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SPIRITUAL MYTHS ABOUT COVID-19

I don’t subscribe to the various spiritual theories of why Covid-19 is happening. I DON’T think Covid-19 is the way the Earth is “taking revenge”. I DON’T think the old paradigm is ending. I DON’T think it’s a global awakening. I DON’T think it’s happening FOR us. I think we create these reasons because humans crave meaning. We crave meaning

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS AS WE PRACTISE SOCIAL DISTANCING

As promised, here’s a shortlist of books I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed (note that many of these titles are not new), but I should preface that what I deem as ‘enjoyable’ may not be evergreen. I am human, and I am pulled into stories, into fact, into information based on how I am feeling, the alignment of the stars,

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Mimi Young, wu shamanic intuitive and occultist, sits on a kid's messy bed

MORE MEDICINES DURING SHAKY TIMES

The photo of me taken by my friend and fellow witch, Jessie Robertson (photographer and co-director of The Witches of Vancouver documentary) says it all. Life is messy and shaky, sometimes a little more, and other times, we get the reprieve of a little less. When life is shakier, it affects us energetically and physically. I find that when I

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Jars of herbal medicines and concoctions against a marbled backsplash

PLANT MEDICINE RECIPES FOR IMMUNE SUPPORT

Here are some some recipes of what I’ve been doing at home with the family to build IMMUNITY. I discuss the two different types of immunity HERE. “DEFENSIVE” IMMUNITY INFUSION In a saucepan over a stove of 2 L of water, simmer roughly 1/3 cup of Turkeytail mushroom. It helps to break it up first to increase the surface area

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THE TWO TYPES OF IMMUNITY

Our bodies as well as the compositions of all pathogens (bacterial, fungal, viral) are complex, and to claim that one herb functions like an “easy button” that is a one size fits all solution would be very misleading. In my work, I see that on a physiological level of plant medicine, there is as much of a defensive measure and

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Astral Dream mist placed next to orange poppy

PLANTS AS PERSONS

“We do [plants] an injustice when we treat them as less than they are, destroy them without compunction, see them as morning more than potential lumber, wood chips or fuel for our needs…” — Val Plumwood⁣ They are not products.⁣ They are not plant extracts, essential oils, resins, compounds, or other human-made rendering.⁣ They are plant persons. ⁣ They are

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Image of the words Spiritual Myths about Covid-19 superimposed over an image of woman with orange dress holding a ritual smoke dish

SPIRITUAL MYTHS ABOUT COVID-19

I don’t subscribe to the various spiritual theories of why Covid-19 is happening. I DON’T think Covid-19 is the way the Earth is “taking revenge”. I DON’T think the old paradigm is ending. I DON’T think it’s a global awakening. I DON’T think it’s happening FOR us. I think we create these reasons because humans crave meaning. We crave meaning

Read More »

RECOMMENDED BOOKS AS WE PRACTISE SOCIAL DISTANCING

As promised, here’s a shortlist of books I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed (note that many of these titles are not new), but I should preface that what I deem as ‘enjoyable’ may not be evergreen. I am human, and I am pulled into stories, into fact, into information based on how I am feeling, the alignment of the stars,

Read More »
Mimi Young, wu shamanic intuitive and occultist, sits on a kid's messy bed

MORE MEDICINES DURING SHAKY TIMES

The photo of me taken by my friend and fellow witch, Jessie Robertson (photographer and co-director of The Witches of Vancouver documentary) says it all. Life is messy and shaky, sometimes a little more, and other times, we get the reprieve of a little less. When life is shakier, it affects us energetically and physically. I find that when I

Read More »
Jars of herbal medicines and concoctions against a marbled backsplash

PLANT MEDICINE RECIPES FOR IMMUNE SUPPORT

Here are some some recipes of what I’ve been doing at home with the family to build IMMUNITY. I discuss the two different types of immunity HERE. “DEFENSIVE” IMMUNITY INFUSION In a saucepan over a stove of 2 L of water, simmer roughly 1/3 cup of Turkeytail mushroom. It helps to break it up first to increase the surface area

Read More »

THE TWO TYPES OF IMMUNITY

Our bodies as well as the compositions of all pathogens (bacterial, fungal, viral) are complex, and to claim that one herb functions like an “easy button” that is a one size fits all solution would be very misleading. In my work, I see that on a physiological level of plant medicine, there is as much of a defensive measure and

Read More »
Astral Dream mist placed next to orange poppy

PLANTS AS PERSONS

“We do [plants] an injustice when we treat them as less than they are, destroy them without compunction, see them as morning more than potential lumber, wood chips or fuel for our needs…” — Val Plumwood⁣ They are not products.⁣ They are not plant extracts, essential oils, resins, compounds, or other human-made rendering.⁣ They are plant persons. ⁣ They are

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