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
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Pages: 115
Binding: Hardback
Size: 5.75″ x 8.25″
Binding: Hardback
Size: 5.75″ x 8.25″
Front/Back Dust Jacket Flap Copy
CALDRON COOKERY
An Authentic Guide for Coven Connoisseurs
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
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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“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
5 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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