Stolas Botanicals-Plant Magick

07/03/2024

Great article about Mugwort!

Explore how to use mugwort, its traditional uses, as well as some of the folklore and facts about how mugwort can enhance the dream state.

06/29/2024

Love Demetria! Thank you Heart of Herbs Herbal School for all the great teachings, podcasts and community. I love this episode because massage therapy and herbal medicine go hand and hand and when massage therapy becomes too difficult on the body, herbal medicine is a needed job that is sustainable.

When life handed Kaley Tallman lemons, she didn't just make lemonade—she cultivated a whole garden. This episode features her story, a poignant tale of loss, resilience, and the discovery of healing through herbal medicine. After the heartache of ...

01/18/2024

Happy Thors-day! Slowing down to observe the minutiae as we stand on the cusp of a new paradigm. Do you feel it?

12/20/2023

Hello friends! I am happy to share my new Patreon page!
I would love it if you join me to learn a plant teacher for each lunation cycle, a corresponding new moon ritual with journal prompts and at the highest level tier,an herbal ritual kit mailed out each "moonth".

creating Astro-Herbalism, Planetary Magick and Herbal Craft

10/19/2023

Mercury is in the heart of the sun and we are in the middle of eclipses. It feels intense and like many lifetimes are present in this one. Ask yourself, “What major life changes feel like they are demanding your attention? What milestones on the horizon that might result in a shift in your identity? How are you inspired to reinvent yourself? What are you being drawn to initiate?” These are some of the questions I am asking myself now.

09/24/2023

An End of Summer Ritual ~
It's my favorite transition, from summer into fall. The mornings are crisp and hasty, but the afternoons are still slow and toasty. I smell change on the winds. I see the garden slowly fade.
It's bittersweet. But I can look back and be grateful for all of the plants that grew and all of the pollinators that came to visit.
As a way to bid farewell to this shimmery season in these last few days, I made a summer elixir. This elixir can be brought out on the darkest days of winter as a reminder that spring will come again. It is also an ode to all of the plants that thrived here for a few short months, but gave us so much. Crafting the elixir itself is an act of love and gratitude as we walk the fading paths, touching each pant, remembering its beginning as a seed, and its glory as a flower.
It is also a reminder to play. This is not a meticulously measured recipe to be given for medicinal purposes. This is love incarnate.
So to honor your own garden, and preserve a bit for the winter, it's quite simple:
🌺 In a mason jar, collect blooms that are still vibrant from as many of your plants as possible.
🌼 Cover with distilled water and let sit in the sun to infuse for a whole day
🌺 Strain and preserve with a bit of brandy and honey
🌼 Store for the year, until next summer season
In my jar, I have: peppermint, anise hyssop, chamomile, cornflower, nasturtium, marigold, zinnia, tulsi, and snapdragons. What's left in your garden that could be made into a summer elixir??"

07/18/2023

Harvesting Huacatay, chamomile, roses and garlic today!

04/11/2023

Sun Jupiter conjunction surprised me with morels in the arnica patch!

04/11/2023

Sun Jupiter conjunction surprised me with morels in the arnica patch!

04/02/2023

All the spring buds and herbs 🌿 peaking out. Schisandra, mugwort, nettles, lemon balm and plum!

03/21/2023

Happy Spring Equinox and New Moon at 0 degrees of Aries! This is a new moon of new moons, the astrological new year and a great initiation energy. Plant seeds and dream of the future you want to see, as we have Pluto moving into Aquarius too. What an exhilarating week ahead !

03/16/2023

In honor of Venus moving into Ta**us and the upcoming Aries New Moon I present to you one of my new paintings in a new series I am creating at Material Prima Fine Arts and I am offering 30% off my astro-herbal consultations. If you are feeling called to reboot or kickstart your health, wellbeing and purpose please go to the Stolas Botanicals shop and use promo code: ARIESNEWMOON for a powerful new beginning.