PaganKattGrrl
February 15th, 2001, 04:54 AM
MM All!
I had to share w/ you all a terrific video I bought through One Spirit book club. It's called Preparation of Herbs for Home Remedies. It features a woman whose name is Kay Moon Dreamer. She discusses herbal remedials from a "Native American" viewpoint, but I tell you, it has "PAGAN" written all over it!
Very good info for the beginner, and a good quick resource for all. How to make infusions/decoctions/tinctures from oil and alcohol/ointments, drying, storing, etc. She also says to "thank the plant" if you want to, and the video opens with her singing and shaking a gourd in the background while it shows a table spread with herbs, mortar and pestle, and all sorts of bottles and such with herbal oils, tinctures, etc in them. She sings "Give thanks to the Mother Gaia, Give thanks to the Father Sun. Give thanks to the healing garden where the mother and father are one. Give thanks, give thanks to you we do give thanks.."
Not only did it give me information, but that nifty chant as well.. now all I need is a dried gourd to shake.. :)
The only bad part about it is she talks like she's reading cue-cards. If you can handle her lack of acting ability and see through to the good informational content it is really a good video. I'm going to be getting the first video in the series, the one I have is the second. The first talks about different herbs for different ailments.
I don't recall what the third one talks about, but I'm sure it's pretty good also.
I had to share w/ you all a terrific video I bought through One Spirit book club. It's called Preparation of Herbs for Home Remedies. It features a woman whose name is Kay Moon Dreamer. She discusses herbal remedials from a "Native American" viewpoint, but I tell you, it has "PAGAN" written all over it!
Very good info for the beginner, and a good quick resource for all. How to make infusions/decoctions/tinctures from oil and alcohol/ointments, drying, storing, etc. She also says to "thank the plant" if you want to, and the video opens with her singing and shaking a gourd in the background while it shows a table spread with herbs, mortar and pestle, and all sorts of bottles and such with herbal oils, tinctures, etc in them. She sings "Give thanks to the Mother Gaia, Give thanks to the Father Sun. Give thanks to the healing garden where the mother and father are one. Give thanks, give thanks to you we do give thanks.."
Not only did it give me information, but that nifty chant as well.. now all I need is a dried gourd to shake.. :)
The only bad part about it is she talks like she's reading cue-cards. If you can handle her lack of acting ability and see through to the good informational content it is really a good video. I'm going to be getting the first video in the series, the one I have is the second. The first talks about different herbs for different ailments.
I don't recall what the third one talks about, but I'm sure it's pretty good also.