The Genius in the Bottle: Bioregional Animism and the Viridis Genii
The plant magician seeks congress with a living embodied spirit of a green feral kind, with an intelligence that brings the gifts of healing, divination, wisdom and growth, as well as darker needs and power.
My Life as a Cree Healer
The healer is an intermediary between ordinary humans and Spirit Helpers, who, in turn, are intermediaries between the healer and the Great Spirit.
Untangling the Web of Maria; On the Consequences of Chronic Cannabis Use
From dispensaries to park benches, she’s everywhere you turn these days, and love her or loathe her, marijuana’s enjoying a new golden age.
Kava Bar Opens in Berkeley, CA
The first kava bar, or nakamal, has opened in the Bay Area! Kava is an ancient beverage from the South Pacific made from the roots of the Kava Kava plant Piper mythesticum. The bar is a beautiful earthy ambiance for an alternative nightlife hangout.
Join Kristen Rae Stevens on Monday February 2nd in NYC for a class on Ayurveda and Winter Health!
Herbalist, ayurvedic consultant and yoga teacher Kristen Rae Stevens will be leading a class on Winter Health and Ayurveda at the Arbor Vitae School of Herbalism on 2/2/15 from 7:00PM to 9:30PM
♀ The Venusian KISS ♀
Open to beauty this Libran New Moon by steeping yourself in pure decadence! (September 23/24th 2014)
Scientists Find Sniffing Rosemary Can Increase Memory By 75%
Get to your kitchen cabinets and start cramming! Rosemary has been known to be good for you, but scientists have recently discovered it can increase memory up to 75%.
Some Ideas about Healing from an Herbalist
Extraordinary healings can and do happen every day. Sometimes they are instantaneous. What do you imagine is possible in the realm of healing yourself or another?
Talking to Fire: Botanical Immunomodulation
Fire is visible in our body’s inflammatory response. We rely on it for protection, but it also underpins almost every disease process. Steroids and antiseptic agents may be useful at
times, but if we are going to start talking to the inflammatory fire within us, we need a
different set of tools.
The Nature of Plants and Plant Medicines
The archetypal plant organ is the leaf, flat and
open to the cosmos. The sun, moon, and stars bring about its
rhythmic contractions. Upon
this archetypal theme, each plant family plays and improvises in amazing variety. Human beings also have an archetypal form of their body/soul configuration.