Sorry I’m a mammal.
April 5, 2018 9:42 AM Subscribe
“The good news is, we are all witches! The not as good news is, looking at the legacy medieval witches left, it feels mildly unnerving to think our own histories could read something more like ‘socially awkward freaks constantly touching their lower chins’.”
Shaina Joy Machlus on body hair and witchcraft.
Shaina Joy Machlus on body hair and witchcraft.
Oh, yes. It's been all about that for centuries.
But among the other ways to ingest a hallucinogenic drug besides swallowing it is through the mucous membranes, such as under the armpits, through the anus, or for women, through the mucous membranes of their vaginas. And how might such a ointment be best applied to those delicate mucous membranes? From the 15th century records of Jordanes de Bergamo:
But the vulgar believe, and the witches confess, that on certain days or nights they anoint a staff and ride on it to the appointed place or anoint themselves under the arms and in other hairy places.
posted by Sophie1 at 10:47 AM on April 5, 2018
But among the other ways to ingest a hallucinogenic drug besides swallowing it is through the mucous membranes, such as under the armpits, through the anus, or for women, through the mucous membranes of their vaginas. And how might such a ointment be best applied to those delicate mucous membranes? From the 15th century records of Jordanes de Bergamo:
But the vulgar believe, and the witches confess, that on certain days or nights they anoint a staff and ride on it to the appointed place or anoint themselves under the arms and in other hairy places.
posted by Sophie1 at 10:47 AM on April 5, 2018
TIL my weird mole is actually perfectly placed as a 'devil's mark'
this has absolutely made my day
posted by halation at 8:07 AM on April 6, 2018
this has absolutely made my day
posted by halation at 8:07 AM on April 6, 2018
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