Use this book to discover plants that are part of sacred and medicinal practice around the world. Encounter beliefs among the great religions, whether dedicated to one god, many, or none. Understand shamanic practices and beliefs in plant-spirit medicine or ‘Plants of the Gods’.
Learn about ritualistic uses of plants, how sacred plants have been used to support transcendental experience, and to enhance connectivity or kinship in spiritual gatherings. See also how so many plants endowed with holy properties may also have demonstrable health benefits, nurturing the mind and body as well as the spirit.
Experts from a wide range of disciplines have contributed their knowledge and understanding of the spiritual, even including the roles attributed to angels and dragons. And a Northumbrian physic garden provided botanical specifics.
As you explore this cornucopia of beliefs about flora and spiritual life, you may find a simple ritual to inspire you by invoking plant-spirit connectivity in your own life or practice.
