From my willingness to know nothing, a new knowing arises.

Such exciting days spent with Delvin and Grace creating film to be crafted into montage videos. I'm thrilled with what we "put in the can." The first crafted montage video will be available within a couple of weeks, with more to follow regularly.

Raw footage will be available at wisewomanmentor.com very soon. Look for fabulous footage on the Wise Woman Tradition, the Heroic Tradition, the Scientific Tradition, and Motherline Herbalism.

Motherline Herbalism. The emerging paradigm. We are watching it grow together. Admiring the seedling. Wondering what form it will take. Speculating on its flowers.

And in the aftermath of spending hours talking about Motherline Herbalism, it became clear that Motherline Medicine is a better term.

Since I'm an herbalist, I do tend to see things through green-colored glasses. Since my entire life is plant-based, I do tend to focus on herbs. But Motherline Medicine alliterates. And Motherline Medicine is more inclusive. So Motherline Medicine it is.

Motherline Medicine is Earth-centered. It arises from, and is continuously connected to the earth, to the macro-biome. It brings us back into relationship with earth, with dirt, and with the teeming myriad life that thrives in soil. The soil microbiome feeds the gut microbiome, which allows the gut to feed the mitochondria, creating abundant health and resilience.

I became aware of the link between human health and soil health as soon as I started reading about organic practices back in 1968 when I had my very first garden.

"Sir Albert Howard (1873 – 1947) an English botanist. . . . took notice of the connection between healthy soil and healthy populations, livestock and crops. Patrick Holden, Director of the UK Soil Association quoted Howard as saying 'the health of soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible.'" (From Wikipedia). Healthy soil grows healthy plants which promote healthy lifeforms of all kinds, including us, humans.

Organic soils grow organic herbs which work differently than chemically-dependent ones. Their microbiome is different. Their constituents are different.

And wild plants have an even greater healing ability for they have a more extensive microbiome to share. And even greater complexity of constituents.

Making remedies from fresh plants using 100 proof vodka allows us to capture and preserve this subtlety and complexity. Making tinctures from dried plants using high-proof alcohol, even if it is organic, cannot do this.

Health comes from the ground up in Motherline Medicine.

Motherline Medicine recognizes the Earth as medicine, sees medicine as the earth, and knows our connection to the earth is the ultimate engine of healing. Forest walking. Breathing and being in nature. Sleeping in the earth. Eating wild plants. Using herbs simply, locally, and directly.

Herbs are not drugs. Not even "drugs with green coats." In Motherline Medicine, herbs are more than plants, more than their constituents, more than their known actions. Herbs are the simplest, most effective way to reweave ourselves into wholeness, holiness, and health, and to plug ourselves back into the earths energy circuit.

My feet are upon the earth: I walk in beauty.

My heart beats with the heartbeat of the earth: I am cherished.
Every breath is a giveaway dance with the plants and the earth: I am nourished.
Green blessings surround me: I share their joy.

 

 

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