A Shamanic Herbal: Plant Teachers and Animal Medicines

A Shamanic Herbal – A Spiritual Guide to Plant Wisdom, Animal Medicine & Shamanic Practice

Enter a deeper relationship with the living intelligence of nature through A Shamanic Herbal: Plant Teachers and Animal Medicines by renowned herbalist Matthew Wood. This expansive guide blends practical herbalism with shamanic spirituality, exploring the teachings of plants, animals, and the natural world as pathways to healing, insight, and soulful connection.

Drawing on decades of experience and early life on a remote Seminole reservation in the Everglades, Wood shares a personal, earth-centered approach to plant medicine. Discover how animal archetypes appear in plants and explore foundational shamanic principles through medicines associated with Turtle, Bear, Deer, Wolf, Alligator, Horse, and other animal teachers.

Why You’ll Love This Book:

• Connect with plant teachers – Deepen your awareness of plants as spiritual allies with their own medicine, messages, and wisdom.
• Explore animal medicine traditions – Discover lessons associated with Turtle, Bear, Deer, Wolf, Alligator, Horse, and other animal archetypes.
• Unite herbalism and spirituality – Bring practical herbal knowledge together with shamanic perspective and a reverent relationship with nature.
• Strengthen your nature-based practice – Find inspiration for listening more closely to the plants, animals, landscapes, and spirit of the natural world.
• Study with an experienced herbalist – Learn from Matthew Wood’s decades of plant-medicine work and personal experiences with shamanic traditions.

You Will Learn How To:

• Recognize plant teachers as sources of spiritual and herbal wisdom
• Understand foundational principles of shamanic practice
• Explore the spiritual lessons associated with animal medicines
• Connect animal archetypes with the plants that express their qualities
• Interpret nature’s symbolic language through plants and animals
• Deepen your relationship with the living world
• Integrate spiritual awareness into an herbalism practice
• Honor the spirit within plants, animals, and the natural landscape
• Apply nature-based reflection to personal healing and growth

If you are called to work more deeply with plants, animal allies, and the sacred intelligence of nature, A Shamanic Herbal is a powerful addition to your herbalism and spiritual-practice library. Add it to your collection and let its earth-centered wisdom guide you toward a more connected, intuitive path.

Trade Paperback | English | 416 pages | 1.1 x 6 x 9 IN