The Witches' Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic Oracle Cards it starts wide at its it starts wide at its base and tapers gently to a narrower mouth Exploring the practices and customs of the Anglo Saxons hidden in English folk traditions Thomas Hatsis details how a range of ideas from folk drugs to ecclesiastical fears over medicine women merged to form the classical “witch” stereotype and what history has called the “witches’ ointment ” He shares dozens of psychoactive formulas and recipes gleaned from rare manuscripts from university collections from all over the world as well as the practices and magical incantations necessary for their preparation