THE HEALING TREE: BOTANICALS, REMEDIES, AND RITUALS FROM AFRICAN FOLK

A beautiful blend of folklore, botanical science, acquired wisdom, and spiritual guidance.
from the foreword by Luisah Teish

If you want to learn about the reciprocal spiritual connection between humans and trees, youre going to love this beautiful book.
Tess Whitehurst, author ofThe Magic of Trees

Reclaiming traditional botanical and herbal practices has never been more important than it is today. So much of our future depends on our ability to use ancient earth knowledge. In this crucially important book, author Stephanie Rose Bird recounts the story of the sacred wood: how to live in it, learn from it, and derive spiritual enrichment from it, as well as how to preserve and protect it.The Healing Treeoffers functional, accessible recipes, remedies, and rituals derived from a variety of African and African American traditions to serve mind, body, soul, and spirit.

The Healing Treecelebrates the forest: its powers, spirits, magic, medicine, and mysteries. Bird shares how trees have provided her with personal healing, then allows us to share in that process for our own benefit. Birds book follows her own personal journey, but Africa is always her touchstonethe persistent and tenacious ancestral mother wisdom and spiritual foundation that refuses to fade away.The Healing Treepreserves this knowledge, presenting it as relevant and viable and demonstrating in intimate detail how vestiges of that knowledge took root in the Western Hemisphere, in African American culture, and more broadly in American culture in general.

Previously published asA Healing Grove, this updated edition includes a new preface by the author and a source guide for the botanicals discussed within.

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