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Developing Your Sacred Skills
How to be a Student This article is not to lead you to believe there is simply one way to be as a student. It is more of a means of highlighting my mistakes over nearly 4 decades of learning. I have...
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Saguaro Fruit Gathering: the greatest fun you’ll ever have
What can be fun about awaking at 4am to venture out into the yet warm desert air awaiting a rise of another 30-35 degrees within several hours, nearly to the point of baking oneself beneath the sun?...
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Passionflower
Passionflower Passiflora species John Slattery Passiflora incarnata – passionflower Passionflower is most prolific in South America. However, there are more than 500 different species in the genus...
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Bioregional Herbalism – Part I
My first experience with bioregional herbalism was in the rugged Cuchumatán Highlands of Guatemala with the Mam people. A unique people with a vibrant culture and deep awareness of plants. Both men...
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Bioregional Herbalism – Part III
Read Bioregional Herbalism – Part I Read Bioregional Herbalism – Part II A feeling emerged from within me: “These people have deep relationship with these plants!” A thought which had never occurred to...
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Bioregional Herbalism – Part II
Suddenly, everyone was asking me what to do with their herbs, or how they should heal themselves, or what this herb, or that herb, was used for. I felt perplexed, yet empowered. I could scarcely...
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How to Process Acorns for Food
Are acorns edible? Amazingly, many people ask this question with a great deal of skepticism, often followed by “they’re toxic!… aren’t they?” Well, yes, and no. Acorns are toxic due to the presence of...
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Herbal Energetics: Person, Place, & Plant
The renaissance of herbal energetics amongst Western herbalists over the past 20 years or so has seen an even more recent surge of popularity amongst a subsection of this inspired group of plant...
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Southwest Foraging by Timber Press
Southwest Foraging, by Timber Press is the first book by bioregional herbalist & forager, John Slattery. This field guide covers the areas of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, southern Utah,...
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