Ceremonial Herbalism
Proving is working with a plant in my own body to learn the way of it. Usually it is taken in the form that I intend to work with it. Actually I’ve never questioned the need for provings. I just accepted Stephen’s rationale to start. But, as I gain so much information, companionship, knowledge and …
Well when I was working with Stephen, he had me sit with several plants but only a part like a root or a branch. He would not tell me what the plant name was or what its affinity was as I was to sit with the plant and find out from it. That is a …
I did provings with bacopa and found it to be an amazing herb. Julie told me she uses it for bringing clear focus when tired from being over active. She likes it. When I did provings I found that it strenghthened my gating chanels and made it so I could not access spirit in the …
Taken in my garden where it is flourishing and giving me enough for both tincturing and smudging. I have not done provings on this plant yet and will post more when I do. Update, I have started doing provings on white and garden sage and will say more later. I did provings on black sage and found …