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Mandrake Roots and Art

This project began earlier in 2016, when parting with a few homegrown live mandrake roots and sending them to new homes. Part of the deal for the new owner was to commission a portrait of the very root they were to receive.

Each root is drawn with ink and quill on stained paper. Attention is paid to the peculiar shape and features of each root. The result are detailed portraits, which are not only unique pieces of fine art but which also give the owner a reference, when the roots are planted back into soil.

Examples of roots that have left my own mandrake family and joined new homes:

Available roots (prices including hand-drawn art, excluding shipping):

For ordering write to info@teufelskunst.com

October 6, 2016

Posted In: Pflanzenkunst, Herbs & Seeds

Tags: plant mythology, illustration, famuli, portrait, Mandrake, folklore, roots, homunculus, ritual tools, ink, live plants, plant art, magical plants, plant folklore, mandragora officinarum, plant magic, mandrake project, witch herbs, plants in legend, moly, sorcery, art, original art, witchcraft, drawing

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Wooden Seed Boxes, Autumn Equinox 2016

The seeds have been gathered and new wooden seed boxes are nearing completion. With joy I offer again this treat for the tenders of sorcerous gardens, just in time for the autumnal equinox. Below is a preview of the boxes:

Available are boxes #23-26. They will contain again a fertile mix of seeds from various benific and venific herbs. Four boxes are available, three of which are already reserved. For those that will not receive one this time, I plan to craft a few more until Samhain. If you want to make sure to get your hands on one, then I recommend placing a reservation now.

For ordering and reservations please e-mail me at info@teufelskunst.com

September 13, 2016

Posted In: Herbs & Seeds

Tags: wooden boxes, wooden seed boxes, garden, harvester, plant, seeds, sorcerous herbs, witch herbs, witch garden, sorcery, poisoner, seed boxes, autumn equinox

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New Wooden Seed Boxes

Good things come to those who wait. I have received many requests for new wooden seed boxes, but it was only during the past month that I was able to finish new boxes. So here they are: stained in the colors of fall and charged with the vibrations of the blood red moon, the boxes are filled with the year’s harvest of seeds coming from 50 different herbs.

The philosophy behind the boxes is to share the seeds, which I gather from my own witch garden, so that other practitioners may grow herbs from them as well. This means, we keep in touch, exchange experiences and compare our results with growing and sowing the herbs under different conditions. I am also giving advice here and on my garden blog, for growing and handling these herbs. Besides this the boxes also contain some seeds from new herbs, that I yet plan to sow and where I wish for others to join in.

Seed Boxes Fall 2015 copy Each box is pyrographed with the Teufelskunst Sigilum Maior/greater sowing seal on the cover and Sigilum Minor/lesser sowing seal on the inside. The boxes are stained in a warm red hue and finished with a thin layer of transparent varnish. There are THREE boxes filled with seeds (see the listing of the exact content here). The price for one box is 99 Euro + shipping.

Accepted payment methods: Paypal, SEPA bank transfer inside Euro countries

Update: the boxes are SOLD

NOTE: I have been asked whether these boxes are also available without the seed content. If you would rather have an EMPTY BOX with the same or different decor, please contact me and we work something out!

For ordering and all other inquiries write e-mail to info@teufelskunst.com

November 2, 2015

Posted In: Herbs & Seeds

Tags: sowing and growing, wooden boxes, seeds, wooden seed boxes, witch herbs, seed boxes, benific herbs, healing herbs, venific herbs, plant magic, herb magic, magical herbs

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Towards the Equinox

Tonight I finished another two Sigil Card Sets to be shipped this week and spent the rest of the night with some red wine and a herbal contemplation, celebrating the end of summer and welcoming autumn. The equinox is not yet here but the air already smells like autumn and I am heavily working towards completing the next edition of my card sets as well as harvesting and preparing all sorts of herbs from our garden. E.g. yesterday I collected most of the Black Henbane and plenty of ripe Belladonna. Earlier this week I have been gathering Yew and Bittersweet Nightshade, with which I sat down tonight. These are noisy times, a lot of heated up thoughts are floating around and so I felt the need to oppose all that with the help of these herbs, which are simultaneously marking the start of a new circle… summer passed too fast, but I had some interesting experiences and crossed ways with a wonderful person (a huntress and taxidermist), who sent me some really amazing frankincense of the finest quality I’ve used up to this point… burning this heavenly stuff rounded up the night. Now the altar candle is still burning and the libation slowly drying/being consumed…

September 8, 2014

Posted In: Herbs & Seeds, Ritual

Tags: contemplation, witch herbs, ritual, meditation, yew, autumn equinox, alraune, bittersweet nightshade, circles

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Summer in the Garden II: Followup

Summer is coming to an end and yet I did not even share half of the photos I’ve taken during the past three months. So I sat down with a glass of red wine and made this summary of summer garden impressions for you. Click through the gallery to find a commentary on each motif and feel free to comment!

September 6, 2014

Posted In: Garden, Herbs & Seeds

Tags: vervain, aztec tobacco, wolfsbane, brugmansia, benific herbs, digitalis, fennel, elder, healing herbs, lemon balm, witch herbs, herbs for dream work, masterwort, poison hemlock, herbs for purification, melissa, aconite, hyssop, nicotiana rustica, poisonous plants, wormwood, rose, belladonna, foxglove, valerian, henbane, angel's trumpet

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Aconite Root Fetishes

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

Posted In: Herbs & Seeds, Ritual

Tags: aconite, herbalism, poisonous plants, roots, witch herbs, fetishes

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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

Posted In: Herbs & Seeds

Tags: seeds, witch herbs, dhatura, sowing

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