the witches never flew anywhere, of course. As discussed in our examination of the nightshade beers in ancient Iberia, the family of plants that includes black nightshade and henbane is widely known for provoking delirium, intense hallucinations, and unearthly out-of-body travel.19 Even the early commentators knew that witches “do not leave their homes,” rather, “the devil enters them and deprives them of sense, and they fall as dead and cold.”
