✧ Plant Magic ✧
4 essays that affirm we live in a magical world
Hi there folks!
There are quite a few new subscribers over here, so thought I’d share some of my favorite ✧ Plant Magic ✧ essays in one spot. Thanks for being here, for sharing a love of Plants and supporting this work. These essays are all public (no paywall) ~ if you enjoy, please share freely!
xo
Emily
✦ Plant Communications ✦
It was a warm Autumn day, and I was hiking in the Rockies with my pups. We had glorious views with Maples vibrant crimson and sunset orange, silver Sagebrush glowing, swaying grasses of gold and a blue-bird sky—a quiet Wednesday in the woods.
How I called Violets into my Yard
Been thinking of this story for a few years now. Finally taking the time to type it out. It makes me laugh, the Plants will do that. I hope you enjoy this little true-tale that describes how I called in the Violets to my yard. It also details how I was so deviously tricked by a Plant that I knew exuberantly well from Jewell Gardens, but failed to recogn…
✦ Sastun ✦
December 2023
Tonight, I finally found my sastun. The name comes from the book Sastun: My apprenticeship with a Mayan Healer, by Rosita Arvigo
Curiosity AKA That one time my friend chewed on a Western Poison Ivy seed…
Over the years, I have found I re-member plant information far better in story form—bonus points if it’s in-person. Sure, there is validity in the herb books with lists of constituents and herbal actions, their bud to flower and stems dissected and each part named…but is that the best way to recall knowledge about a Plant? Perhaps for some. For those wh…
I’ll be back next week with another herbal installment. If you have topics of interest you’d like me to cover, drop a note in the comments. If it’s of a more private nature, send me a message and I’ll do my due diligence to address it!
Thanks Kameron 💫