Medicine Grove

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.

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