Wort Issue 1
96 pages / 210 × 148 × 6 mm
Wort is an independent journal of grassroots and radical herbalism. Published twice-yearly, it offers a platform and a resource for those working with plants in ways that resonate with the long traditions of world-entangled, community-embedded folk herbalism. Contributions range from poetry to polemic, with beautiful illustration throughout.
Olly Cameron – Rooting Myself
Herbalism as a route to connection for queer, autistic people
Ríona Ní Riagáin – Abortion Herbs of Ireland
The struggle for legalisation in Ireland and illustrations of herbs used historically for abortion
erhan – Radical Herbalism Reading List
Resources in support of the cultivation of a holistic perspective to help us strive towards a more radical herbalism
Anja Van Geert – Foraging: An Exploration Based on Science and Soul
A look at foraging from multiple perspectives including intuitive practice and insights from population ecology
Paine B. Hoehne – Project Focus: The Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais
A look at the work of the Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais, providing preventative medicine, self-care support, first aid, and healthcare to refugees and undocumented migrants living in Northern France, written by a member of the collective
Fanny Mae – Herbal Poems
From the land, through the heart, via word and hand… illustrated poetic meetings with four plant beings
Beth Maiden – Vervain: Simpler’s Joy, Holy Herb
Ethereal, yet tasting of earth, experiencing vervain as a bridge between the body and the mind, uniting sensation and perception
Leo Qawas – Folk Herbalism: The Unwritten Strand of Herbal History
Charting an excluded lineage of oral and community-embedded traditions of herbalism
Annie Randall – Cyanotypes: Using Light to Reconnect
Artworks exploring human relationships with nature, created with a simple photographic process using natural sunlight
Em Swift – On Finding Beauty
Reflections on the teaching of native weeds in finding solace, sanctuary and beauty amidst the crushing weight of the depression, dehumanisation and brutality that shapes the times we live in
Matilde Wyrdlea and Libby Bove – Plant Medicine and the Tarot
The first in a series looking at Tarot and Plant Medicine as allies to psycho-emotional health and exploring tarot through a traumatised lens
Illustrations:
. Ross Fleming (www.henstongue.com)
. and Libby Bove (https://libbybove.com)
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