Henbane in European Pagan Tradition: Uses, Magic, History, Benefits

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Henbane in European Pagan Tradition: Uses, Magic, History, Benefits

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Hyoscyamus niger, commonly known as henbane, black henbane or stinking nightshade, is a plant that is poisonous in large quantities, in the family Solanaceae. It is native to temperate Europe and Siberia, and naturalised in the British Isles. Henbane was historically used in combination with other plants, such as mandrake, deadly nightshade, and datura, as an anaesthetic potion, as well as for its psychoactive properties in "magic brews". These psychoactive properties include visual hallucinations and a sensation of flight. It was originally used in continental Europe, Asia, and the Arab world, though it did spread to England in the Middle Ages. The use of henbane by the ancient Greeks was documented by Pliny who said it was "of the nature of wine and therefore offensive to the understanding", and by Dioscorides who recommended it as a sedative and analgesic. The plant was also purportedly used as a fumigant for magical purposes. Albertus Magnus, in his work De Vegetalibus, reported that necromancers used henbane to invoke the souls of the dead as well as demons. Henbane was already being demonized as early as the Late Middle Ages when it became inseparably associated with witchcraft and malefic practices. “The witches drank the decoction of henbane and had those dreams for which they were tortured and executed. It was also used for witches’ ointments and was used for making weather and conjuring spirits. If there were a great drought then a stalk of henbane would be dipped into a spring, then the sun-baked sand would be sprinkled with this” Henbane seeds have been found in a Viking grave near Fyrkat, Denmark, that was first described in 1977.This and other archaeological finds show that H. niger was known to the Vikings. Analysis of the symptoms caused by intoxication of this plant suggest that it may have been used by berserkers to induce the rage state that they used in war.

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@7dnein944 3 жыл бұрын

In Ancient Greece we called this plant "δαιμοναριά" , it was used with other plants in order to induce an altered state of consciousness which allowed for divine communion. The name daemonaria is etymologised as the daemon-tongue. Apparently the potion induced a different 'highs', according to the spells that the magus had conjured over it.

@simonmartineferland9419 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this added information :-)

@talonshadows4587 3 жыл бұрын

I have done Henbane twice. 1 dried flower petal cut into pieces , and 1 of those pieces broken up in a mixture of mugwort and cannabis and smoked it. Was very interesting experience.

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thank you. Would love to hear more. Feel free to message me on Instagram if you have. @thormmadj

@Peter-qe1qg 20 күн бұрын

So the amount shoukd be realy smaller then right? Have one here.

@ergbudster3333 3 жыл бұрын

So, it looks like perhaps the witch persecutions were an early form of the War On Drugs? Hmm.

@moonsmilk333 Жыл бұрын

exactly..

@felixliljegren 2 ай бұрын

Do you really want to know

@danielkover7157 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Mithrodates, the Poison King of ancient Pontus, studied henbane. He apparently studied plants, animals, and minerals from all over the place, creating some of the most exhaustive research in the ancient world.

@pendaofmercia7892 3 жыл бұрын

Now we talking 👍 I have some growing at the moment, the flowers are so beautiful.

@talonshadows4587 3 жыл бұрын

I too grow Henbane along with several other herbs that make up my poisonous garden. Things like Bells Donna and Datura to just name a couple. My neighbors freak out because they can hear me and my Coven during rituals in my backyard. Next door nosy Karen is amazed how my yard looks like a city park but everything I grow is for food , medicinal , or spiritual purposes poisonous garden included.

@pendaofmercia7892 3 жыл бұрын

@@talonshadows4587 ah datura, often misunderstood. I love her dearly, she's great even just as an ornamental. The evening blooms are wonderfully narcotic. Haha I love it! Are they christians? I live next door to a cop, he has no idea half the stuff in my garden is technically illegal. I wish more people did the same with the space they have, but then government always finds a way to shit on people dropping out of the system so to speak.

