Poisonous Plant Spirit Medicine - Kathryn Solie

Poisonous Plant Spirit Medicine - Kathryn Solie

Author: Amber Magnolia Hill October 21, 2019 Duration: 1:13:54

Poisonous plants have long been misunderstood and even forbidden, yet they hold a special medicinal power. Let's do as our ancestors did and carefully, respectfully ally ourselves with this potent family of healing herbs.

IN THE INTRO:

  • Poisonous plants, visionary journeys, and Samhain/Halloween witches

IN THE INTERVIEW:

  • How trees and plants companioned Kathryn through her dark and disconnected teen years, led to her meditation practice and relationship with wrathful deities, and eventually brought her to the poison plant path
  • Safety: we are not talking about ingesting these plants, but working with their spirits
  • Making space to integrate traumatic experiences
  • My recent experience with belladonna
  • What happens when many people all tune in to the same plant spirit
  • The effects of deliriant plants
  • How (not) to work with datura, a gateway plant into underworld/angelic work
  • How the scent of plants can bring us into deeper relationship with them
  • Gender, pronouns, and plants
  • Reclaiming lost visionary lineages
  • Being aware of projecting our desires and our wounds onto plants
  • When plant knowledge transmissions get broken through the ages
  • When Amanita muscaria came to Kathryn in a dream
  • Exploring the myth of Persephone
  • The dose makes the medicine/poison- the poisonous plants used in modern medicine, and the different mechanisms of action by which they can harm

LINKS:


Amber Magnolia Hill hosts Medicine Stories from a place of hard-won experience, having navigated her own journey back from exhaustion. As a mother and practicing herbalist, she frames each conversation around the idea that true wellness is a tapestry woven from many threads. You’ll hear discussions that go beyond simple remedies, delving into the practicalities of herbal support, the nuances of metabolic balance, and the often unspoken realities of navigating life as a woman today. This podcast serves as an audio companion for those feeling the pull to slow down and reconnect. Episodes feel like honest talks with a knowledgeable friend, exploring how personal vitality is deeply linked to our relationship with our own bodies, our community, and the natural world. It’s for anyone curious about moving from burnout toward a more grounded and resilient way of living, with Amber’s guidance offering both wisdom and tangible practices. Tune in for a thoughtful blend of personal narrative, herbal wisdom, and collective reflection on what it means to heal.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Medicine Stories
Podcast Episodes
Root Cause Medicine & Breasts as an Intuitive Center - Anja Robinson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34:17
In the Intro: Living among the California wildfires $200 herbal medicine giveaway! The beautiful complexity of the female body In the Interview: The intersection between herbalism & functional medicine Why "Just live lik…
Word Witchery, the Ancestors, & Tarot - Sanyu Estelle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:11
Why to always work with the ancestors first, diving deep into the meaning of the words we use, and more... In the Intro: A word about this podcast November Tarot Forecast The best bio ever In the Interview: The power of…
Otherworld Openings: When the Ancestors Call [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:12
In which I ramble about some of my ancestral resonances, the blocks I've had around exploring parts of my heritage, and what happens when we step through the portal to the Otherworld and let the magic in... When differen…
Seaweed: Deep Medicine for Earth, Ocean, & Humans - Angela Willard [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:56:22
The potent healing offered by seaweeds and mushrooms, the vibrational power of names, and the unique intelligence that lies beneath the surface of things... In the Interview: Conscious conception, evolving as a family, &…
Anti-Racist Genealogical Research (for Everyone) - Darla Antoine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:58
People of color have limited genealogical resources with which to find their ancestors, while people of European descent's ancestors gave up their ethnic identities in order to become "white". Both of these outcomes, whi…
Ancestral Reverence as Devotion to the Earth - Daniel Foor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:29
Your body is your ancestor altar, how hungry ghosts affect the living, the earth as the repository of ancestral wisdom, & more... In the Intro: Cleatus B. Wright , January 20, 1929 - February 27th, 1929 In the Interview:…
Self Attunement & the New Myths We're Making - Maia Toll [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:09
Herbalism is vast, the second song of a plant, a powerful stone medicine story, and more... Maia Toll spent a life-changing year apprenticed to a traditional medicine woman in Ireland. She mentors spiritual wellness seek…
The Profound Medicine of Healing Herbal Oils [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:03
The simplest and most potent form of herbal medicine that I know, so easy to make yourself at home, so powerful and immediately relaxing... Herbal Body Oiling is an ancient, ancestral practice that the nervous systems of…
You Are Magic & Fear is Never the Truth - Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:39
In the Intro: Books to live by Mitochondrial meanderings The deep ancestry of all humans In the interview: The sound of the thing you are called by, and choosing a name with multilayered meaning From outcast to leader Wh…