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An exploration of the magic of plants, which exists far deeper than the green and nourishing existence we experience above ground.
List of contents
Invocation
A New Map of Ancient Tracks
The Green Arte
Initiations and The Mysteries
The Nature of the Hedgewalker
Relationships of Rightness Shrouded in Green
Between the Lines
The Center of the World
The Green Realm
Chlorophyll
Verdant Breath
Vital Force 45 Entering the Green
The Green Grammar
Kith and Kin
Deities of the Green Realm
Of River, Mountain, Meadow, and Desert
Sacred Circles
Ivy in the Skull
Garland of the Year
Lunar Tides
Raising the Hedge
A Map to the Green Realm
Invoking the Plant Spirits
Plant Spirit Dedications
The Familiar Green Spirit
Sacred Fires 135 Plant Spirit Shrines
Plant Spirit Vessels
Petitioning the Plant Spirits
Plant Medicine
Tools of the Arte
Medicine, Magic, and Mystery
Plant Spirit Magic
The Shared Meal
The Green Ritual
Divination
Taboos
Stewardship and Sovereignty
Shrine and Grove Tending
Writing Charms, Petitions, and Rituals
The Keep
The Wild Within
The Plant Priesthood
A Grammar of the Green Arte
Stay Connected
REFERENCES AND RESOURCES
INDEX
About the author
Josh Williams runs a successful clinical practice and herbal apothecary near Salt Lake City, USA. He is an inspired and dedicated teacher of spiritual herbalism with over 20 years of experience, having himself studied under many celebrated herbal elders including Paul Beyerl, Kami McBride, Michael Tierra, and KP Khalsa. Josh is also a founding member of the Utah Tea Guild and the Wasatch Herb Festival, and The Green Arte tradition.
Summary
An exploration of the magic of plants, which exists far deeper than the green and nourishing existence we experience above ground.
Through the lenses of animism, folk magic, herbal medicine, plant lore, land connections, and rituals aligned with tides of nature, The Green Arte explores the magic of plants.
Hidden below, in dark and mysterious depths, are the roots of these beings, which connect to something primordial, raw, wild and complex; this is the mystery which Josh Williams explores in his second book.
Within these pages, Josh introduces readers to the plant spirits, allowing us to work with them, in spiritual ways, to create magic and medicine.
The Green Arte will act as a workbook, for the engaged reader - from herbalists and ritualists, to anyone wanting to deepen their relationship with the natural world - to grow their own work in the wonderful and magical bounty that nature and the plants have to offer.
