In ancient Greece snake poison was among a class of dangerous medicinal cures known as pharmakea. The person who administers a pharmakon — which is a poison but can be a cure in the right dosage and at the right time — is a pharmakeus, a “witch doctor” or “black magician.”
— Jason Reza Jorjani, LOVERS OF SOPHIA
Image: Juan Gatti, Natural Sciences Series, 2012
— Jason Reza Jorjani, LOVERS OF SOPHIA
Image: Juan Gatti, Natural Sciences Series, 2012