The Invisible Harvest: A Microhistory of Heretical Herbs.
From the team at Broccoli and the creator behind the Mushroom Oracle, Bethany van Rijswijk, comes this collection of 5 essays on poisonous and psychoactive plants and fungi.
van Rijswijk draws on historical and scholarly sources as well as her own relationship with the plants to bring to life a more intimate knowledge of Belladonna, Foxglove, Mandrake, Ergot Fungus, and Amanita Muscaria. The essays are accompanied by the author and artists beautiful collages. As an herbalist and a lover of the beauty and mystery of the poisonous plants, I love this book and knew I wanted to offer it in my shop as an offering for others who value and appreciate even our most deadly plant friends.
From the publisher, "In this intoxicating collection of five essays on poisonous and psychoactive plants and fungi, Bethany van Rijswijk gathers hidden histories overlooked in the scholar’s harvest. Through otherworldly original collages and deep critical engagement with obscure tales of visionary sacraments, owl-chemists, fairy forts, forking paths, vermicular angels, dancing plagues, mushroom cults, and shamanic remnants, she reveals a magic that opens passageways to contrary states of being and thinking—if only we are bold enough to embrace them."
Book specs: 80 pages, 5.8 x 8 inches, soft-bound with full-color art.
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