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Maia Toll is the award winning author of Letting Magic In, The Night School, and the Wild Wisdom Series (including The Illustrated Herbiary). After pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and a master’s at New York University, Maia apprenticed with a traditional healer in Ireland where she spent extensive time studying the growing cycles of plants, the alchemy of medicine making, and the psycho-spiritual aspects of healing. Maia maps new pathways for seeing our lives, inspiring those who encounter her work to live with more purpose, more intention, more meaning, and, maybe, even more magic. She is the co-owner of the retail store Herbiary, with locations in Philadelphia, PA and Asheville, NC where she lives with her p ...more

Off the Beaten Path

I started holding my breath in late February.

Breathing, this thing I’d done daily and mostly unconsciously since I came screaming into the world, was suddenly dangerous. Not only was it dangerous to myself, but it could be perilous for others. So, as I passed people in the newly widened aisles of the grocery store, I found myself quite literally holding my breath.


My metaphoric breath followed suit

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Published on September 28, 2020 18:10
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“What if you are holy, just as you are? What if you don’t need to be more “spiritual,” more kind, more anything?”
Maia Toll, The Illustrated Herbiary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Bewitching Botanicals

“An object is just an object until you - or someone else - infuses it with meaning and energy.”
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“Energy follows intention.”
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“It's like making fire: you can wait for a lightening strike or you can pull out two sticks and do the work of creation.”
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“An object is just an object until you - or someone else - infuses it with meaning and energy.”
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“Energy follows intention.”
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