Bane

Bane: A negative force or energy. Another word for bad, negative, or in opposition.
Banish: The removal of negative energy or force. To rid the presence of unwanted entities.

my Son," said he, "'tis the bane of commonsense and the stumbling block of the greatest minds.

"That is old age", said the charioteer, "the ravisher of beauty, the ruin of vigor, the cause of sorrow, destroyer of delights, the bane of memories and the enemy of the senses.

Whereon three temples stand,
And see there this affair.
Keep watch
Inspect thyself
And shouldst thou not bathe thoroughly
The Wedding may work thy bane.
Bane comes to him who faileth here
Let him beware who is too light.

I reject not the good: but precisely play the Alchimist, in seeking pure and sweet balmes in the rankest poisons. O Humanity, my Lullius, or O Divinitie, my Paracelsus, how should a man become that peece of Alchimy, that can turne the Rattes-bane of ...

Pigeons, Turtles, Hens, with the Hearb [herb] called Pellitory of the wall. Cranes with Bull-rushes [bulrushes]. Leopards cure themselves, being hurt, with the HEarb [herb] called Wolfes-bane, by mans dung: Boars with Ivy, ...

See also: Spirit, World, Ritual, Death, Light