Alraune 2

        The second edition of Alraune Journal is dedicated to the exploration of the Poison Path with a focus on personal gnosis and practices offering a reification of what has been gained through the Poisoners dealing with the Spirits and Genii of the Verdant, Divine and Daimonic Intoxication. As the many plants haunting the enchanted grove of the Midnight Eden possess their own particular signatures, we aim to offer with this second release a unique panacea of visions, experiences and practices, reflecting in their diversity the various modalities of expression, gnosis and personae of those engaged in the Poisonous Artes. A compendium of refined Veneficia offered as the Serpent's Gift of Gnosis from Practitioners to Practitioners.

         As such, this new Alraune will not be solely focused on the Verdelet Praxis exploring the wide spectrum of Occult Herbalism but on all the means and deeds of the Nameless Art that magically engage with the Toxic and the Poisonous. From ancient Serpent myths and archetypal stories of initiation involving contagion and medicine to the nefarious mixtures of the Witches Cauldron, congress with the Poisonous Agency of the Other has found in the circle of magic an incredibly vast array of forms and ways of expressions.

       It is to acknowledge this diversity and offer new avenues of reflection that we invite contributors to this second issue of Alraune. We aim to gather a compendium of practices and experiences from various traditions, myths, inclinations and sorcerous fates, to widen the perspectives of those walking the perilous way of the Poison Path.