A CALL TO RE-ENCHANTMENT by Jesse Wolf Hardin Kiva and I loved teaching a class on the topic of enchantment at the Good Medicine Confluence last month. The following piece on this topic, celebrates the birth of Enchantments, Kiva’s rewilded, acc-sense-uated new manifestation of her long beloved Medicine Roots blog. You can read the earlier, much longer versions […]
Short-Term House-Sitters & Longer-Term Homestead Helpers Needed At Kiva’s Remote N.M. Wilderness Sanctuary —– Both short-time House-Sitters and longer staying Homestead Helpers are being sought for periods of time here at Plant Healer’s Anima Botanical & Wildlife Sanctuary: an incredible, isolated wilderness inholding 7 river crossings from the nearest pavement in the mountainous Gila Forest […]
BINARY DISEASE Treating Polarization With Diversity & Kindness Protocol by Jesse Wolf Hardin Inspired by Election Acrimony, Attacks on Mountain Rose, Posts About Sam Coffman, Disparagement of The AHG, & Rosemary Gladstar’s Advice I have lately felt besieged by both online pre-election stridence, and upset at the way some herbalists have taken to uncaringly attacking […]
Clean Water For Health: FILTRATION & HERBS by Sam Coffman As healers, herbalists have a responsibility to address all causes of illness including diet, lifestyle, and environment… and to recommend treatments and remedies besides herbs when appropriate. Access to clean water is one such problem that Plant Healer’s can’t ignore, as brought to light by […]
DIVERSE The Value of Cognitive Diversity, NeuroDiversity, & a Diversity of Approaches to Herbal Practice by Jesse Wolf Hardin Violent attacks by anti-gay and anti-American extremists are indicative of the fear of social diversity, just as fear of neurodiversity and differences in perspective/response manifests as intolerance for anything but the accepted “normal.” The following defense […]
FORAGING MATTERS Presenting The Wisdom of Plant Healer & Wild Forager Wendy “Butter” Petty ––––––––––––––––––––––– People get into the art of foraging for different reasons, including saving money by integrating wild and free fare, treasuring how much better foraged foods can taste, and knowing that they are often healthier for us than anything we can […]
Intro: One commitment of Plant Healer publications and events is to provide an accessible, non-exclusive nexus and welcoming home to the existing diverse community of herb users, nature lovers, and community healers. Every issue of Plant Healer Magazine is a coming together of the wide ranging tribe, a plant-communal intercoursing and exchanging of ideas and tools, and each […]
NOT FOR EVERYONE Dearly Needed Are The Committed Few… Herbalists by Jesse Wolf Hardin An Excerpt from the Spring 2016 issue of Plant Healer Magazine, now available for download by subscription from: www.PlantHealerMagazine.com The very last message you’d think an herbal magazine would want to put out there, is that an herbal practice isn’t ideal […]
*** –––––––OPEN TO DEBATE–––––– Vital Disputation & Healthy Disagreement in Herbalism by Jesse Wolf Hardin Plant Healer Magazine & Events – www.PlantHealer.org A recent article in Plant Healer Magazine opened up discussion on the topics of political correctness and cultural appropriation as relates to the practice of herbalism. There was at least one person we will […]
Announcing Juliet Blankespoor’s Incredible New Online Classes – Beginning With Her HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING COURSE It is always an honor to help spread the word about the good works of our Plant Healer Magazine writer/teachers, and never more so than in the case of dear Juliet Blankespoor’s new Herbal Immersion online course available January 8th. With the help […]
July Herbaria – Special Free Edition for Herbalists A Sneak Peek: The free July issue of the Plant Healer’s Herbaria Newsletter will be mailed out Monday, July 20th. To be certain of receiving a download link, be certain to subscribe before then. Simply go to our website and fill in your name and email address […]
CONNECTING WITH OUR HERITAGE THROUGH HERBS by Dara Saville An Excerpt from the New Plant Healer book: The Traveling Medicine Show: Pitchmen & Plant Healers of Early America Full color – 104 pages 8×11 – $24 – Order from the Bookstore Page at: www.PlantHealer.org Read the truth about the largely wonderful if oft maligned historic herb […]
THE VITAL FORCE New Science, Vitalism, & Healing by Guido Masé Guido Masé is a clinical herbalist, herbal educator, garden steward specializing in holistic Western herbalism, valued columnist for Plant Healer Magazine, and esteemed teacher at the upcoming Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference atop New Mexico’s Sky Island (click on: www.PlantHealer.org/intro.html). Guido’s teaching style is […]
The Good, The Bad, & The Efficacious Reassessing How We Think & Speak About Herbs, Ailments, & Ourselves by Jesse Wolf Hardin The following essay is excerpted from the Summer issue of Plant Healer Magazine, available by subscription. www.PlantHealer.org “Our chosen language can either further or limit an immediate goal or larger mission. And it is […]
Plant Healer Parents Group Forming A commitment to teaching the craft, ethos, and values of folk herbalism to kids and teens is one of the most important things we can do for our species, our planet, and our future. Asa, Lauren, and the Plant Healer Parents group are doing all they can to move this vision […]