Plant Magic

Hundley, Jessica, ed. Plant Magick. Library of Esoterica. Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2022. 9783836585644; We exist in a symbiotic relationship with plants which make up 99% of life on Earth: we breathe the breath that plants exhale.  Yet as ecologist Pam Montgomery, the author of the Foreword, points out, we have fallen into a deep forgetfulness over this fundamental truth.  This volume of the Library of Esoterica seeks to plant a seed of awakening, hoping to open ourselves up to the natural world - plants, cacti, fungi, flowers, and trees - through symbolism, ceremony, and ritual relationships depicted, as Tashen does so well, through artworks and photography. Plant Magic traces the history of our relationship with plants and fungi through myth, religion, and magical practices around the globe.  We find traces of our lost souls in the myths and deities of the past.  Plant Magic takes the story down to the present looking at the inspirations of  psychoactive plants, cacti, and mushrooms i