Magick Mandrake Occult Sigillum - William Wraithe. Over the centuries, legends surrounding the mandrake’s different sexes and human shape grew stronger, reinforced by the medieval doctrine of signatures, which claimed that plants that resembled certain body parts could be used to treat ailments of those body parts. As a plant with the shape of a human body, the mandrake was believed to exercise control over the body: it could induce love or conception, or bring good fortune, wealth and power. A mandrake root, shaped like a baby and slipped underneath one’s pillow every night, could help a woman conceive; or, shaped like a woman and carried in one’s pocket, could help a man secure his desired lover. If you want the root to be female - hang it up as shown. If you want it to be male, hang it upside down. This cannot be stolen, it has to be bought to work. Money, power, fame = male. Healing, love, fertility = female. Remember well.