Medieval Medicine: Now Available!

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This fine book is a compilation of lore related to the development and standards of medicine through the entirety of the Middle Ages, with a heavy focus on surgical techniques and medical literature- often, in the latter, of an herbal nature. It contains some fascinating history about the Salerno school, the practitioners of Montpellier, the herbals written by Italian, English, and French scholars, and the role of women in medicine with especial note of the Benedictine order and their formation of hospitals, medical academies, and asylums for the insane.

154 pages.

The Old Root and Herb Doctor: Now Available!

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This fine little work is rather unique as far as 19th century herbals go; it contains the normal materia medica and preparations for various ailments, but also includes a short section on the caloric nutritional value of certain common foodstuffs, even including the digestion time of the same. In another odd inclusion, it compiles a list of commonly encountered poisons and their antidotes- normally warm water for vomiting, a stomach pump, and various counteracting agents. That section is almost surely geared mainly towards parents of small children.

While the work was, by and large, well made, it included numerous typographical mistakes which I had to correct, and its non-alphabetical content at the end indicates to me that it was either hastily edited or not edited at all prior to being printed.

It should be noted that the work contains contemporary Euro-American Thompsonian simples and has nothing to do with "Natives." This was a marketing gimmick.

73 pages.

General Update Time!

Alright literary world;

It's time for a little bit of an update- I'm quite excited for the next three months, that happy period of time where summer winds down towards Halloween, AKA the greatest holiday of the year. After Halloween, there's nothing to look forward to until spring except stuffing yourself on Thanksgiving and Yule.

I have four works that I am definitively working on during this period; two herbal works (another government circular by the author of "Weeds as Medicine" and the South Sea Herbal) which will require illustration are on the docket, along with a short alchemical tract and the current work I am editing; "Secrets of Black Arts!" which is similar to other travelers booklets from the late 19th century and into the 1920s- these short works were part historical and part titillating grotesquery. Don't worry, those won't be the only works I release over this period; I have a half dozen others ready to format but I am not sure which of them will be completed- along with, I hope, the beginnings of SIH two.

That's about all. Don't dog-ear your books.

General Update For July

As of right now I am juggling several good projects; Puckle's "Funeral Customs" is first on the list, rapidly approaching completion, and will be available probably within a week, indeed possibly two or three more days if I continue editing at the rate I have been for some time.

I have obtained several new works that fit within the herbal and homeopathic category; I still have the South Sea Herbal to work on as well, so that makes three more entries within that category for the fairly near future; one is a longer work, the South Sea Herbal is rather short, and another that is about 60 pages in length, a simple hand guide to some herbal species.

The tenth category to be added to this blog (specifically for cryptids and folklore) will be made subsequent to the next title being finished that will fit into the same category. I may eliminate the folk magic category and create a new one specifically for mysticism which requires shuffling a few titles around as well- into that category will go works like the Sepher Bahir, along with a few works currently in the Divination category which are more spiritual as opposed to some of the routine fortune-telling titles.

Over the coming months I hope to return to works of divination and, once the South Sea Herbal is illustrated and released, it will finally be time to unleash a stand-alone variant of the Ars Goetia on the world and, after that, a version of the Lesser Keys of Solomon; the most famous of all grimoires.

Quick Literary Update Time!

Alright everyone, I am steaming through a new work (one that will fit in the demonology category) written from a strictly christian perspective; "Is the Devil a Myth?" by Wimberley, an early 20th century writing of note within the realm of then-modern Victorian philosophy.

I have finished editing my two herbals; what then should I do? Part of me wants to set a couple of days aside and just illustrate them; as for having someone else do so, I'd feel bad not paying a decent total for the work, but these two minor titles are not likely to become large-scale in sales, and I could at best pay a pittance and justify the artistic work by putting the name of the artist on the work- I've had numerous people offer to illustrate for free but, it just doesn't feel "quite right" to take such an offer, even if the work would probably be better than what I can do.

I think I'll illustrate the works myself- it's just a matter of setting aside time to do so when I feel more artistic!

As for forthcoming works, I have acquired another slew of titles to edit and crafted several outlines for more works of my own manufacture, including one about a developmentally arrested caveman and his family and their adventures.

General Update: Herbals Forthcoming!

I have decided to fixate upon three medically related works for the month of April and, once they are done (could be soon, I might have to pay an illustrator, I'm tired of slowing my work down to draw up, scan, format, and re-edit interior images!) I intend to begin working on another manuscript of my own composition on the topic of robotics, automation, synthetic life, and similar topics.

