3. Becoming the Medicine & Seeing the Wide Arc of Time - Sophia Rose
There is a wider reality behind and beyond the everyday world, and Sophia Rose's approach to plant medicine and healing reflects this in myriad ways. From using herbs in dream work to incorporating plant smoke in ritual to connecting with departed loved ones through flowers, the natural world provides countless doorways into the unseen.
Sophia Rose is a clinically trained and magically minded folk herbalist, word weaver, and educator based in Austin, Texas. Through the long-running La Abeja Herbs and her new project Garden Party, her writing is medicine to the soul and her plant potions are medicine to the body for thousands of people worldwide. I am honored to bring some of Sophia's personal story medicine to more folks with this interview.
We talk about:
The archetypal energy of datura (moonflower)
We are holographic representations of plants
Dreaming with herbs
Working with smoke medicine
Seeing the wide arc of time
Sophia’s healing journey after a friend’s suicide
Intuitive grieving and grief as a sacred responsibility
Sophia’s radical reconceptualization of what death is
The last ancestor who had a whole heart
Your name is your first lesson
We work with plant medicine so that we can become the medicine
Links:
Music by Mariee Sioux (from the song Wild Eyes)
Mythic Medicinals herbals
Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
Medicine Stories Facebook Group
Medicine Stories Patreon
