Introduction to Spiritual Herbalism
Instructor: Lady Raven, The Wyld Witch
Duration: 6 months
Class Level: 2
Pre-requisites: Connecting with Correspondences
This class will take you through the basics of starting a spiritual herbalism practice and how to build a relationship with plants. This class will take place over six sessions, once a month.
This course takes place via Zoom live sessions. Each session is recorded so you and re-watch them as many times as needed. Each lesson will also have activities for you to complete to put the skills you learned to work!
Recommended Materials for this class:
You will need the following tools for this class:
- A Mortar and Pestle or a coffee grinder
- Ziploc bags and assorted glass bottles or jars (Mason jars work wonderfully!)
- Cheesecloth
- Various Herbs – you will discover them later on. I recommend purchasing them as you need them.
- Assorted EO’s
- Choose an oil base for your blended oils. It can be one of the following: Fractured Coconut oil, Jojoba Oil, or Canola Oil.
- Food grade alcohol (at least 80 proof – Vodka or White Rum is my preference) or Vegetable Glycerin
- A notebook to act as your Herbal Journal can be as simple or elaborate as you would like.
- Shears or scissors for clipping herbs
- Kitchen Twine
- Slow cooker – if you don’t have one, get the cheapest you can get – it just needs to cook. It doesn’t need extra features
- Book (Required): Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham
- Book (Required): Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs, A Beginner’s Guide, By Rosemary Gladstar
- Other OPTIONAL Books:
Keep in mind that We will not need many of these until later on in the class. But it is helpful to know ahead of time what you will need.
Class Curriculum
Lesson 1 – Connecting and Understanding
What is Spiritual Herbalism?
Herbalist Tools
Organic, Wildcrafted – what does it all mean?
Connecting to Plants
Plant Spirit vs. Physical Plant
Begin a relationship with a local plant
Lesson 2 – Doctrine of Signatures
Doctrine of Signatures
Rulers: Elemental and Planetary
Your Plant Spirit Helper
Lesson 3 – Ingredients and Harvesting
Herbal Blends Ingredients – oils, salts, etc
Simpling
Starting your Herbal Grimoire
Harvesting from your garden
Drying Fresh Herbs
Your Plant Spirit Helper
Lesson 4 – Creating Basic Blends
Balancing Energies and creating Proportions
Creating basic Recipes
Blending Incenses
Blending Herbal Baths
Blending Spell Mixes
Your Plant Spirit Helper
Lesson 5 Topics – Working with Oils
Oil Blends
EO’s vs. Fragrance Oils
Combining Oils and Herbs
Your Plant Spirit Helper
Lesson 6 Topics – Blends and Ceremony
Creating Other Blends
Interactions and Allergies
Using Blends in Ceremony
Your Plant Spirit Helper
Review and Final Q&A
All students can book up to six 30-minute one-on-one sessions with Lady Raven for questions during this course (one per month) until the end of the course!
Students will receive 12 months of access to online class materials and the course.
Tuition Options
There are three tuition options:
- Full Payment Discounted Tuition: 1 Payment of $400 (Eligible for the WW Discount)
- Regular Tuition: 2 Monthly Payments of $225 (Eligible for WW discount, requires auto-pay)
- Payment Plan: 5 Monthly Payments of $100 (requires auto-pay)
To receive your WW discount, you will need an invoice (please message Lady Raven on the Wyld Community). You can sign up for this class under the Current Term Offerings!