Description
Print copy of Issue One, Second Edition.
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In this issue:
Olly Cameron – Rooting Myself
Herbalism as a route to connection for queer, autistic people.
Ríona Ní Riagáin – Abortion Herbs of Ireland
The struggle for legalisation in Ireland and illustrations of herbs used historically for abortion.
erhan – Radical Herbalism Reading List
Resources in support of the cultivation of a holistic perspective to help us strive towards a more radical herbalism.
Anja Van Geert – Foraging: An Exploration Based on Science and Soul
A look at foraging from multiple perspectives including intuitive practice and insights from population ecology.
Paine B. Hoehne – Project Focus: The Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais
A look at the work of the Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais, providing preventative medicine, self-care support, first aid, and healthcare to refugees and undocumented migrants living in Northern France, written by a member of the collective.
Fanny Mae – Herbal Poems
From the land, through the heart, via word and hand… illustrated poetic meetings with four plant beings.
Beth Maiden – Vervain: Simpler’s Joy, Holy Herb
Ethereal, yet tasting of earth, experiencing vervain as a bridge between the body and the mind, uniting sensation and perception.
Leo Qawas – Folk Herbalism: The Unwritten Strand of Herbal History
Charting an excluded lineage of oral and community-embedded traditions of herbalism.
Annie Randall – Cyanotypes: Using Light to Reconnect
Artworks exploring human relationships with nature, created with a simple photographic process using natural sunlight.
Em Swift – On Finding Beauty
Reflections on the teaching of native weeds in finding solace, sanctuary and beauty amidst the crushing weight of the depression, dehumanisation and brutality that shapes the times we live in.
Matilde Wyrdlea and Libby Bove – Plant Medicine and the Tarot
The first in a series looking at Tarot and Plant Medicine as allies to psycho-emotional health and exploring tarot through a traumatised lens.
Illustrations:
. Ross Fleming (www.henstongue.com)
. and Libby Bove (https://libbybove.com)
Klaudia J –
This zine was fantastic!! It made me feel so much, and tear up multiple times when reading it on the train because what I was reading was so beautiful, kind and relatable. I’m very excited to re-read this copy, and looking forward to the next one. Not to mention the illustrations!