Etheric white blossoms rise from the forest floor, nourished by the mycorrhizal network. Come explore the magic of Ghost Pipe and its relationship with the Otherworld that is always close at hand. Due to the ecologically sensitive nature of this plant, we will focus on how to engage with its medicine without harvesting.
In Ireland, the last Sunday of July is Dé Domhnaigh Crom-Dubh -- Crom Dubh Sunday -- commemorating a god of the harvest time who was feared enough by the medieval church that the stories written about him only describe him as a force to be vanquished, but too wild to be forgotten. Join us on Dé Domhnaigh Crom-Dubh as we speak of Crom Dubh, Donn, and other half-forgotten wild gods and what it means to remember and connect with them in this time of the Earth's sorrow.
In the heat of summer in a world on fire, passions rise and blaze. These passions can feed vision and action -- but when they become too much they can bring overwhelm, reactivity, and confusion. Join us as we explore the ways in which our plant kin can help us cool the fires in our hearts and our heads so that we can respond coherently to the world we are in.
In a time of increasing fear and repression, can our wild kin help us reclaim our freedom? Join us as we explore the ways Rose, Agrimony, Devil's Club and other plants can be allies in liberation.
In those open to the medicine's transformative power, Psilocybin appears to increase both resistance to authoritarianism and a sense of connection with the rest of the community of life. On the Sunday of the weekend of the 249th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, we will explore what Psilocybin can teach us about ancient and new meanings of freedom in an interdependent world.
Archaeological evidence at places like Lough Gur in Limerick and Seahenge in England suggests that during a time of climate change, Neolithic people went to sacred and liminal places to appeal for help from the Otherworld in restoring the fertility of the land. Join us as we explore what climate change today means for our relationship with the Otherworld and how we might work with the Otherworld to heal both worlds.
Bonfires blaze across Ireland on the night of June 23, Oíche Fhéile Eoin. Traditionally, the day is also a blessed one for harvesting herbs that hold the power of the Midsummer sun – St. John's Wort, Yarrow, and Mugwort. We will explore the medicine and magic of these herbs and of the sun herself.
When our culture loses or forgets or exiles something essential, we can begin to rediscover it by looking to the living world. This Fathers' Day, we will explore how the Oak and other wild teachers can help us reconnect with and revive the nourishing aspects of the masculine that our culture lost with the rise of capitalism and the industrial revolution.
From serotonin to psilocybin, tryptamines play essential roles in shaping the architecture and flow of consciousness, individual and ecological, human and wild. Come learn more about these molecules and the role they play in helping the world dream itself into being.
How do our stories about the nature of the universe influence our psychedelic experiences? And how do our psychedelic experiences influence our stories of the universe in turn? We explore the relationships between cosmology, set, setting, and psychedelic experiences.
When you cultivate a deep relationship with a plant over time, allowing that plant to become your teacher and ally and to transform you, there are ways in which that ally's medicine remains with you even when you do not have a tincture or a tea or a flower essence to work with. Working with plants in this way is both simpler and more profound than many of us realize. Join us for an exploration of working with plant spirits.
Research into the ways psilocybin helps people address fear, depression, trauma, and addiction has yielded compelling evidence of the role neurological inflammation plays in shaping these experiences. Join us as we explore the links between inflammation and mental and emotional health, and what psychedelic science suggests about how non-psychedelic plants might play an important role in addressing this dimension of our suffering.
