During the winter of 1691 a group of girls went into convulsions, rambled incoherently and complained that bugs were crawling on their skin. They also spontaneously began to dance a dance known as Saint Anthony's Fire that caused blisters on the skin and burning sensations throughout the body. It was determined that they were possessed by the devil and according to one theory, this spurred the Salem Witch Trials. Three hundred years later the fungus ergot, a parasitic fungus with properties like LSD, was discovered growing on rye grain, a food commonly consumed at the time.
Red and black patchouli, lemon blossom, aged vanilla resin and raspberry.
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