I hope all are well. Just a quick post to share with you one of my main projects this year. I want to complete a project on alternative therapies, a healing handbook if you will, which I hope to publish at some point. I've divided it into two separate projects: Medicine and magick with herbs, and Medicine and magick with crystals, chakra energies, aromatherapy and colour therapy. I think there's a lot more to be done with the former, hence it has its own logbook.
Medicine and magick with herbs
I initially thought I'd just gather information on each herb, put some remedies and spells down, and Bob's your Uncle. But then I reckoned I ought to do this properly, and inspired by translating notes from the Herbs workshop from the witchcamp in Spain, I decided to keep a logbook and try out everything I write about. The idea is that I want to be able to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, and have first hand experience of everything I put down. I also take pictures of every recipe I try and write reviews, what went wrong, what went right, how I could improve it, what to do differently next time. Already some bits have gone great, some a bit wrong, but trial and error doth a herbs guru make!
I never knew there was so much to herbs; herbal oil infusions and digestive teas on the medicinal side, and smudge sticks and herbals pouches on the magickal side have been dipped into and tried out, with incenses, decoctions, tinctures, creams, vinegars, wines, syrups, ointments, salves and much more yet to be explored. It being January, and living in a city, I'm having to buy most of my herbs from the supermarket, which I know is far from ideal, but I think just working with them, getting used to their smell and texture is a great way to begin learning about them before I can hit the hedgerows a few months down the line.
Once I'm on my feet with this one I'll begin the twin project and see how much I can learn about other forms of healing and magick.
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