Belladonna Prayer Card & Altar Card

Lady Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) is the first to be honored in our Sacred Plant Spirit prayer card series to pay homage to her timeless connection to witchcraft. Her card features a botanical science illustration, created by one of your local trickster spirits, who is a trained science illustrator, working directly with the plant herself. Surrounding this illustration is symbology associated with Belladonna, while the back of the card includes a prayer composed by one of your local trickster spirits in her honor with her approval. This prayer combines her folkloric names and historic uses to ask for Belladonna's blessing in a form she is happy to offer.

While Belladonna often needs no introduction, this prayer card can be easily used both by practitioners with an existing working relationship with her and those looking to begin that relationship. The symbolism on the card serves as a folkloric reference guide and brief introduction to the Lady. Across the top are a pair of scissors about to snip a thread, in reference to her connection with Atropos, the Greek Fate who severs the thread of life, who lends her name to belladonna's scientific name, Atropa belladonna. On the left is a wide eye with a drop beneath, representing her use as a tincture to dilate the eyes, which women in Renaissance Italy did to appear more beautiful. On the right is a bottle marked with a skull and cross bone with a glass next to it, as she famously included in poisons, such as the Aqua Tofana.

The plant spirit of Belladonna is a friend of both witches and the Fair Folk alike. We've known her to be widely respected among the Fae and a potent ally when working with the Fair Folk. If you're interested in building relationships with the Fae, it can be helpful to begin with befriending Lady Belladonna. Her word can go very far in Fae circles, should she be willing to vouch for you.

Our Belladonna Prayer Card is 4x6in and printed on sturdy gloss paper with a similar thickness to cardstock.

All facets of this prayer card, including the illustration, border, and prayer, are the original work of Trickster's Apothecary. None of these elements are available for personal or professional use, including resale in any capacity. We DO NOT grant permission for our art or prayers to be removed from the original context they are shared in: the prayer card seen above. We DO NOT grant permission for our art or prayers to be removed from this prayer card and used elsewhere, including social media posts, profiles, or profile images whether or not credit is provided in the post. We DO welcome photographs of our physical prayer card in its new home once received and would love to see this piece in use! If these photographs are shared, we ask that credit is provided and welcome being tagged when sharing. 

Thank you for your understanding and respect of the hard work of your local trickster spirits!

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Belladonna has been used both medicinally and magically throughout the ages. However, as this plant is highly toxic, we do not recommend internal or external use (including inhalation) without supervision from a trained herbalist familiar with this plant. Any information provided by Trickster's Apothecary regarding Belladonna is intended to help foster an understanding of this plant spirit that will allow an easier connection with her. Use of the plant itself is a personal decision that must be made by each practitioner after careful consideration and thorough study which should not be influenced by outside sources, such as shops like Trickster's Apothecary. This prayer card is for spiritual and informational purposes and is in no way intended to advocate for personal use or consumption of the plant depicted. 

As animists, your local trickster spirits highly respect the plant spirits we work alongside and believe they should be honored, just as we honor other spirits we work with. We believe that prayer, altars, and offerings are not solely the realm of the gods, and that these devotions deepen a working relationship with any spirit. Following the tradition of Catholic saint prayer cards, where spiritual ancestors who have been present in this world physically are prayed to and honored, we have created our Sacred Plant Spirit prayer card series. As with our deity prayer cards, these feature an illustration of the spirit being honored surrounded by their symbology, with a prayer devoted to them on the back. Our Sacred Plant Spirit prayer cards include an accurate botanical scientific illustration of the plant itself, created by one of your local trickster spirits, who is a trained science illustrator. The back of the card features a prayer composed in the honor of the plant spirit that must meet their approval before it is printed.

All facets of this prayer card, including the illustration, border, and prayer, are the original work of Trickster's Apothecary. None of these elements are available for personal or professional use, including resale in any capacity. We DO NOT grant permission for our art or prayers to be removed from the original context they are shared in: the prayer card seen above. We DO NOT grant permission for our art or prayers to be removed from this prayer card and used elsewhere, including social media posts, profiles, or profile images whether or not credit is provided in the post. We DO welcome photographs of our physical prayer card in its new home once received and would love to see this piece in use! If these photographs are shared, we ask that credit is provided and welcome being tagged when sharing.

Thank you for your understanding and respect of the hard work of your local trickster spirits!