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sunset to gather and hide under it. Also if women smell its
flowers they get so sexually aroused that thev have a
strong desire to have sex like the birds in spring and the
wolves in winter and usually the women harm themselves
from the extreme sex desire that they feel. The wise-men
also said that if someone took a branch with Jeaves from
the laurel tree and put it on his head like a wreath would
get very happy suddenly for no particular reason just an
extreme happiness in his heart
Also if vou take one flower, one leaf and some of the
root of the laurel tree, and you put the flower, leaf and root
in a tin made of fine silver, then cover it with white silk
cloth and white silk thread, then put it in your pocket,
hang it on your clothes or put it in your sleeve, thai u ill
cause everyone who sees you to feel an acceptance and
admiration in their heart towards vou and if vou had anv
need from any of them they will accept granting your
request with no objection.
There is another tree that is called Abraham tree that
also has weird features and it is used in a lot of charms for
it has great affect and power. According to Sokolonya the
messenger of the Sun if you take five pounds of mandrake
fruit and leaves with Kotrip tree leaves and fruit (It
tree that grows in the Nabataean and (Canaan areas) and
put the leaves on top of each other with the fruit in
between, then take one pound soft green branches from
Abraham tree and wrap it on the leaves and the fruit, then
take three leaves from cauliflower leaf and wrap it around
the whole thing and put it in a clean place to putrefy and
cover it with twenty-one flowers of Abraham tree and
pour on ail this four pounds of churned cow milk and one
drop of tar. Put the mixture in a container made oi
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