Caldron Cookery

(scan by Rev. Byrd | Cited Edition)
Sub-title: An Authentic Guide for Coven Connoisseurs
Author: Marcello Truzzi

Edition Cited in The Compleat Witch
 
Publisher: Meredith Press
City: New York
Year: 1969
additional information
Pages:  115
Binding: Hardback
Size: 5.75″ x 8.25″
Front/Back Dust Jacket Flap Copy
 
CALDRON COOKERY
An Authentic Guide for Coven Connoisseurs

by MARCELLO TRUZZI
Illustrated by Victoria Chess
 
Take a scoop of history.
Add a dash of the occult.
Season to taste with drawings.
The result is this delightful collection of authentic witches’ recipes – a cookbook without parallel for that special occasion.
 
Marcello Truzzi is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan.  He is the author of numerous professional articles and a highly respected textbook.
 
Victoria Chess is the popular illustrator of many books for adults and children, including Fletcher and the Zenobia and In Pursuit of the Mous, The Snaile and the Clamm.
 
 
Table of Contents
 


INTRODUCTION  3


HERBS  5


FOR THE SABBATH AND THE BLACK MASS  9
To Fly to the Sabbath  11
Satanic Electuary  12
Ruthah: The Perfume of Immortality  13
Cakes of Light  14
To Make an Inferior Wine Good (I)  15
To Make an Inferior Wine Good (II)  16
To Clarify Wine  18


FIESTA FAVORITES AND SPECIALTIES  19
To Call Up the Devil  21
The Elixir of Life  24
Hand of Glory  26
Protection Against the Hand of Glory  28
Magic Candle to Find Treasure  29
To Ensure Silence Even Under Torture  31
To Make a Bridegroom Impotent  32
To Make a Woman’s Hair Fall Out  33
To Give Another Nightmares  34
To Become Invisible (I)  35
To Become Invisible (II)  37
To Perceive Your Future Husband’s Profession  38
To Make Men Appear Headless  39
To Open Locks  40
To Understand the Birds  41
To Discern the Thief Who Robbed You  42
To Regain Stolen Property (I)  43
To See What Others Cannot See  44
To Win at Gambling and to Be Well Liked  45
To Regain Stolen Property (II)  46
To Raise the Dead  47
To Pain and Kill Another  48
To Foretell the Future (I)  49
To Foretell the Future (II)  50
To Catch Fish  51
To Know a Woman’s Secrets  52
To Obtain the Love of Another  53
Love Charm  54
To Always Have Money  55
To Kill Another  56
Witches’ Brew for Prophesy (Shakespeare)  57
Alchemical Formula for Making Gold  60
To Cause a Man to Go Insane  61
To Become a Werewolf  62


POTIONS, PERFUMES, AND PHILTERS  65
Love Potion  67
Friday’s Perfume  68
Monday’s Perfume  69
Lustral Water  70
Quick Holy Water  71
Other Quick Philters  72


MEATS AND BEASTS AND THEIR USES  73
To Make a Black Horse White  75
To Make a Poisoned Eel  76
On the Use of the Porpoise  77
On the Use of the Lion  78
To Make People Grab Their Hair  79
On the Use of the Owl  80


FIRST AID AND OTHER PRESCRIPTIONS  81
For Chicken Pox (Water-Elf Disease)  83
For the Catching of Large Fish  85
For Burns  86
For Sciatica  87
For Alcoholism  88
For Epilepsy  89
For Swelling  90
For Consumptive Limb  91
For Ulcers  92
For Colic  93
For Arthritis  94
For Sore Breasts  95
To Cure Bad Eyesight  96
To Strengthen the Procreative Organs  97
Unwanted Hair  98
Deterrent for Scorpions and Snakes  100
For Marasmus  101
To Know If a Sick Person Will Die  102
Cure for Obsessions  103


WITCH BEWITCHING
To Cause a Witch to Die  105
To Summon Another Witch  109
To Make a Witch Pockmarked  110


A NOTE ON SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY  113

 
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Editions
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(scan by Rev. Byrd | Cited Edition)
 
Title: Caldron Cookery
Subtitle: An Authentic Guide for Coven Connoisseurs
Year:  
Publisher: Meredith Press; New York
Pages:  
Binding: Hardback
Size: 
Cover Price: $3.95
ISBN: (SBN) 696-54440-7
LoC:  76-85415
Notes: Illustrated by Victoria Chess
 
 
Additional Photos/Images
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Misc. Quotes
(Interesting or pithy quotes from the book)
 
“These recipes, culled from the ancient writings of black magic and alchemy, are presented for their historical value alone.  Neither the author nor the publisher represent them as having safe or magical properties, and so would prefer not to be held responsible for any results obtained in their application.”
 
“Satanic Electuary
 
INGREDIENTS: 
3 grams aenanthol
50 grams extract of opium
30 grams extract of betel
6 grams extract of cinqfoil
15 grams extract of henbane
15 grams extract of belladonna
15 grams extract of ordinary hemlock
250 grams extract of Indian hemp
grams extract of cantharides
1 pinch of powdered sugar
1 pinch of gum tragacanth
 
PREPARATION:
Mix the above into a smooth ointment.  For external use only; extremely dangerous.”

 

 
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