Also, go back to the early 1970's...... Anyone remember the group Deep Purple??
Why did they call their track "Mandrake Root"?? did they know something way back then? JRH ----- Original Message ----- From: "PM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Bordem ;-) > On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 12:49, John Richard Smith wrote: > > Marc Hultquist wrote: > > > > >What does Mandrake actually mean ? Was just thinking about it now and well > > >while apache 2.x compiles I thought I would see what I could find out. Its > > >unfortunately to slow for me to browse the net right now :\ > > > > > >Anyone care to shed some light on this ? > > > > > I believe it was used in english medieval times for medicinal purposes. > > I expect it was an early ruling class version of coke. > > > > John > > Don't forget also that King Features sued Mandrake last year over the > use of the name - 'Mandrake the Magician', seems everybody had been > confusing the distribution with the comic strip. (That's why I couldn't > get 'The Gimp' to work!). > > ******* > > http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/R/real_wizards/witches_t.html > > describes mandrake's use by witches - a witch I knew 30 years ago was > using it (he ground it to a paste & rubbed it on his temples). > > "Through the ages, magic often involved taking drugs and seeing things. > Where the druids had ergot and the shamans had mushrooms, witches had > mandrake. The mandrake has long been regarded as having magical > properties, perhaps because its forked root gives the plant a human-like > shape. According to tradition, the plant would scream when it was pulled > out of the ground. Consequently, mandrake was not dug up by hand; > instead, a dog would be harnessed to the root and encouraged to drag it > out of the ground. > > > The mysteries of the mandrake are not limited to its shape. It is > related to henbane and deadly nightshade. All three contain a number of > very powerful alkaloids. When absorbed into the body, these chemical > substances can cause double vision, hallucination and even coma. With > their knowledge of the effects of mandrake, witches would have been able > to dose themselves to produce the required effects without risking their > lives. > > The witch's cauldron would have been used to boil the herbs in a fatty > solution; this produced an ointment that the witch would smear on her > body. A trance-like state would follow, with the witch experiencing > sensations of flying - this is probably the origin of the familiar > imagery of witches flying on broomsticks. Witches, like druids and > shamans before them, derived some of their authority from their apparent > ability to travel into another world. > > -- > pm > ____ > The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side > he's on. > Joseph Heller, Catch 22 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ >
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