These three works are summarized:

1. Weeds as Medicine: A government-crafted tract on the medicinal use, form, and habit of several dozen species considered at the time to be pests nonetheless worth harvesting to supplement the income of farmers. Things like foxglove, poison hemlock, and yarrow are mentioned here.

2. Valuable Herbal Prescriptions: A work I had already edited in January but never illustrated; a homeopathic work of sorts, combining the design of a short herbal into a medicinal form for basic remedies.

3. Counterblast to Tobacco: An extremely early public health manifest against smoking written by the infamous King James I, of "Daemonologie" fame, the lord of the burning times themselves.

If any artist I pay to complete the illustrations for the first two works quickly I may indeed also release the South Sea herbal, which at first appears freakishly short, but is actually about as long as the others, and merely in an old, compacted form as many herbals were prior to the enlightenment.

Three More Works Coming Soon

Because I felt sick (and a little under the weather even after the sickness subsided) I didn't do much for a few days there, but now I'm roaring ahead and finishing up with three entirely separate works.

First, "Weeds as Medicine" which was actually put out under US government contract back at the dawn of the 20th century. Part of it is utilitarian but it is also an interesting herbal. It's about half done save for the illustrations.

Second, "Valuable Herbal Prescriptions" which is done except for the illustrations which I have not had the gumption to render yet; it's a 50-ish page herbal medicine tract.

Third, "Demons and Tongues" which is one part early 20th century demonology, one part anti-pentecostal manifesto, and quite interesting. I am almost 3/4 done editing this work which, thankfully, has no illustrations.

Herbal, Homeopathic, and Folk Medicine Books for Sale

The following is a continuously edited list of texts related to herbal medicine, homeopathy, and quack doctoring, which I have edited and released. This list will be updated over time as new titles become available.

PRIMITIVE PHYSIC
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An extensive mid 18th century text of folk and herbal medicine.

MAGIC PLANTS
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A short tract detailing the philosophy of natural magic and herbalism.

THE WITCHES' PHARMACOPOEIA
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A very good work on herbal and similar imagery in witch lore.

GUNPOWDER AS A WAR REMEDY
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A WWI homeopathic work of note suggesting the use of small doses of tincture of black powder.

CANADIAN HERBAL
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A combination receipt book for disease and herbal guide.

THE USEFUL FAMILY HERBAL
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A short herbal with a large number of (often odd) recipes.

COUNTERBLAST TO TOBACCO
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A very short tract on the spiritual and physical evils of tobacco, by King James the first.

WEEDS USED AS MEDICINE
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A government bulletin listing several dozen common and noxious medicinal species.

VALUABLE HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS
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A homeopathic work listing some late 19th century remedies and various species used therein.

ASTROLOGICAL PHYSICIAN
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A text that claims to treat and diagnose disease by observing astrology.

THE TREE OF LIFE
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Carey's utopian guide to better living, likening the spiritual and then-scientific.

HYPNOTISM
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A DeLaurence work on mesmerism and hypnotism along with their medical applications. Pure Victorianism! 

THE FAMILY NURSE
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An excellent manuscript covering herbal remedies, ointment crafting, poisons, and more.

THE SECRETS OF ANIMAL MAGNETISM
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A work on mesmerism and clairvoyance that partially relates them to medical applications.

THE INCUBUS
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A work on sleep paralysis which also describes herbal remedies, demonic folklore, and other subtopics.

REMEDIAL USES OF HYPNOTISM
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An interesting little essay on the medical application of hypnotism.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM
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A pro-hypnotism, anti-mesmerism manuscript, with some amusingly dated opinions of the use of the former.

MIND AND BODY
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A treatment of hypnotism, faith healing, and the general history of alternative medicine.

THE FAMILY COMPANION AND PHYSICIAN
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A collection of diseases, cures, preparations, and a lecture on moral ills.

THE LAW OF NATURAL HEALING
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A work speaking of autosuggestion and its therapeutic usages, some still accepted today.

HYPNOTISM, PERSONAL MAGNETISM, ETC
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A long-titled booklet of alternative medicine stressing dietary change, exercises, and hypnosis.

A TREATISE ON ANIMAL MAGNETISM
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A tract on Mesmerism and magnetic bathing, and its various anecdotal claims of efficacy.

AMERICAN MEDICINAL FLOWERS AND FRUITS
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A short field guide to some medically active species of North America and their usage.

AMERICAN MEDICINAL HERBS AND LEAVES
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A short field guide to more medically active species. Fully illustrated.

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF FLOWERS, TREES, FRUITS, AND PLANTS
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A lengthy collection of botanical folklore, often Roman, Norse, Arthurian, or European Victorian.

