Herbalist Kathryn Solie on the Plants of the Underworld and Turning Poison into Medicine [episode 36]

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Kathryn Solie shares about engaging energetically with poisonous plants for healing. You’ll also hear about:

• Attuning to the language of the plants
• Therapy as magic
• What is poison and how to engage with poison plants

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Kathryn Solie is an herbalist specializing in ‘poisonous’ plants & plant consciousness, a tarot reader, and a meditation enthusiast. She works to create community where people can reconnect with the ancient human lineage of plant spirit communication. She gives voice to the almost forgotten medicine of ‘poisonous’ plants through her courses and other offerings.

We are thrilled to share that on the 29th of December, Kathryn is hosting a workshop with Earth Speak, all about Poison Plant Speak! In this workshop, you’ll be introduced to working with poisonous plants through plant spirit communication as they guide you to your whole, true self. This is a skill that everybody can develop! You do not need any prior experience with spiritual work, witchcraft, or herbalism - all levels of experience are welcome.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Working with the plants of our lineage
• What is poison and what does it mean to take the poison path
• Communicating with plant consciousness
• Why the dose makes the poison
• The story of Persephone and the Underworld
• The current collective Tower moment
• Kathryn's experience with body-centered psychotherapy
• Making healing modalities more accessible
• The space is the medicine
• We are nature
• Cycles of the Underworld and shadow self
• Being disconnected from the cyclical nature of being
• Why the poisonous plants are the plants of the Underworld
• Coffee as plant medicine
• Learning the language of the body and your intuition
• Engaging with poison plants for healing
• How the plants show up when you need them most
• Journeying with poisonous plants
• Perception as healing
• Why shouldn’t ingest poisonous plants
• The poison, the medicine, and the folklore of foxglove
• Kathryn's upcoming workshop with Earth Speak - Poison Plant Speak
• And so much more!

Bonus Secret Episode! Secret episode with Kathryn Solie coming soon at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret.

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• Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective
• Learn more about Kathryn’s offerings at www.kathrynsolie.com/
• Connect with Kathryn on Instagram @persephonespath
• Connect with Kathryn on Facebook @persephonespath0
• Support Kathryn on Patreon @kathrynsolie
• Sign up for the Poison Plant Speak Workshop
• Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret

References:

• Henbane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscyamus_niger
• Rainbow Bridge to Asgard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st
• Mandrake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrake
• Amanita muscaria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
• Paracelsus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus
• Monkshood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum
• Persephone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
• The Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_(Tarot_card)
• Rider-Waite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Waite_tarot_deck
• Hakomi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakomi
• Somatic Experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing
• Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca
• Holotropic Breathwork https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathwork
• Datura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura
• Shakti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti
• Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
• Three of Swords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_of_Swords
• Ten of Swords https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_of_Swords
• Clairvoyance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyance
• Kathryn’s 6 week Poison Plant course https://www.kathrynsolie.com/poisonous-plant-medicine-course
• Duck Duck Go https://duckduckgo.com/about
• Belladonna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna
• Yew Tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus_baccata
• Hellebore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellebore
• Foxglove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis
• Saturn Return https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_return
• Lisa Frank https://shop.lisafrank.com/
• Witches Confluence https://witchesconfluence.org/
• Nightshade Family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae
• Brugmansia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia
• Tropane alkaloid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropane_alkaloid
• William Withering https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Withering
• Digoxin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digoxin

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