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Healing Herbs
SunInMoon and I have been using, growing and believing in Healing Herbs for many years now, since the 6os, when the first Natural Food Co-ops really started to take off. We both have studied flower remedies, aromatherapy, Store Specials, and herbal healing. We are by no means experts, only homegrown advocates. What we have both come to believe is:
All Healing Comes From Within and the Body Heals Itself!
If you go the bookstore or your neighborhood Co-op and look through your herb guides, it is not uncommon to come across encyclopedic works with the complexity of hundreds of herbs used in a plethora of herbal formulas. Herein lies a danger to anyone practicing herbalism: getting lost in this complexity and being separated from the basic and simple experience of involvement with a few herbs. There is, of course, a place for complexity, for ultimately the complexity of herbs must match the complexity of the individual.
We intend to devote our energy into explaining the Healing Herbs used in Store Specials, Flower Essences and the Herbs we use in our Powdered Incense Blends, along with our ‘hands on’ experience with Essential Oils. We try always to grow our own herbs for our preparations, Organically of course! And search out other Organic sources when we are unable to grow our own, due to weather or circumstance. We always search out our local growers first-Always! We also intend to offer many links to where you can buy seeds, search out organic gardening information and find wonderful herbalists we have studied or have known through the years.
Articles on Herbs and Herbal Healing will be found at the bottom of the page from expert lovng herbalists.
As with any study, the information we have available to us can be overwhelming. Most of us do not have the gift in our lives of a wise herbalist who can assist us in the systematic study of the healing properties of plants, other than through books and workshops, if we can afford them.! What we have found through the years is an organic and workable approach , and a self discipline as well. We, in our thirst for knowledge want to know it all in as little amount of time as possible. A "fast food" approach to healing does not honor the ancient accumulation of wisdom inherent in these humble little plants. Every corner of the earth has local medicinal herbs, and they are there for the needed healing of that particular locale. Even the simple clover and dandelions are advocates for the wisdom of nature! Weeds rule!
Most pharmaceuticals began with plants, and have been sullied by the large corporations to mass market a "new" modality of healing that is really not that old at all. Though much herbal wisdom was forced underground in "recent" years, healers and teachers have devoted their lives to the renaissance of a more holistic and honoring approach to what ails us. And we honor them!
We advocate learning about a healing plant from the roots up. Plant the seed of the herb you have been drawn to study. Watch and take note of the stem structure, the unfolding of leaf and flower, and release any intellect you may have surrounding it, Let the Plant Speak to You, it’s language may be more instinctual than we perhaps are used to, and that is good. It is just another way of learning, by living in our bones and from our Hearts!
Below you will find a few of our ‘Bibles’ of Herbology, Wisdom, Music and Learning, that may enrich an already avid interest in Healing Herbs or help you to begin your Journey. And please check out our Metaphysical Links page for more!
Peace on Your Path, May It Be a Gentle One.
LionHeart has been a landscape designer, organic gardener and truly has a Green Thumb. SunInMoon has had organic and herb gardens for 30 years and has extensively studied Bach Flower Remedies, flower essences and tinctures and herbal remedies-so- If you are one of those who says "I can’t grow anything, but want to" -from Houseplants to Vegetables to Herbs --ask Us! LionHeart has explored gardening and landscaping in the Pacific Northwest, the Mid Atlantic, Maine, and the Southwest regions. If he doesn’t know he will direct you to the right source. Simply Email him with any questions you may have at: LionHeart.
Earth Prayers: From Around The World, 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth. Edited by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon
We are never without this book. Includes writings about the Earth from Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Annie Besant , Dylan Thomas, Starhawk, D.H. Lawrence, Thich Nhat Hanh, Black Elk, Pablo Neruda, and many others.
Back to Eden by Jethro Kloss.
A classic guide to herbal medicine, natural foods and home remedies. Fully updated to reflect the nutritional needs of the '80s, this new edition of the classic guide to herbal medicine, natural foods and home remedies underscores the fundamental principle that true healing consists of a return to natural habits of living.
Hygeia, a Womans Herbal by Jeanine Parvati Baker
Jeannine Parvati Baker is an international teacher of midwifery and presents this work at conferences around the world. She has presented at every Intl. Congress on Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health in the USA. She has keynoted at many Women, Midwifery, Education and Herbal / Health Conferences, including her home state -- Utah Midwives Association -- and in Australia and Europe. Jeannine has been speaking on behalf of the Possible Family since 1970 in countless public 60s Tribe, including the Utah State Congress and Rainbow Gatherings, to cite some extremes. In 1993, JP was nominated for Woman of the Year Award for Contributions to Medicine by WHO'S WHO of Cambridge, England, in whose books, her contributions to scientific as well as lay publications, are listed. (Amazon Review)
Traversing The Wild Terrain Of Menopause; Herbal Allies For Midlife Women & Men by Gail Faith Edwards.
