Or charm or periapt that serves the same erotic purpose. In a wide andĬomprehensive denotation, the philtre will include any object Produce or promote amatory sensibilities. Usually liquid in form, but not necessarily so, intended to Sense, therefore, a love philtre or potion is a concoction, Ultimate source is the Greek potos, a drink. Potio, a draught, whether of medicine or even of poison. The term potion is derived immediately from the Latin (from philein, to love, and tron, an instrumental suffix). Philtre itself stems from the Greek philtron, a love-potion It should be observed, as a terminus a quo, that the term Of more enduring permanence, by impersonal, palpable, Property, of attempting to shape and mould the amatoryĮsurgences, in whatever degree, and whether transitory or Retain the essentially common characteristic, the unchanging They present variations and adaptations in correspondence Mores, with the disparate levels of culture of a specific Vary with the ages, with ethnic groups and demographicĪlignments, with legendary and folk traditions and The actual means for the fulfilment of these erotic purposes It also serves as an apotropaic deviceįor diverting misplaced love, as the agent sees it, and redirecting Instrument for securing and preserving the amorous interests The potion, then, is at least a hypothetically efficacious Of animate being, the source, as the antique Hellenes sensedĪnd exemplified, of all cosmic creation, of the totality of That will awaken the ancient fons vitae, the symbol Passion and desire and lust, that will replenish erotic inadequacies, Mystic concoction that, once quaffed, will instil love and Protean diversities, it is the love-potion, the philtre, the That, in brief, is the essence of the material means ofĮffecting such a realization. The problem of preventing such attraction in aĭesignated instance, or of diverting it to another objective. Potency, the urge to attract amorously, and, conversely, In some of its phases and manifestations it has presentedĪge-old provocations and, not infrequently, problems thatĪmong such problems are involved the faculty of physiological The amatory motif is pervasive, timeless, and universal. The Congress: and other medieval practices. Occultists and alchemists associated with preparations. Illustrative legendary, historical, and literary anecdotes, allusions, and citations confirming potency of philtres. Search for husband.Įxamples from Greek and Roman antiquity. Erotic manifestations in various ethnic areas. Produced by Richard Tonsing, Tim Lindell and the Onlineīook was produced from images made available by theĮrotic cults. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LOVE POTIONS THROUGH THE AGES ***
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Many insects can also see a broader spectrum of light than humans including ultraviolet, which means that flowers look significantly different in 'insect view'. In the natural world, petal colour is an important feature of plants, as insects use petal designs to determine where they should land to collect nectar. Puck then places the potion on the sleeping eyes of Lysander, and later Demetrius which causes chaos in the forest. The petals turn from white to purple, and the flower's juice becomes a love potion. The potion is created when Cupid shoots an arrow at 'the imperial votaress' (Queen Elizabeth I), but misses and instead hits the flower. One of Shakespeare's most famous love potions is used by the fairy Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and made from a flower called ‘love-in-idleness’, otherwise known as the wild pansy (Viola tricola).
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