Plant medicine

I am not Indigenous to North America, and I acknowledge that I am standing on land stolen by my ancestors, a land that holds great historical and cultural significance for Indigenous peoples in this country. I wish to honor this difficult space, a descendant of colonizers with no place to go, homeless in the only home I have ever known, and continuing to sit in this space of discomfort as we work towards healing.

My northern European ancestors were nature worshiping pagans, living in balance and relationship with the earth before they were forced to convert to Catholicism or murdered for refusing to do so. Survival meant closing off our relationship to the earth, for fear of being burned at the stake. Learning about plant medicines has allowed me to feel connected to my ancestors and relate to plants and the earth in general with more interconnection, rather than exploitation.

Cannabis is one plant medicine that had been used for centuries by my ancestors (and probably yours) as medicine and spiritual connection within the circle of ceremony, and can be a powerful medicine to catalyze psychic healing.