[Picatrix] “Bitter poison mixed with sweet words”: psychoactive substances and offensive operations

/"Bitter poison mixed with sweet words/": Psychoactive substances and offensive operations in the Picatrix

Conference by: Dan Attrell

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For Ibn Washiyya's On Poisons, the existing MSS are found in five versions: Velīeddin 2542, Aya Sofya 3639, Šehit Alī 2073, Leiden 1284 and British Museum 1367. According to Levey, "Medieval Arab Toxicology", 10, the best manuscripts have been found. being the Velīeddin and Šehit Aliī texts.