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The Poison Path Oracle Deck: A 36-Card Deck and Guidebook

The Poison Path Oracle Deck: A 36-Card Deck and Guidebook


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About the Book

A divinatory deck to engage the power and wisdom of poisonous plants

• Includes 23 poisonous plants along with 13 venefica, the historical and mythological women who’ve used these poisons

• Explores the nature of the poison path, containing a specific reading for each poison and poisoner, and plant spirit glyphs for use in meditation and spellwork

• Provides spreads that allow you to meditate on the nature of each poison and connect with its essence on a spiritual and energetic level

Though the word “poison” tends to cause fear, some of the most potent healing medicines are poisonous at high doses. Similarly, many substances thought of as poisons can, in small amounts, provide powerful therapeutic benefits.

In The Poison Path Oracle Deck, occult herbalist Coby Michael enables readers to access the power and wisdom of 23 poisonous plants, including nightshade, henbane, datura, foxglove, mistletoe, and hemlock. Each card contains plant lore, a description of the plant’s poisonous and medicinal qualities, and a plant spirit glyph that can be employed in meditation and spellwork. The author also offers 13 cards representing famous women—the venefica—from history and mythology who have wielded poison in empowering ways. Included among the venefica are Circe, Hekate, and Lucrezia Borgia. Similar to the Major Arcana of the tarot deck, the venefica cards convey archetypal messages, and they encourage you to embrace your power in transformative and often unexpected ways.

Each card is beautifully illustrated in full color, with the 23 plant cards using 18th–early 20th century botanical illustrations and the 13 venefica cards drawing inspiration from folk art. They offer insights in a direct way, often revealing truths that may at times be difficult to receive. The author’s unique spreads are designed to allow you to reflect and meditate on the nature of each poison and connect with its essence on a spiritual and energetic level.

“Poisonous plants act as mirrors, reflecting aspects of our shadow,” Michael writes. With The Poison Path Oracle Deck, you can engage the most complex aspects of your nature to find clarity, wisdom, and power.

Table of Contents:
Introduction

Working with This Deck

Plant Cards

Plant Spirit Glyphs

Venefica Cards

THE CARDS OF THE POISON PATH

1. The Forbidden Fruit

2. Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara

3. Black Hellebore Helleborus niger

4. Black Henbane Hyoscyamus niger

5. Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum

6. Blackthorn Prunus spinosa

7. Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

8. Brugmansia Brugmansia spp.

9. Datura Datura spp.

10. Deadly Nightshade Atropa belladonna

11. Foxglove Digitalis purpurea

12. Lily of the Valley Convallaria majalis

13. Malevolence Solanum atropurpureum

14. Mandrake Mandragora officinarum

15. Mistletoe Viscum album

16. Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum

17. Poppy Papaver somniferum

18. Rose Rosa spp.

19. Tobacco Nicotiana rustica

20. Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula

21. Wolfsbane Aconitum napellus

22. Wormwood Artemisia absinthium

23. Yew Taxus baccata

24. Catherine de Medici

25. Circe

26. Cleopatra

27. Echidna

28. Giulia Tofana

29. Hecate

30. Hydra

31. Locusta

32. Lucrezia Borgia

33. Medea

34. Medusa

35. The Weird Sisters

36. Venus

Spreads

Poison and Antidote: Two-Card Spread

Gate of Venus: Five-Card Spread

Path of the Serpent: Seven-Card Spread

Botanical Illustrations

Recommended Reading

About the Author

About the Author :
Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. The owner of The Poisoner’s Apothecary, he is the author of The Poison Path Herbal, The Poison Path Grimoire, and The Poison Path Oracle. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798888504437
  • Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
  • Publisher Imprint: Destiny Books,U.S.
  • Height: 140 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Sub Title: A 36-Card Deck and Guidebook
  • Width: 102 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8888504435
  • Publisher Date: 08 Oct 2026
  • Binding: Cards
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 247 gr


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