The Nine Plants Spell

The Nine Plants Spell: Anglo-Saxon plant animism, historical paganism, & folk healing by Joseph S. Hopkins.

Vibrantly animistic and remarkably hypnotic, the Nine Plants Spell (Nigon Wyrta Galdor, popularly known as the Nine Herbs Charm) is an Old English healing galdor, a spell, that invokes nine personified plants and the pagan god Wōden to defeat a serpent before exploding in a psychedelic climax.

One of the most mysterious items in the Old English corpus, and originally sung, chanted, or otherwise performed to treat an unknown malady, the Nine Plants Spell provides a rare window into a living landscape from a lost time, dripping with mysticism and mystery, humming with life.

This third edition features new essays, art, and supplementary items to further assist in navigating the spell’s many mysteries.

Introduced by Danielle Cudmore (Halmstad University, Sweden) and featuring illustrations by Rim Baudey, Jacqui Alberts Lund, and Anneke Wilder.

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