Beschreibung:
Maia Toll is the author of Letting Magic In, The Night School, and the Wild Wisdom series, which includes The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, The Illustrated Crystallary, and Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom Companion. After earning degrees at the University of Michigan and New York University, Toll apprenticed with a traditional healer in Ireland, where she spent extensive time studying the growing cycles of plants, the alchemy of medicine making, and the psycho-spiritual aspects of healing. She is the co-owner of the retail store Herbiary, with locations in Asheville, NC, and Philadelphia, PA. You can find her online at maiatoll.com.
Preface IntroductionThe Herbiary Chickweed: Start Fresh Daisy: Be Yourself Red Clover: Center and Ground Sweet Violet: Inner Sanctum Apple: Forbidden Fruit White Sage: Clear the Way Self-Heal: Ripple Outward Thyme: Distill Your Self Dandelion: Perseverance Burdock: Tap Your Resources Rose: Crack Open Raspberry: Create Space Hawthorn: Heart’s Home Plantain: Rewild Valerian: Release Rigidity California Poppy: Resurrection Mugwort: Between Dreams Elderberry: Cyclicality Lady’s Mantle: Fortitude Starflower: Finding Grace Lavender: Tough Love Comfrey: What Needs Mending? Marshmallow: A Spoonful of Sugar Yarrow: Pocket of Protection Oats: Just Be St. John’s Wort: Light in the Darkness Trillium: Spirit into Matter White Willow: The Ways of Water Quaking Aspen: We Are One Mullein: Integration Reishi: Defying Gravity Passionflower: Exuberant Quietude Nettle: Pay Attention! Tulsi: You Are Sacred Vervain: Let Magic In Rosemary: Remembrance How to Work with the Herbiary Cards Thank-Yous
Rosemary is for remembrance; sage is for wisdom. Would meditating on the starflower help heal you? Does the spirit of sweet violet have something to offer you today? Contemporary herbalist Maia Toll, author of The Illustrated Bestiary and The Illustrated Crystallary, profiles the mystical, magical, bewitching personalities of 36 powerful herbs, fruits, and flowers in this stunning volume. The book includes a deck of 36 beautifully illustrated oracle cards -- one for each plant -- and ideas for readings and rituals to help you access your intuition, navigate each day's joys and problems, and tap into each plant's unique powers for healing, guidance, and wisdom.