SHAMANISM / HERBALISM Medicine Grove offers guidelines for incorporating herbs into one's spiritual life. A comprehensive herbal, listing common herbs as well as wild plants of North America, it is based on Loren Cruden's lifetime of work with Earth-based spiritual practices. Medicine Grove includes chapters on gathering wild herbs, finding plant allies in the wilderness, and using herbs in shamanic ceremonies. A complete materia medica provides practical information for all herbs discussed. Cruden combines her own firsthand experiences with a profound knowledge of indigenous traditions. She explains which herbs are best for seasonal ceremonies, smudging, and making offerings, and tells how to purify a sacred space. Covering topics such as vision quests, consciousness-altering, and the special connections between certain herbs and totem animals, Medicine Grove brings the herbal into sacred territory. LOREN CRUDEN leads shamanic workshops and sweat lodge ceremonies throughout the Northwest. She is the author of The Spirit of Place, Coyote's Council Fire, and Compass of the Heart. She lives on First Thought Mountain in Washington State.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Shamanic Herbalism
1. Gathering and Growing Herbs
2. Preparing Medicinal Remedies
3. Healing with Herbs
4. Plant Allies
5. Offering Herbs
6. Smudge Herbs
7. Maintenance Herbs
8. Ceremonial Herbs
9. Smoking Herbs and Use of Psychotropic Plants
10. Birth, Death, and Dreaming Herbs
11. Trees
Part 2: Materia Medica
Appendices
Appendix 1: General Tips for Growing Common Garden Herbs
Appendix 2: Forms for Medicinal Application of Herbs
Appendix 3: Plant Associations Within the Web of Life
Appendix 4: Herb Allies for Specific Aspects of Well-being
Appendix 5: Herbs Used in Ceremony
Suggested Reading
Sources of Supply
Plant Index
General Index