FIFTEEN LECTURES ON MEDICAL BOTANY
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A series of entries on the use of botanicals in medicine, the dangers of antimony and mercury, and plenty of religious allusions.

JACOBS ROD
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A work on dowsing that mentions energy healing and homeopathy. Half translated from Baritel.

OCCULT FAMILY PHYSICIAN
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An excellent, 307 page work on herbs, medical recipes, homeopathy, and some social tracts, all compiled.

THE INDIGENOUS DRUGS OF INDIA
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An intermediate length work of anthropology compiling some of the materials and recipes available in mid 19th century Indian bazaars as medicine.

FRAYS GOLDEN RECIPES
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A booklet containing various herbal remedies, lifestyle advice, and nutrition tips.

FOLK MEDICINE: A COLLECTION
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My full length collection of materials involving herbal medicine, folk cures, homeopathic remedies, and more.

CURES; THE STORY OF CURES THAT FAILED
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A fascinating look at quackery, leechcraft, and fad medicine, with a cautionary tale about spiritual placebos.

AYURVEDA: OR THE HINDU SYSTEM OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
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A short work which describes the basic materia medica, some recipes, and theoretical categories within Ayurvedic practice.

PRAYER AND THE HEALING OF DISEASE
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A short tract mainly opposing faith healing, giving scriptural examples.

SLACKS HERBAL
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A Thompsonian work with a full materia medica, specific recipes for various pills, ointments, etc, and a dietary section.

THE OLD ROOT AND HERB DOCTOR
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A short Thompsonian work importantly including poisons and their antidotes, with allusions to "Native" tribes as a marketing gimmick.

THE PRINCIPLES OF OCCULT HEALING
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A work of Theosophy detailing the advance of "drugless healing" and the coming era of miraculous healings foretold by Blavatsky.

MEDICAL FASHIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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A little work detailing some of the evolution of medicine through the 1800s. An invaluable comparison to the current era of magical cloth squares and pseudoscientific lockdowns.

PARACELSUS AND HIS INFLUENCE ON CHEMISTRY AND MEDICINE
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A little text about Paracelsus, his character, his de facto invention of premodern chemistry, and his involvement with herbal materia medica, etc.

A TREATISE ON ACUPUNCTURATION
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A short and early work detailing the basic premise of acupuncture, cupping, and some medical anecdotes.

OUTLINES OF GREEK AND ROMAN MEDICINE
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A collection of major figures, practices, and ideas, from Rome and Greece from antiquity through the middle ages.

THE SANITARY CODE OF THE PENTATEUCH
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A work laying out the various dietary, sanitary, and similar regulations and customs of the ancient Jews.

THE DIVINE ORIGIN AND CRAFT OF THE HERBALIST
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A work comparing religious rituals to herbal medicine in Rome, Egypt, the Islamic World, Babylon, and more.

MEDIEVAL MEDICINE
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A treatment of surgical and herbal lore from the Middle Ages, especially about Salerno, Montpellier, and the rise of Benedictine hospitals.

TAYLORS HERBAL
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A short work from the dawn of the era of organic chemistry listing various plant species and their curative effects.

A PLEA FOR BOTANIC MEDICINE
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A lengthy work detailing Thomsonian medicine.

BOTANIC MATERIA MEDICA
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An encyclopedic list of many medicinal herbal remedies and their healing categories.

AN EPITOME OF THE HOMEOPATHIC HEALING ART
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An exhaustive list of medical conditions and homeopathic treatments, with inclusions on various medicines and their usages generally.

THE USE OF BATHING IN MEDICINE
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A work exploring ancient and modern usages of saunas, herbal baths, cold baths, and Galenism.

General Update Time: The End of 2016 Is Nigh!

2016 has been a strange year; political and social upheaval everywhere, even weird weather, and more synchronicity than can remotely be fathomed by even those of us who have studied the occult for some length of time. For me, it has been a massive success; everything I am doing is far, far ahead of where I anticipated it being even under the most optimistic scenarios.

Before 2016 keels over and gives birth to what I imagine will be a nearly-as-strange 2017 (I envision it will be a lot like 1980, stay tuned) there is one final stretch of work to be accomplished, and it is nearly done now.

I have mentioned before that I will be creating a new category of literary work here for titles related to herbalism, homeopathy, and quack medicine; "Magic Plants", "The Witches Pharmacopoeia", and "Gunpowder as a War Remedy" are already done, meaning one more work is necessary to make it a proper category of its own; I am, at the moment, half done with the roughly 125 page "Primitive Physick" which seems to be massively overpriced on Amazon by those selling editions of the same. If time allows, I will also be releasing, as stated before, the South Sea Herbal, but I wanted a longer and more substantial work (The latter is only about 30 pages) to go into the category with the shorter manuscripts. It's still within the realm of possibility that I have time to release "Weeds as Medicine" but I do not anticipate that until early January.

