Verveine virgins

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  • vervain: Verbena officinalis, common European and British herbaceous plant that was formerly much valued for its reputed medicinal properties
  • verveine virgins: Continuing the allusion to The Grand Grimoire's invocation of Lucifuge Rofocale: "you will buy a young virgin kid, that on the third day of the quarter you will adorn with a garland of vervain (or, the sacred herb)[.]"