This book can only be ordered through Gail and her Blessed Maine Herb Farm. 289 pages
Introduction by Rosemary Gladstar Published by Bertha Canterbury Press, $19.95
In Traversing the Wild Terrain of Menopause, Gail illuminates the way through the deeply spiritual and transformative journey we call menopause. She challenges us to consider midlife to be a shamanic journey, then beckons us to join her on this path wrought with wisdom, grace and beauty, as well as discomfort and pain. Gail describes the chemistry of menopause in great detail, explains how hormonal changes affect both women and men, and offers many insights into how our shifting chemistry affects our lives together as couples. You’ll find comprehensive information on dozens of herbs that will help ease menopausal woes, enhance physical, emotional and spiritual health and well being, and increase sexual pleasure and performance for both sexes. You’ll find plenty of herbal ways here to protect your heart, bones, and brain, nourish your immune, endocrine, digestive, and nervous systems, alleviate chronic pain, and so much more. Gail takes us on a poetic journey, shares her life and her dreams, and most of all inspires and empowers the reader to walk a beauty path through midlife leading to the door of rebirth as a wise and healthy elder person with many, many gifts still left to offer.
Opening Our Wild Hearts To the Healing Herbs by Gail Faith Edwards
Herbal lore, wise woman tradition and truly a Magickal and Spiritual tapestry of knowledge. This is a fabulous book full of the wonders of our green allies. Herbal medicine, plant lore, poetry, ceremonies, delicious recipes, and a terrific index make this book a must for anyone interested in using wild plants. The section on medicinal trees is unique
Healing Wise. by Susun Weed.
The Wise Woman tradition is the way of nourishment and sustenance, rather than of "fixing" and "curing." With that in mind, Susun Weed introduces us to seven herbs and encourages us to get to know these Green Allies by spending time with them. Food and medicine recipes are given for each herb, as well as fun facts and literary references. Susun also includes detailed instructions for making herbal preparations such as infusions, tinctures, oils and poultices. Her knowledge of herbs is quite evident, as is her commitment to the Wise Woman way of life.
Talking With Nature by Michael J. Roads.
Sharing the Energies and Spirit of Trees, Plants, Birds, and Earth.
"It concerns me that the human race has allowed separation from Nature to become established as accepted reality. Hence, man and Nature, rather than man of Nature. Do we as humanity stand above and beyond such power? Regretfully, our continual involvement in the violence of war, our ever-increasing environmental pollution as well as the expanding proportion of mentally-stressed people in our society clearly demonstrate that intelligence is not at the forefront of human endeavor. We are the nature we abuse. To establish a reconnection with Nature is to reach into our Selves, reconnecting with the timeless wisdom we each containbut few indeed are the people who will allow themselves time for this process. Do we take responsibility for ourselves, or do we invest our power in the mythical they who we believe created the mess we are in?"
The book is a beautifully written spiritual autobiography of the author and his remarkable encounters with the natural world. Michael is led step-by-step to a final wisdom, remarkable in its simplicity and in its message of hope for mankind." (Amazon Review)
Leaves of Grass By Walt Whitman.
Described by Emily Dickinson as "disgraceful" and by Emerson as "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America had yet contributed" to world literature, Leaves of Grass is more than a literary performance. In his departure from the rules of conventional poetry, his breaking down of the metered line, and his discarding of the obligatory rhyme-scheme, Whitman captures the vigorous spirit of the whole American nation. This edition reproduces the 1891-2 text and includes Whitman's preface to the 1855 edition, as well as Emerson's famous letter of 1855, greeting Whitman "at the beginning of a great career. (Amazon Review)
Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau.
"Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of his experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth, and above all the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him. This new edition traces the sources of Thoreau's reading and thinking and considers the author in the context of his birthplace and sense of history--social, economic, and natural. An ecological appendix provides modern identifications of the myriad plants and animals to which he gave close attention as he became acclimated to his life in the woods by Walden Pond." (Amazon Review)
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley.
Spiritual Awareness and Religious Mysticism. If there ever should have been a person to experience and report on the higher states of consciousness that the use of psychedelic chemicals permits access to then this is he. Huxley expresses his 'sacramental vision of Reality' like no other could hope to, merging science and religion into a completely logical whole, and divulging to the reader the secret of Being, Existence, and the Not-Self. Readers experienced themselves in these states will possibly discover a meaning of Life. A timeless masterpiece.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon and Garfunkle.
When a retrofit of electric guitars transformed "Sounds of Silence" into Simon & Garfunkel's folk-rock entrée, the partners and their label hastily followed with a like-titled album mixing Paul Simon's acoustic folk songs with plugged-in bids for radio play. By contrast, this successor, released less than a year later, more coherently and convincingly reveals Simon's broadening horizons as a writer and the duo's nascent studio perfectionism. The title song remains a haunting signature piece, relying on acoustic guitar and harpsichord to carry its contrapuntal marriage of English ballad and antiwar plaint; such acoustic delicacy prevails throughout and has proven more durable than by-the-numbers wattage. The first great S&G album, the set includes "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," "Homeward Bound," "Dangling Conversation," and Art Garfunkel's luminous solo piece, "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her." (The 2001 reissue adds a pair of unreleased demos to the original work.) --Sam Sutherland
Concert for the Earth by Paul Winter.
If you are not familiar with the works of Paul Winter this is a great place to start. Recorded live at the General Assembly of the United Nations on World Environment Day, 1984, this album features a "reunion Consort" of twelve including Susan Osborn and Jim Scott, with the 80-voice Back Bay Choral. During "Wolf Eyes," 2,000 people joined in.
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