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Plant Healer Spring Issue Sneak Peek

Plant Healer Spring Issue SNEAK PEEK –Releases March 4th– www.PlantHealerMagazine.com The Spring issue of Plant Healer Magazine releases on Monday the 4th of March, another diverse collection of herbal information and inspiration, wildcrafting fervor and plant obsession that we’re thoroughly excited about! We have to be excited, in order to spend so many hundreds of hours on every detail of its content and appearance, but a look at this issue’s content will readily show you why. Once again, we offer you a Sneak Peek at the upcoming articles, over 250 pages of never before published material written by many of the most informed, candid and compelling foragers and herbalists. Spring Content We’re featuring another deeply powerful column from our...

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Divergent Streams: Herbalism & The Mainstream

DIVERGENT STEAMS OF HERBALISM Alternative Healing & The Mainstream by Jesse Wolf Hardin Excerpted from Wolf’s upcoming book “Plant Healers and Wisdom Keepers”, and will also appear an in the Summer 2013 Issue of “the Magazine Different”: www.PlantHealerMagazine.com Intro: One of the most difficult things facing anyone, is the tension between the pressure to fit in and the desire to be our unique selves. It doesn’t help that the credibility of our chosen field of herbalism is often discounted or discredited, even by our parents and peers, making herbalists question their worth and seek some kind of accreditation that might earn acceptance. And yet, we find that there is both some pleasure and advantages to be...

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Announcing: Free Sample Issue of Plant Healer Magazine

Announcing: A Free Sample Issue of Plant Healer Magazine PDF Download Gift 140 Pages, 20 Complete Articles, Over 250 Illustrations “Plant Healer is amazing… the most beautiful magazine I’ve ever seen, bar none!” -Phyllis Light —————– We’re giving away a free 140 pages long Plant Healer Magazine Sample – the size of a small book! Those of you who subscribe, will have already read the 20 articles that appear in their entirety here, but now the rest of you can get also get a feel for the “Magazine Different”… while taking advantage of this gift of valuable information for anyone interested in herbalism, wildcrafting or foraging articles: Jesse Wolf Hardin: For The Love of Plant Lovers Choosing An...

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An Insider’s Look at First Aid with 7Song

In my clinical practice I have seen everything from widespread issues such as anxiety, insomnia, and menstrual regularities to deep seated chronic conditions like lupus, cancer, and viral hepatitis to more acute and first aid type situations that include punctures, head wounds, and blunt trauma. I’m interested in all the ways in which the body can work and heal, but I admit an overriding fascination with first aid. One thing I like about first aid is that it calls on me to adapt quickly to the situation, and get good, clear results. Certainly I like those kinds of results in any case, but in first aid it’s incredibly important that treatment be effective and quick. Hesitation or lack of skill can mean increased harm to someone, especially if they’re looking...

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Sam Coffman & The Herbal Resurgence

Sam Coffman & The Herbal Resurgence –Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous – Near The Grand Canyon – Sept 19th-22nd– by Jesse Wolf Hardin www.HerbalResurgence.org We’re really stretching the bounds of herbalism and herbal conferences at the 2013 Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous, hosting over 50 of the most adventurous class topics again this September. From Anne Merrill’s “Ecology of The Body” to “Animist Herbalism” by Sarah Lawless, teachers will be taking the craft ever deeper into the heart of what the folk tradition is all about. Now, thanks to a last minute rescheduling, we’re pleased to announce the addition of a teacher who can provide a radically strong emphasis on herbal empowerment and preparedness: Sam Coffman! Sam is the...

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Winter Wildcrafting, Roots Music, and An Evergreen Liqueur

Some may feel trapped indoors during the cold moons, but I enjoy both the warm respite by the wood stove and the chilly adventures out into the Junipers and Pines to gather lichen, evergreens, and take pictures of the ice glistening against the moss, lichen, shelf fungi, and a thousand different textures of bark and needle. Cold as it has been in these mountains for the last several weeks, sometimes dipping down to -20 F, I’ve still been wildcrafting when the fancy takes me. Corkbark Fir from the higher mountains packed solid with snow, Desert Cypress from the middle elevations, and sticky chunks of gold and amber tinted Pine resin blown from trees by recent heavy winds. The Corkbark Fir will be macerated in a good whiskey, before being blended with strong...

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Whether To Be a Professional or Not, Choosing Our Path – Part II

Whether To Be a Professional or Not Choosing Our Path – Part II ————- Professionalism At Its Best, A Defense of Amateurism, Adepts, & Standards We Can Share In Common by Jesse Wolf Hardin Reclaiming Amateurism am•a•teur: noun: 1. a person who engages in a pursuit (esp. a sport) on an unpaid basis; 2. a person considered contemptibly inept at a particular activity. adjective: inept or unskillful. Hey dictionary, thanks for nothin’! I personally happen to like thinking of myself as an overqualified amateur, from whom nothing can be expected but anything is possible… though I concede the word is considered nothing but a put down by most people these days. “Amateurish” is used to mean “unskilled”, though I...