Plant Dreams and Journeys – Blackbird's Backyard Pharmacy

Using Card Decks to Study Herbal Medicine

I bought my first oracle/tarot deck when I was 12 years old. This coincided with when I planted my first backyard herb garden. I wrote my own tarot card book in my 20’s. Did the entire Major Arcana and some of the Minor Arcana as photographs for an exhibition in college. Doing readings for myselfContinue reading “Using Card Decks to Study Herbal Medicine”

The Fall Garden Tea (Mint)

In fall (early October) I like to go around the garden before the first frost hits and gather some of my favorite plants. It is a cherished ritual that I use to close out the herbal year. A way of saying goodbye to and thanking “my friends” until I see them again come April. IContinue reading “The Fall Garden Tea (Mint)”

A Plant Journey with Chamomile

This month I decided to go on a plant journey. Usually powerful hallucinogenic herbs are chosen for this process. But if one is only wanting to clear unwanted habits, toxins , wastes and energetic stagnation then any Master Plant can be chosen and the journey a “social” one. A journey can culminate in a groupContinue reading “A Plant Journey with Chamomile”