Wild Alchemy: An astro-botanical guide to the magic, myth and medicine of plants

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Wild Alchemy is a culinary and medicinal bible that brings together traditional alchemical practices with plant lore. Alchemy is the ancient art of transforming nature for the benefit of body, mind and soul. This book is an invitation to connect back to ourselves, and rediscover how our ancestors lived in harmony with the seasons by foraging for food and medicine. Through illustrated botanical and astrological guides and practical recipes, Wild Alchemy takes the reader on a journey of enquiry to become alchemists in our daily lives.

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Jemma Foster is a wildcrafter, astrologer and practitioner of plant and vibrational medicine. As a multi-disciplinary artist and educator, her work explores more-than-human intelligence and interspecies communication. She actively advocates for the agency and rights of plants as conscious beings. She is the author of Sacred Geometry (2020) and Wild Alchemy Lab: An Astro-botanical Remedy Deck (2023), and founder of botanical studio Mama Xanadu and mixed-media publishing house Wild Alchemy Lab, and co-founder of award-winning film studio Semantica.