Mandragora in the jar

Interior composition "Mandragora" is made from polymer clay, tinted with acrylic and pastels, the size of the jars 13 cm.

The MANDRAKE is a plant genus of perennial herbs of the family Solanaceae. The plant is poisonous. Roots, fruits and seeds contain psychoactive alkaloids. The roots sometimes resemble a human figure, like ginseng, in this regard, in ancient times, the Mandrake was attributed magical powers.

According to legends, one who hears the groan emitted by the Mandrake when it is digging out of the ground, must die; it is necessary to bind to the root of a dog that will pull the root out of the ground and die to avoid death and to satisfy the thirst of blood, supposedly inherent The Mandragora.

In ancient times, the Mandrake root was often used as a powerful hallucinogenic drug. The plant is frequently mentioned in the magical recipes of the middle ages. The most highly valued and, accordingly, more cost those roots, which are more accurately transmitted form of the human body, especially if there is floor, because it was customary to divide the male and female Mandrake.

The use of Mandrake is strongly not recommended because of possible severe side effects, even death. The main irreversible damage to the brain causes the contained scopolamine.