Rachel Maree is a wise, wild herbal elder in the making. Her herbalism is informed by indigenous medicine the world over, initiations into entheogenic plant traditions and her own deep, slow listening to the plant world.

This interview really highlights the intricate connections between herbalism, cultural practices and ecological belonging, Rachel unwinds the ways that healing at the depths of our beings requires relationships to plants, not just their constituents. We explore how plants connect to ceremony and to land, as well as our shared emergent understanding of how each plant has a unique emotional terrain, linked to the ecological terrain it thrives in… as within so without.

I particularly love her take on what herbalism might look like in 500 years, and her experiences of indigenous Australian herbal practice. .

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The intro and outro song is "⁠Sing for the Earth⁠" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.