Talks and Lectures

Presented at the NW Herbal Fair August 21, 2022

Restoring Relationship With Our Wild Sensitive Selves

CHM's second album "Binary" was recorded in Summer/Fall 2015. 
CHM is  Andrew (bass/vox), Philip (vox/guitar/keys), Thom (drums/perc/harmonica), Warwick (vox/guitar/keys)

11 Winds (Reprise)

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We are all mediums to one degree or another. Many people drawn to working with plants are quite sensitive carriers of energy. When the gift of mediumship is not understood and the responsibilities are not fully accepted, many discomforts and challenges may be experienced in life, but by cultivating relationships with the spirits of the plants, we can bring ourselves to a place of balance where our sensitivities are no longer a hindrance. As we offer ourselves as vessels to carry and transmit the healing energies of the plants, we collaborate with them to effect the deep healing of others. Join me in imagining a community of healer mediums dedicated to manifesting the spiritual and energetic medicine of the plant kingdom.

Plant Spirit Mediumship

Presented at the 2016 Lost Secrets of Renaissance Medicine Conference...

Offering their support to humanity, representatives of the plant kingdom, each an embodiment of deep spiritual and practical wisdom, are calling out for our attention. Gain a deeper understanding of the nature of plant--human relationships as we discuss and experience practical steps for developing and strengthening relationships with these wild, Pacific Northwest native plant allies.

Communing With Plant Teachers: Wisdom from our Allies in the Wild

Presented at the 2015 Lost Secrets of Renaissance Medicine Conference...

Each plant is a living embodiment of great spiritual teachings and wisdom. With this in mind we will look to our native Plant Teachers for illumination on the initiatory path of  spiritual and psychological transformation described by the elemental processes of Alchemy's Opus Magnum.

Elemental Alchemy and Psycho-spiritual Plant Medicine

An Introduction to Psycho-spiritual Plant Medicine

An excerpt from Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants talk and signing at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, OR. Sep 29,2017.

Paulina Springs Book Talk Excerpt 1

Presented at the 9th Annual Portland Plant Medicine Gathering Nov. 12 2017...

Even though many in our culture do not cultivate relationships with or honor our ancestors or the spirits of the lands in which we live, the ancestral forces are making themselves available to guide us through these turbulent times. Many of our current challenges, including an understanding of who we are or of how we relate as humans to the greater web of life is, may be attributed to a lack of relationship to these beings. In this class we will discuss ways to make these connections and the Plant Teachers who can help facilitate the renewal of these relationships. We will focus on the teachings of Alder who initiates the restoration of devastated land and inspires us to repair the inner devastation wrought by the dominant industrial culture. Come join me in singing songs of remembrance to make way for the spirits of renewal.

We Are The People Of The Alder: Restoring Ancestral Roots in a Clear-cut Culture

Little Bird

Dear Child

Our ever-present birth
Whispers in the wind
I'm your ever-present birth
Hear me whisper in the wind

The renewal of all life
Is dancing in the wind
I'm the renewer of all life
Feel me dancing in the wind

Singing songs of joy
Vibrating with all life
We are the song of joy
We are vibrating with all life

I'm always here with you
Everywhere you go
Reflections of our heart
The shining of our soul

We Are The Song Of Joy

The People's Knowledge is Lyla June's first album, a compilation of knowledge reflected through song and poetry.

Hozhó

(Emily Westberg, 2010)

Be still sometimes child
You are nothing, you are nothing
That the Earth cannot hold

Be silent sometimes child
You are young, you move fast
But I am wise and old

Darlingtonia

Seleção de hinos e pontos que fazem parte do caderno de estudos do Umbandaime Matriz.

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The School of Forest Medicine provides people with opportunities to find and connect with their plant allies and brings people to places where they can remember their living bond with the elemental forces of nature. By working to restore authentic initiatory rites we are doing our part to prepare the way for our children and grandchildren to live in an intact culture, fully attuned to the cultural and spiritual matrix of the earth so they will know who they are and what they are here to do.

Plant Spirit Mediumship

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