Mythopoetics & Medicine of the Plant & Fungi Kingdoms
She stands alone, brilliant among the lush green foliage all around her, her reflection shimmering in the water flowing nearby.Regal, proudly displaying her lady parts, demanding to be seen and heard. I have the sticky nectar of Scarlet Lobelia flowers on my fingers. It smells sharp and sexual and earthy and green. It tastes sweet like honeysuckle. I’ve been gathering these flowers to make a flower essence spirit medicine from this plant. My very first Read More
One summer day, in August of 2017, I was in my back yard meditation sit-spot, feeling the grass beneath my feet, the sound of the trickling creek in my ears, the wind blowing through the trees, and then through my hair. Yet, I wasn’t really appreciating any of that. My heart was so heavy, the world seeming to be in such a state of chaos. My little town, where I was born and raised, had Read More
By the river, a huge old Sycamore tree with roots as big around as my waste and lots of nooks and crannies. And a hollow in the center as big as a room. It’s a way through, from this world to that. I climb under and go inside the tree and begin my descent. Twists and turns, ducking my head as I move through a dark, moist tunnel surrounded by the veins of trees. They Read More
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