Great Apothecary Organization of November 2022 | Erin LaFaive
It’s completely dark out by 5pm here in Wisconsin. I miss tootling around in my gardens like I did in the Summer. The last remnants of a few dried herbs still hang on the wall and in a couple baskets. Putting these herbs away will have to be my winter equivalent of...
Tea Time with the Witch | Erin LaFaive
As I sit at my kitchen table drinking delicious healing herbal tea . . . my house feels like a mess. The Productivity Monster is here to steal the moment. As I look out the window I see many things to do that lie in my view. The pumpkins need to be processed before...
I used to be afraid of herbs | Erin LaFaive
I used to be afraid of almost every herb because I secretly worried "What if I used it the wrong way it would harm me . . . with the potential to be deadly. I kept to the “safe” herbs. The ones I had heard about over and over such as chamomile and peppermint. ...
Land Oracling at the Upside Down | Erin LaFaive
I'm doing a bit of land oracle today at a campsite I’m staying at in Augusta, Wisconsin. For those of you new to “Land Oracling”, it's basically a term I use for when I sit in a place in nature and listen to the land which encompasses everything that lives in the...
Land Oracling at Prairie Hill
When I sit in a place of nature I feel a different mood to each location. Just like each plant has a unique plantality (like a personality), the ecosystem can have one too. Each place holds a vibration from past and present activities that took place there....
Tips for using glass jars for herb storage | Erin LaFaive
Tips for Using Glass Jars for Herb Storage Learn some tips on where to find inexpensive jars, how to clean, and ways to store herbs.
Plant Priestessing (part 3): Plant Temples | Erin LaFaive
In order to stay into a right relationship with plants I ask the plant “What can I do for you, Plant Being?” “Is there something you need from me?” Right relationship means - to be in a reciprocal circuit of energy. Or, to have a relationship that is an “equal...
Plant Priestessing (part 2): A New Weaving
For thirteen moons (twelve months) I soaked up lessons about holding temples and sacred business from Elayne Kalila Sophia Doughty. One of my goals was to learn how to more effectively hold ceremonies in online as I have been doing. On my long journey from...
Plant Priestessing (part 1): Temples renewed | Erin LaFaive
Temple image renewed The word “Temple” usually reminds me of a stone building with giant white pillars flanking the doors and guards with weapons as the gatekeepers. Only allowing the “worthy” (aka wealthy) to enter. Temples remind me of a structure that houses...
Communing with a Sea of Grasses | Erin LaFaive
These grasses have been beckoning me for some time now. Something about them is so beautiful and enamouring. I kept coming back to stand and watch them from the shore of the sea of their blades. Is it their color I’m drawn to?Their color is magnetic. How strange it...
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