Welcome to The Plant Medicine Substack!
The Art, Science, History, and Culture of Our Symbiotic Relationship.
Welcome, reader, eater, farmer, adventurer, and psychonaut! Welcome to the world of plants, food, people, and the imaginary spaces between. Within this virtual vivarium, we will dive into the realm of poetry, dig deeply into the strata of our beings, and uncover the oneness, the invisible link that resides in the heart of every plant, human, and fungi. I intend to provide a window, a portal into the mysterious, ancient, and mythological relationship of man and plants, the sacred and the profane. Our journey together will be somewhat practical, philosophic, pragmatic, psychedelic, and probably a bit dirty.
There will be many stops along the way, many herbs to consider, and potions to drink. It is my goal to provide you with information on plants and herbal medicine to improve physical, mental, and spiritual health, nutrition, and quality of life. Injunctions of sheer calculated silliness will provide the fuel we need on this journey. Within these pages, you will discover the body-mind balancing herbal wisdom of Ayurveda, the traditional healing system of India, and the lore, magic, ritual, and music of the Shipibo tribe of the Amazon. We will sit together at the ancient Greek table of Eleusis, drink deeply from the chalice of Baccus, and listen to the ASMR prophetic whispers of the Oracle of Delphi.
Plant knowledge provides a direct link to our ancestors and their knowledge of longevity, harmony, and balance. Our ever-present relationship with plants will provide a baseline, a starting point from which to begin our adventure into our inner, twisted jungles, and luminous gardens of paradise. Whether you be a seasoned traveler, gardener, an aspiring grower, an athlete, a guide, a teacher, a parent, a healer, a patient, or simply someone who loves to learn about plants and natural medicine, I hope that there will be something for you in these publications. I wish to create an intimate community of plant lovers, friends, holders, and sharers of plant-knowledge, and, eventually a kindness-based platform for our community to exchange information, seeds, and plants with integrity and fairness. Future publications of the Plant Medicine substack will feature articles, interviews, and musings from leaders in the fields of medicine, food, psychology, art, entheogens, nutrition, poetry, ethnobotany, horticulture, farming, and, occasionally time travel. Here we will learn not only how humans grow plants, but also how plants grow humans.
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