Myths and Medicines of the Goddess: Crafting Medicines to Feel at Home on this Earth
Do you love stories and wish you felt more connected to the stories your ancestors once told around fires, in gardens, and in sacred ceremonies?
Do you want to learn about the ancient mother Goddesses who nourished and healed through the good green growing world?
Do you want to craft your own talismanic medicines from the plants and trees sacred to these ancient Goddesses?
If so, we hope you’ll join Crystal Woodling for an afternoon of storytelling and sacred medicine-making honoring the many faces of the Goddess who nourished and guided our ancestors before patriarchy took root.
Together, we will journey through ancient matriarchal myths from Sumer, Germany, Greece, and the Celtic world, crafting personalized medicines infused with the wisdom and power of these stories.
Each myth and face of the Goddess we walk — and play — through together is rooted in sacred plants and trees whose medicines carry her teachings and love.
As we move through each story, we will share her sacred plants, create tea blends and tinctures, and endow these medicines with story and meaning. You’ll leave with remedies to bring home and share with loved ones — helping keep the myths and medicines of the Goddess alive and growing in this world.
When: 4pm to 6pm June 7
Where: Montgomery College Food Forest, 7719 Chicago Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (map here)
Cost: $15
All ages welcome and children under the age of 16 go free when accompanied by a paying adult.
We have limited number of free spaces for those who can’t afford the ticket price. Please reach out to info@foodforestcollective.org for a discount code.
About Crystal:
Crystal is a lineage Appalachian witch, clinical herbalist, Hellenistic astrologer, yogini, and poet who has guided hundreds of students and clients to heal themselves from chronic illness, become more fully embodied, and begin living in the enchanted realms that are our birthright.
She has 20+ years of somatic and yogic studies, 17+ years of herbal medicine study, and 11+ years of committed ceremonial study with indigenous and folk medicine carriers from around the world.
She has been teaching her craft full-time for over sixteen years from international universities, to yoga studios, to her own wellness center and ceremonial center, and finally to the world-wide web, where she co-directs The School of Heaven and Earth with her husband Matthew Merlin.