Critical Intuition: Knowing The Difference Between Intuiting & Projecting
Excerpted from the Herbal Rebel Column in the now available Spring 2012 Issue of
Plant Healer Magazine
by Paul Bergner
In previous columns, I have spoken of a Four Directions model of obtaining knowledge, of study, that may be applied to herbalism or any other field of endeavor. In [...]
Kids, Common Infections, Herbs & Antibiotics
Excerpted from the now available Spring 2012 Issue of
Plant Healer Magazine
by Aviva Romm
September 1, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a report on the problem of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for kids. They found that doctors are unnecessarily prescribing antibiotics for kids more than 50% of the time, [...]
It’s important that Plant Healer Magazine not have so many columnists that room runs out for contributions from others. Last time we announced the addition of quarterly contributions from Susun Weed… and this round, we found we couldn’t resist adding just one final column:
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Mountain Medicine: Traditional Healing Folkways
by Phyllis Light
Phyllis D. Light (http://phyllisdlight.com) is [...]
Growing At-Risk Medicinal Plants
Photos and Text by Juliet Blankespoor
Growing our own medicine creates an intimate connection with healing plants as we watch them emerge from the ground, and grow leaves, flowers, and fruits. I tend to be more curious about the plants around me, as I see, smell and feel them throughout the [...]
THE WILD HERBALIST
Steps Towards a More Empowered, Intensely Effective & Satisfying Life & Practice
Class Notes by Jesse Wolf Hardin
All Photos ©2011 Kiva Rose
From the notes for The Wild Herbalist class being taught by Jesse Wolf at the upcoming TWH Conference
Saturday, Sept 17th – 2:50-4:50
To Register: www.TraditionsInWesternHerbalism.org
Envision a nature-informed, liberatory herbalism as wild and powerful, [...]
2011 TWHC UPDATES
• First Look at Just Completed Conference Book
• Attendance Surpasses Last Year At This Time
• Important Conference Details
• and… a Canyon Greening
Progress on the Traditions In Western Herbalism Conference continues, in a rush of valuable tasks and crazed deadlines. We have a second wonderful outreach helper just volunteered, and Resolute takes care [...]
Anima Wallow Fire Final Update and Thanks
• No New Growth in 24 hrs! Wallow Fire held at 540,000 acres
• Fire pump and Sprinklers Arrived and Tested
• First breaths of relief
• And gratitude, so much gratitude…
The situation has steadily improved since the winds of June 5th, and unless conditions drastically change, the threat from the horrendous [...]
The Fires Of Change
Passion and Transformation, Destruction and Renewal
A Wallow Fire Retrospective
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
Anima Sanctuary and School
Sniff the wind, and it’s not hard to imagine the acrid smell of smoke or the fires of change ever lapping at our heals. They threaten not only our drought-plagued forests and homes, but also old illusions about [...]
Wallow Fire Update New Mexico – June 17
Anima Sanctuary and School
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
Busy as we are, we feel like we owe it to all those caring and asking, to try to post updates at least every couple of days… and especially given the sad dearth of up to date reports elsewhere. Thank [...]
Wallow Fire Update June 10
and Emergency Fire Fund Set Up
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
We wake up again to a thick fog of smoke from the swelling Wallow wildfire, with the rising sun tinted a remarkable blood red color. This is the point in the movie when Bambi and the other creatures of the [...]
The following article on invasive plants is excerpted from a much longer version that appears in Issue #3 of Plant Healer Magazine. In the interest of full understanding, I recommend taking time to read the full piece, with its extensive discussion of the arguments and examples used by both sides of what has recently [...]
The Language of Healing:
The Power Of Conscious Vernacular & Deliberate Terminology
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
An Excerpt from the full length article, in the March Issue of Plant Healer: A Journal of Traditional Western Herbalism.
Languages are forever evolving, depending on shifting understandings and cultural context, the watering down of some definitions and the recasting of others. This [...]
A one page article by Wendy Sue Gist in the March issue of New Mexico Magazine includes a little about wild foraging, dandelions, and Kiva Rose’s tips for picking nettles… as well as a listing for the 2011 Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference:
New Mexico Magazine Article
Those of you placing orders with Mountain Rose Herbs in [...]
The Herbalist’s Inner Sanctum
By Jesse Wolf Hardin
Excerpted from a larger essay “Imaginariums, Inner Sanctums & Cabinets of Wonder”, appearing in an upcoming issue of Plant Healer Magazine: www.PlantHealerMagazine.com
There’s something mysterious – and therefore entirely irresistible to a child – about exploring a parent or grandparent’s special or private space. It may be a cupboard out [...]
Thank you to everyone who has encouraged us to take a break, after nonstop deadlines around the 2011 TWH Conference organizing and the production of the first ever Plant Healer Magazine. There are still lots of tasks to be done this month on both projects, as well as tons of emails needing answering… but that [...]
