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INDEX
All page numbers are refer to the print edition of this title.
Abraham of Worms, 137–39, 146, 149,
164, 167, 207, 212, 211–17
Abramelin the Mage, 211–12
Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-‘Ibn, Gregorius, 97
Acosta, Cristóbol, 99, 103
Adam, 79, 150–52, 158
Aenus Sylvius, 141
Agrippa, 76, 85, 98, 124–27, 183–87
Al Andalus, 97
Albertus Magnus, 90, 124
amphibian, 78, 100, 114,
aphrodisiac, 20, 79, 124
anti-, 89
apothecary, 127, 166
Ardoyni, Magister Santes de, 83, 89,
95, 99, 104, 107, 111. See also
Book of Poisons; Opus de venenas
Aréfast, 164–66
Ariosto, Ludovico, 120
Arras, 181, 184, 215
trials of, 168–75
Artemis, 26–27. See also Diana
Avicenna, 103–4
Bacchanalia, 51, 55
Bacchus, 51, 55, 71
Bald’s Leechbook, 91
on “enchanter’s” nightshade, 94
on hemlock, 91, 94, 107
on henbane, 91, 94, 107
baptize, 10, 33, 60, 113, 118, 129,
148
barber-surgeon, 13, 104, 187
barbe, Waldensian, 53, 55, 71, 173–75
heavenly trips taken by, 174
Martin, 53, 55
Pierre, 53, 55, 57, 71
barley, 94, 123
Beelzebub, 161
beer, 91, 123
belladonna, 76, 92–96, 196. See also
deadly nightshade
Belon, Pierre, 100, 102
Benevento, 21–23, 73, 180, 206
Bernardino of Como, 34, 165
Bernardino of Siena, 13, 72, 75, 98,
129–36, 156, 164, 181, 207, 213, 217
Bernard of Busti, 135
bewitch, 16, 192, 216
bewitched, 93, 119, 125, 135
bewitching, 80, 93, 113, 115, 117
bewitchment, 21, 124
blessing, 20, 32, 36, 37, 132, 133, 158
Blocksberg, 143
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 120–21
Bodin, Jean, 195–96
Boguet, Henry, 191, 195
bone miracle, 37–39, 44
Book of Poisons, 83, 93, 104
on datura, 99
on hemlock, 107
on henbane, 89
on nightshade, 95
on opium, 104
on toad, 111–12
See also Ardoyni, Magister Santes de;
Opus de venenas
Brommenhansinn, Anna, 114
Broom, 1, 3, 144, 154–55, 158, 163,
166–68, 178, 194, 207, 210, 216,
218–19
broom rider, 158–61, 163. 168, 210.
See also scobaces
Bruegel, Pieter, 183
bufotenine, 21, 71, 75, 111
Burchard of Worms, 29–31, 33,
43–44, 86, 132, 134
Burton, Robert, 126
Caligula, 80
Canape, Jean, 106, 120
cannabis, 87
cannibalism, 2, 50, 117, 136, 138
Canon Episcopi, 5, 26–29, 33–34, 36,
73, 138, 147, 150, 165–66
Cardano, Girolamo, 189–91, 215
on witches’ ointments, 189–90
Cathars, 163
Catholics, 49, 68, 90, 131, 148, 164, 177
Cedrenus, Georgius, 125
Cellini, Benvenuto, 123–24, 127
Celsus, 61, 81
Chraft, Johann, 135–36
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