In 2017 I plan to branch out into several other categories of work also, and finally release Morbid Stories II, Sickness in Hell II, and other works.

General Update Time!

Things are going along quite smoothly at present; due to the sudden coming of snow (far earlier than usual) I've gotten a little ADHD addled I suppose and I have three works not complete but all more than half complete; namely the (very good) South Sea Herbal, the Asuri Kalpa, and A work called "Everybody's Astrology." I figure at least one will be done before November ends, and the other two in the first week of December, with three more works to go before the big #100.

That completes the first stage of my work; but there is an enormous load ahead for 2017; namely at least one and probably two entire categories' worth of work ("medical" will combine herbals with homeopathy, and I envision a new category for works related to the psychic arts, mediumship, mesmerism, and similar topics), as well as a planned massive addition of new subjects to the occult playlist I have made.

This is in addition to two side projects; tomorrow I should receive the three booklets I grabbed off ebay, and with my patreon-based donations far higher now I have the cash necessary to seriously look at some of the better booklet lots on ebay over time and grab a few to roughly double the occult archive- this has been actively planned for some time but until now I had so much else to do that I didn't have the time; I want to field at least 200 free scans by the end of 2017 and another 100 on top of that by the middle of 2018.

The second side project is, of course, finalizing the kindle ebook releases and adding links to them to the categories on this blog; unfortunately at least four separate editions were messed up (I'm good at dealing with createspace' system for paperbacks, but I am not used to the kindle process) and I had to completely redo them. If you do find that any of my ebook releases are not properly formatted, please do not hesitate to tell me here in a comment or by message on my Youtube channel.

I am also happy to announce that more than 120 copies of Sickness in Hell have been sold since its release about five weeks ago- this doesn't sound like a lot until you realize that the genre is the literal fringe of the fringe being self released without commercial advertisement by a largely unknown author of fictional works.

Three New Works I Acquired

I was unable to obtain one of the works I had in mind for the archive and release; a scrapbook and partly hand-written civil war era medical quack work with various recipes and letters and other miscellaneous inclusions; the price quickly surpassed my willingness to buy a work I was not able to physically examine for condition.

However I did obtain three quack-era works related to medicine, including two on homeopathy and a third on the usage of gunpowder as a remedy. I will release these works as free scans for the archive as soon as I figure out my new printer/scanner combo and will also craft them into new editions.

from the ebay listing

I Am Attempting To Obtain some Extremely Important Works

By tonight I may have a very, very special treat for people interested in strange medical and spiritual literature. Lest someone try to outcompete me I won't mention what the specific titles are; but suffice it to say that at least two of the works I am trying to obtain in one lot off ebay are not even mentioned on any website (I doubt the person selling them has any idea of their true value) and a separate work is literally one of a kind. I will do everything in my power to grab these works up, scan them for the archives, and release editions of them as well to perpetuate their apparently exceptionally rare content. No book should ever be entirely forgotten.

Only after the bidding has completed and the works are (I hope) officially mine, will I show them off here and speak of their titles and content. I am extremely excited right now because they relate to the upcoming herbal/etc category I intend to build.

I am also on the lookout for a few other things I wish to obtain also, not all of which relate to literature. I've wanted for some time to get a victorian-era garnet ring but I have to find the exact size and style I desire.

Herbal and Homeopathic Works: New Category Forthcoming

I am pleased to say I finally obtained enough material to begin rendering a series of works to print which will culminate in an entirely new category of literature which, after they are edited, will be listed on this blog; specifically, herbals, homeopathy, and similar works related to folk medicine and similar topics. Some of the titles are hereby listed:

Weeds Used in Medicine (1917)- An interesting and partly illustrated basic herbal.
South Sea Herbal (1715)- A short herbal with many illustrations.
The Treatment of Disease (1886)- An early scientific medical tract.
A Brief Treatise on Various Ailments (1890)- A list of diseases and their herbal remedies.
The Canadian Herbal (1851)- A longer medical tract with various remedies.
Dr Chases' Recipes (1866)- Remedies, herbs, quack medicine, and other material.
Occult Science in Medicine (1893)- Alchemy, astronomy, medicine, and more.
On Snake Bites and their Antidotes (1862)- An article on the obvious from the transactions of the philosophical society of New South Wales.

There are a half dozen other, much longer, works as well that I have acquired for release.