@talonshadows4587 3 жыл бұрын

@@pendaofmercia7892 not only is she Christian , she is Head of local elementary PTA , a Sunday School teacher , and up until the HOA dissolved because of her bad leadership President of HOA too. Bitch is too damned nosy for her own good. Got pissed off when I was telling up soil for bedding plants and mixing equal parts compost and manure because of the sound of the tiller and the smell of the manure. I told her to get over herself and go inside and install ear plugs because it was noon on a Saturday

@pendaofmercia7892 3 жыл бұрын

@@talonshadows4587 oh I’ve had neighbours like that, one guy went so far as poisoning my cat. Thankfully he lived but he was never the same afterwards and it cost me a fortune. Anyway, I killed all his roses and began throwing bird seed onto his grass to attract pigeons. One afternoon he ran out to shoo them and tripped, hurt himself quite badly. Should have been looking where he was going and never mess with my family 😂

@talonshadows4587 3 жыл бұрын

@@pendaofmercia7892 well when my Karen was Head of HOA I was still renting this place. HOA dissipates and I bought it. That pissed her off. My Coven meets weekly for training classes and rituals. I have a 2 car garage and can get all 5 vehicles in my driveway. One year at Memorial Day weekend I had everyone over for burgers , blues , and beers backyard party. She called police because someone parked in front of her house when it was nobody at my house. But she sent cops to my door

@Baergen. 3 жыл бұрын

It seems like burning the seeds as incense is the safest way to consume it. Since ingesting it can cause stomach issues and worse if you consume a lot. I am considering burning a small amount in a ceremony, possibly mixing it with mugwort and sage.

@thumphreybrogart4108 3 жыл бұрын

I've recently started working with Henbane, and while I wait for the plants to grow, I've experimented with smoking the seeds mixed with weed or tobacco. I'll smoke three at a time and then wait a few hours to measure my reaction before trying more. I've gotten up to 9 in one night before I started feeling like I was on the threshold of a powerful experience. Burning them as incense seems like a waste to me, unless you're burning a lot of them and keep your face close to the smoke

@randyslobojan5763 Жыл бұрын

Nah, hear it's the ointments.

@berserkerboy9777 2 жыл бұрын

In a project I’m working one of the rituals for one of the tribes involves drinking a tea of Chaga, Henbane, Amanita Muscaria, and Spruce tips before dancing and being painted with the blood of either a Wolf, Hound, or Black bear. Before drinking the tea they eat the heart of the animal

@malachi612ify Жыл бұрын

Would you be willing to share more info with me?

@berserkerboy9777 Жыл бұрын

@@malachi612ify what are your questions? I don’t mind sharing

@berserkerboy9777 Жыл бұрын

@@malachi612ify What I did is, using a couple sites to compare ancestry found what ancient tribes Me and some of my Family members are related to. After that I chose everyone’s top 3, and picked two more to use as inspiration to create a new “Ancestry Tribe”

@berserkerboy9777 Жыл бұрын

After picking different tribes I picked different trait from lands we have ancestry in (including our current home of Oregon). For instance my tribe is the Frekobards, they have traits from Norwegian vikings, Langobard, Salian/Batavian Franks, Saxon/Angle Anglo-Saxon, and Briton/Gael Celts. Their religion is a mix of these tribes’ pagan religions. They live in a place that’s like a mix of the North West Oregon Cascades, and Bavarian Prealps/alps.

@malachi612ify Жыл бұрын

I am looking for information on the specific brew. I have been diving into this for awhile now and am hoping to try a brew soon

@vincentzack 2 жыл бұрын

Henbane was used by the Witches of Old. In combination with other plants and pressed into a tea and administered to women could delay pregnancy for several years. The Witches of Old had much knowledge of plants, roots and herbs. That is why the Witches of Old were referred to as wise women. Witches of Old never made charms or cast spells they used their brooms to sweep the floor. (DeMeo has also compiled interesting historical and ethnological material on this subject).

@nathanhale7444 Жыл бұрын

Hmmm there is something mentioned in the book of Jasher about how people used a plant as birth control so their wives wouldn't get pregnant and stay attractive longer. I wonder if this is what they used?

@juni_pearl_9591 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I see that it can help with bronchial dilation. I wonder if it’s in my asthma medication, or if it would be good for asthma. Don’t worry...I won’t go trying it out and hurting myself, but I do wonder. Looks to be a really versatile herb.

