Broom-Rape, or A Banshee

“Oh my god! Oh my god! No way! It’s RIGHT HERE! Holy sheeeeettttt!”

Was I not a witch? Not to overestimate manifestation powers or anything, but had I not just said, barely 15 seconds before, that I was bummed because after three days in Anza-Borrego State Park I’d failed to encounter a plant [...]

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Deadly Petals: Aconitum napellus

“Precious cups within the flower/Deadly petals with strange power” –Black Sabbath, “Behind the Wall of Sleep”

Plants and humankind have always had a strikingly intimate relationship, one characterized by nourishment and survival, dependence and beauty, ritual and prophecy. Yet this fellowship can be of fatal consequence, be it accidental [...]

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