seven of these talismans have been crafted and there will not be made more of them.

The price per Talisman set: 53 euro + shipping

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INCENSE

The fiery incense for Cleansing and Strengthening one’s focus can also be ordered solitary for 7 euro per 50 gram + shipping.

For the complete list of herbal and floral ingredients visit our updated website section Herbs & Incense. We also have small amounts of classic Witch Ointment Ingredients available. For more info contact us via info@teufelskunst.de

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SKULL-CANDLES

    

Always in stock are our hand-made Skull-Candles available in different colors, e.g. plain black, red, white or bone-colored as well as two-colored versions, e.g. half black/ half red/ half white/ half green and so on. Each candle is filled with corresponding essences, herbs and powders. The price for one candle is 16 euro + shipping. If you order more than three candles the price per candle is 13 euro + shipping.

(photos by customers and friends)

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Contact: info@teufelskunst.de

The first printed catalogue including complete price lists as well as artist interviews and features will be released later this year.

July 13, 2012

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Seed Collections Box Set

The first share of gathered seeds from 22 herb species is available for €38 + shipping. The seeds come in refillable transparent paper bags labeled with the herb’s names alongside our Lesser Sowing Seal. They are contained safely in a durable cardboard box together with a hand-bound booklet with easy to look up instructions on how to sow and grow them.

The booklets are made of nature-friendly recycling paper. Once new info becomes available you can get an updated booklet for free and dispose the old one.

Find below the list of available seeds:

I. Daturas

Purple Dhatura (Datura metel var.)
Toloache (Datura innoxia)
Common Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium)
Datura hybrid, ivory flowers

II. Poison Witchherbs

Common Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium)
Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna)
Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
Blue Monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii)
White Wolfsbane (Aconitum lycoctonum)
Hellebore (Helleborus niger)
Columbine (Aquilegia atrata)

III. Benefic Witchherbs

Rue (Ruta graveolens)
Vervain (Verbena officinalis)
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
Dragonshead (Dracocephalum moldavica)
Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium)
Wild Angelica (Archangelica sylvestris)
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)

IV. Mexican Herbs

Mapacho (Nicotiana rustica)
Yauhtli (Tagetes lucida)
Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides)

You can also order single seed bags from us for € 3,00, e.g. to stock up your collections. If you order three or more the price is € 2,00 each.

For orders and reservation write to info@teufelskunst.de

Also please bear in mind that different countries have different laws and conditions on shipping. We charge in any case only the actual fee it costs to ship but we cannot take responsibility if a mailing gets lost or cannot be delivered. If there is doubt please check first the laws of your country.

January 6, 2012

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Seed Collections

As promised, here the photos and prices for our recent seed collections that have been put together under this lunar eclipse. All seeds come from plants we have grown by ourselves and have been gathered with our own hands. The price on a single seed bag is €3,00 (you get a €1 discount on each if you order three or more). Or you choose a whole set which comes in a limited edition woodcut adorned sleeve. (Photos of the ready packages will be posted later.)

I. Poison Witchherbs: Common Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium), Henbane  (Hyoscyamus niger), Belladonna (Atropa belladonna), Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum), Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), Blue Monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii), White Wolfsbane (Aconitum lycoctonum), Hellebore (Helleborus niger), Columbine (Aquilegia atrata)

Price for one set is €18 + shipping (only two available) both reserved

II. Benefic Witchherbs: Rue (Ruta graveloens), Vervain (Verbena officinalis), Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), Dragonshead (Dracocephalum moldavica), Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium), Valerian (Valeriana officinalis), Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)

Price for one Set is €13 + shipping (only two available) both reserved

III. Mexican Herbs: Mapacho (Nicotiana rustica), Yauhtli (Tagetes lucida), Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides)

Price for one set is €6 + shipping (only one available)

IV. Daturas: Purple Dhatura (Datura metel var.), Toloache (Datura innoxia), Common Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium), Datura hybrid, ivory flowers

Price for one set is €7 + shipping (only two available) both reserved

For orders and reservation write to info@teufelskunst.de with a list and note if you wish to receive sowing instructions with your order.  Also please bear in mind that different countries have different laws and conditions on shipping. We charge in any case only the actual fee it costs to ship but we cannot take responsibility if a mailing gets lost or cannot be delivered. If there is doubt please check first the laws of your country.

December 11, 2011

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