Herbalism Quotes

“She held out her hands, cupped and holding a small plant.
'The power to heal is the power to destroy,' she said with the faintest smile.”
― F.T. McKinstry, Crowharrow

“Anys was so skilled with plants and balms that she knew how to extract their fragrant oils, and these she wore on her person so that a light, pleasant scent, like summer fruits and flowers, always preceded her.”
― Geraldine Brooks, Year of Wonders

“Once upon a time, we were Africans involved in a unique lexicon of beliefs, lore, stories, and customs that were designed to help integrate us into an environment filled with plants, animals, elements, and a complex array of spirits. With the advent of slavery, the physical bond with the motherland was broken, but like seeds lifted from a ripe plant by wind, we found fertile ground in distant lands elsewhere.”
― Stephanie Rose Bird, Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo & Conjuring with Herbs

“Yahweh,
I am READY and Willing; So keep me in the thought of Thy grace and mercy. Selah!!!
#NABJ #TheMystic #NABJFamily”
― Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr

“Sometimes it's better to walk ALONE than to be in the crowd where you are not Respected and Accepted!

` Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr
Soldier, Seer, Engineer, Author, Herbal Doctor”
― Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr

“…it can be helpful to think of herbalism in America as a stool with three legs; one Indigenous, one African, and one European.”
― Rebecca Beyer, Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies