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Continue reading →: Datura
In America it is called the ‘Devil’s Apple,’ from its dangerous qualities and the remarkable effects that follow its administration. When the first settlers arrived in Virginia, some ate the leaves of this plant and experienced such strange and unpleasant effects that the colonists (so we are told) gave it…
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Continue reading →: Congruency
I’ve been thinking about congruency long and hard since John Beckett posted his article on becoming more integrated between his work and spiritual life. And I realized that many (though not all!) of the pagan authors whom I respect do, in fact, use their “real” names, or at least something approximating…
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Continue reading →: Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale. For such a common herb, either passed by completely or deluged with Round-Up by perfectionist lawn manicurists, the ubiquitous dandelion is a weed of many layers (though related neither to onions nor ogres). If there is one flower which personifies childhood, it would be this sunny, seed-spreading weed.…
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Continue reading →: Celandine (greater)
There was a strange and cheerful plant that showed up in my father’s garden one year. At first there was only one, proudly crowning the top of the compost heap that dad hadn’t gotten around to turning yet. As it turns out, that was the advance scout. Soon the whole…
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