@SombreroPharoah 3 жыл бұрын

It's cousin Atropa Belladonna, was used in cigarettes prescribed for asthma until relatively recently. Generally, smoked, they're quite safe. Henbane being the most so, obviously that's relatively speaking. They fell out of favour more for the combustion inhalation issue and more modern compounds than alkaloidal issues. I've used Henbane, Belladonna and Datura via smoking when I've had coughs. It's roughly 1.5mg of actives when things get wonky and there after. It takes a fair bit of smoke to get to that. Therapeutically it works at 0.2-0.5mg.

@darrelladon3619 Жыл бұрын

Another relative called Datura. The flowers will definitely help your asthma. It grows wild all over the world

@berkeleyharbin1787 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for your time and research.

@aussieprepper6711 Ай бұрын

Awesome thanks so much from oz, havent been able to get henbane to grow from seed yet

@VanaheimrUllr 2 жыл бұрын

Scolopamine actually. Same as "devil breath" in South America (from a plant called borrachero there, looks a bit like). And hyoscyamin. Used in traditional western medicine. "Bulmeurt" in norwegian.

@noctiloucous 3 жыл бұрын

They tried really hard to get everyone to forget about this henbane. I knew mugwort very well, but didn't know about henbane. Imagine particular plants in South America growing everywhere but noone taking notice of it. You had to work really hard with strict laws and bans to get so far...

@Cernunnos_83 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video as always. 👏🐔🐓

@mykodemgrzybodem 5 ай бұрын

I do smoke that with amanita muscaria 😇

@denni7173 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! I'd love to know if it did work for petit mal seizures. I will have to look and see! Clever about the chicken thieves using it to quiet the birds 😄

@simonmartineferland9419 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the chicken thieves' use of it is one of the most interesting bits of info to me! It's the type of thing that makes be realise how much more people knew about the world around them than we do today in our "civilized societies" and how little we understand them.

@laurenlofland3865 Жыл бұрын

I just have gotten into the new show called Mayfair witches and it's awesome it is definitely up my alley is far as I love anything having to do with you know old piano stories of witches and Witchcraft and unit magic an herbs and healers and medicinal plants and shamans you know all over the world different Healers of all sorts but what made me look up henbane is in the beginning of episode 3 called The Dark Side of woman had been mauled by a wild boar and she apparently was a witch and a young healer woman was also a midwife and in a was someone in the community that people would go to when they were sick and the older woman was about to die and she asked her to give her a henbane that's all she wanted was to fly one more time you know before she died to let her go out flying basically and that she was not going to Heaven Nor Hell but back to the Earth where her mother was and her mother before her and you know there was nothing to be scared of you knowing that and later on one of the older ladies in town I'm sure that was also associated with this group of women came and got this young woman and you know I showed her ritual where they all danced and you know tripped on henbane and and hallucinated and and so it was interesting to hear where the thoughts of the hallucinations of of flying come from the plant henbane.

@straydog8044 3 жыл бұрын

Suprised by your mentioning of "Pilsenkraut" I tried to research your statement that it is still being used for brewing beer by some german breweries. I really would like to know where and what these breweries are. The uncontrolled usage of henbane (Bilsenkraut in german) and other toxic ingrediences for brewing beer (which was a common job for housewifes in medieval Germany) lead to very severe punishments if the brew was harmful or even deadly. Finally the very strict "Reinheitsgebot" was created in 16th century Germany, making sure that only water, hop, yeast and malt were allowed for brewing beer. So please give me some input on the breweries you mentioned :-)

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 3 жыл бұрын

Do you read German? Below is an article and the wikipedia page mentions it. Also if you look below in the comments theres a dutch guy whos grandmother had a recipe and I know a couple other Germans who are the same. You are not going to find this in any registered brewery. Only remote villages with family recipes. botanikus.de/informatives/giftpflanzen/alle-giftpflanzen/bilsenkraut/ de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzes_Bilsenkraut

@straydog8044 3 жыл бұрын

@@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 ok - so we're talking about home brewing which is not controlled unless you try to sell your "witchbrew" (Bilsenkraut was also suspected to be a major ingredient of so-called "witch ointment" that enabled them to fly ;-) ) It is reported that celtic druids also used henbane seeds to season their drinks in order of worshipping their god Belenus, so adding henbane to beer has a very long tradition. And yes - being German I actually do read german :-D Though I don't know if I have more germanic or celtic roots but you planted the idea in my mind to do some research on that - thanks for that

@hartwarg3051 3 жыл бұрын

I love a good deal on strips, but I've yet to have resorted to such measures! Chicken naps lead to chicken-nappings. Watch out Witch Chicks, booty-clapping on henbane laced broom sticks can give you a dirt-nap!

