The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs

A detailed woodcut illustration depicts a botanical specimen. It shows a central stalk with multiple branches, small oval leaves, clusters of tiny flowers at the tips of the stems, and a visible root system at the bottom.

The wise say that this herb has wondrous virtues. For when it is added to the blood of a female hoopoe original: "Widhopffen Weiblins" in a lamp, all who stand around it will believe they are so tall that one thinks or believes of the other that his head is in heaven and his feet are on earth.

And if this mixture or oil is placed in one’s nostrils, he will flee quickly out of the fear he will have. And that is tested and discovered.

XII. Sage.