Secret Medicines from Your Garden: Plants for Healing, Spirituality, and Magic
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620555573 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The author of several books, including A Druid’s Herbal for the Sacred Earth Year, she lives in Massachusetts. Ellen Evert Hopman has been a teacher of herbalism since 1983 and is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. A Druidic initiate since 1984, she is a founding member of The Order of the White Oak, an Archdruidess of the Druid Clan of Dana, and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages.
She explores shamanic Plant Spirit and Animal Spirit Medicine as well as herbal astrology. Exploring the magical role of herbs in ancient ritual, Hopman provides recipes for Egyptian temple incense and their sacred medicine known as “Kyphi” or “Kaphet,” used to purify the body, banish insomnia, and promote vivid dreaming. She reveals the herbal lore surrounding each plant, drawing on traditional knowledge and remedies from around the world, including Native American, Celtic, and Egyptian traditions. She also explains the “triangle” formula-making system of her herbal mentor William LeSassier to help you develop custom herbal remedies tailored to a person’s unique strengths and weaknesses.Showing how to easily incorporate wild plants into your life to receive their healing benefits throughout the seasons, Hopman reveals the power of the bounty that Mother Nature has provided ri
She reveals the herbal lore surrounding each plant, drawing on traditional knowledge and remedies from around the world, including Native American, Celtic, and Egyptian traditions. Weed, author of the Wise Woman Herbal Series)“Just like in nature where you encounter the same herb many times but in different ways, Ellen Evert Hopman’s new book takes you on a spiraling exploration into the world of healing plants. Packed full of practical guidance, accessible information, and useful recipes, this original and beautif
This is a "Must Have" if using Herbs in Life or in Ritual This book is the "go to" book for herbal uses and information. It was written by a Druid and clearly demonstrates the author's knowledge and uber-competence in the field. You will learn Druidic techniques here that can be extended to other areas of life and practice. The same can (and will) be said of its siste. This book makes plant medicine intuitive. This book doesn't just tell you what each plant is good for but what characteristics will help you remember. Is the plant solitary or cluster? Hot dry climate or cool wet climate? And recipes.. much like what I seem to see going on in publishing Mistress Belladonna When I received this book to review, I did not know what to expect. I am a firm old school person, and anticipated a simple rehashing of old info, much like what I seem to see going on in publishing these sorts of tomes for the last 10 years. I was fabulously surprised and heartened by the sheer amount of infor