@joshuabarnhill1265 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it

@statoilbensin2190 Жыл бұрын

Lurer på om den er ulovlig å kjøpe å plante? Vikingene brukte den jo slik de gjorde med rød fluesopp å fleinsopp. Syntes det er en veldig kul plante og kunne tenkt meg å ha den på pynt. Skal selfølgelig ikke røyke den, drikke den som te eller spise den.

@TheVinceLyons 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to have to start turkey basting henbane

@abozeidhany2 2 жыл бұрын

It grows naturally nearby here in Egypt alexandria I wish to try use it but don't know of how to do safely

@Peter-qe1qg 20 күн бұрын

Hi . Wikipedia saus its poison the whole plant. How poisones is it and what dosage does obe take?

@Raging_wolverine4233 3 жыл бұрын

It'd be awesome if you made a vid about yule

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 3 жыл бұрын

Already done! And trying to do every other holiday too kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdWEYMJilpjUZ6M.html

@felixliljegren 2 ай бұрын

Its funny when you think plants as a chategory of wasting time every day of the week, if I made a list of 50 shades of sedatives I wonder what I would find in that process. Sedative is such a loose term however

@nathanhale7444 Жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever seen it here in Texas.

@Retetop 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm what is the name of that background music?

@norsemagicandbeliefs8134 3 жыл бұрын

Its just my crappy music I made. I just started another channel for my music if you want to see more. kzfaq.info/love/ShTnd9HOrgdlJ0Xx0YqWqA

@sarahgilbert8036 2 жыл бұрын

Those looked like mead carboyds

@louispellissier914 3 жыл бұрын

Both mushroom and henbane theories ignore or disregard what the sagas tell of berserber rage, that it came out of nothingness, for example the Hervarasaga says that Angantyr and his brothers, who were all berserker, stopped the ship when they felt the berserk rage coming to them and they would wrestle with trees and rocks until it was gone, so it was a state that scaped to their control and was not the result of a pre-calculated mechanical process such as ingesting a psichoactive substance to provoke it

@randyslobojan5763 Жыл бұрын

That's a possibility but we're also talking about people who more than likely engaged in recreational drug use and drinking durning long voyages

@Hadrada. 2 жыл бұрын

So does Pilsenkraut do more than get you drunk?

@randyslobojan5763 Жыл бұрын

That was kind of the plan. It effects cope very well with drunkenness. It also makes those drinking it thirstier and more prone to drinking more. Which is the kicker

@statoilbensin2190 Жыл бұрын

@@randyslobojan5763 Have you tried it? I have been thinking about brewing some mead with Henbane. It grows in the area.

@blossom654 Жыл бұрын

Idk about that broomstick business. You mentioned (in other video) that there was a lot of shame involved…shame is a very low state of consciousness….so what did they experience? They might have believed that it was ‘higher states’, because they felt ‘high’ , but looking at people who get ‘high’ we know they are full of sh*t. Not much ‘love and light’ in those stories.

@kirstenwelcome4520 Жыл бұрын

Apollo = Odin = Rudra

@chrisellenback6210 2 жыл бұрын

Why can't I try it!! Better than crack!!

@chrisellenback6210 2 жыл бұрын

Ya right, just sniff a little smoke!! Delphii!! Delphini!!!

@chrisellenback6210 2 жыл бұрын

I got nothing else to do either!! In 2022!

@randyslobojan5763 Жыл бұрын

@@chrisellenback6210 You can buy the ointments and maybe some smoke online if you look. Might not be on amazon for say but it's not legally regulated for sales in alot of places so you can just buy it.

@ergbudster3333 3 жыл бұрын

Psychedelic beer! Woh! Pilsenkraut. Beer fans.. write that down!