In the garden of Herbal Evil

The wounded man plants the bitter root of

Tormentil loves shadow places

Susanna of the Elders threatened with sexual blackmails by her accusers.

Tormentil rather lieth down upon the ground

Tormentil germinates the Myth that

"All witchcraft comes from carnal lust which in women is unsatiable" Malleus Maleficarum

Tormentil is used against the pestilence of lust

A barbaric custom became an erotic object for men

Tormentil is used to resist putrification

Sexual Intercourse

Impeded or enforced but taken away from her

Rape and sexual violence became a punishment for women's sexuality, her sexual freedom, her promiscuity.

Tormentil stops spitting and pissing blood

In 1836 the body of Sarah Jewett, a prostitute, was discovered dead. She had been struck on the head by a hatchet. It was a murder that gripped New York City because of sex, money power, position and class. In spite of strong circumstantial evidence: his cloak in the brothel and the hatchet in his back yard, the jury freed Richard P. Robinson after 10 minutes of deliberation.

Murder stalks San Francisco Prostitutes

Kimberly Bragg lies in a coma, watched over by her parents. She was beaten and left for dead.

Powder from dried tormentil roots purges venom from the heart.

Mary Powers accused Judge James L. Stevens of sexual harassment saying he handed her an "over-ripe" penis-shaped zucchini and fired her without cause.

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