"In her right hand she bore a crystal glass/ Mantling with bright Nepenthe".
Nepenthes Ventricosa blooms at Berkeley Horticulture
"Nepenthe" :Figuratively, it means "that which chases away sorrow"; νη = ne = not, and πενθές = penthos = grief, sorrow, or mourning; so, literally, it means 'not-sorrow' or 'anti-sorrow'. In the Odyssey, Nepenthes pharmakon is a magical potion given to Helen by the Egyptian queen Polidamma. It quells all sorrows with forgetfulness....
"My name it is Aleister Crowley/ A master of Magick unholy/ Of philtres and pentacles/ Covens, conventicles/ Of basil, nepenthe, and moly."
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