A Cultural History Of The Amanita Muscaria Mushroom
Culture
From Sibera to Soma, to the Greeks and Celts and Vikings, the Amanita muscaria mushroom has been with us throughout history
In this episode, Dennis Walker and Ash Ritter dive into the world of the infamous Amanita Muscaria mushroom, as well as learn about the wild desert apothecary of fungi and herbs that she researches and teaches about.
In this episode, Dennis Walker and Ash Ritter dive into the world of the infamous Amanita Muscaria mushroom, as well as learn about the wild desert apothecary of fungi and herbs that she researches and teaches about.
Episode Summary
Ash Ritter is a west coast born, desert-dwelling ethnobotanist, educator, writer, mutli-disciplinary animist, and poet in disguise as herbalist. For 20 years and counting, she continues to reverently devote her life to fungal & botanical studies, encompassing traditional, academic, clinical, and directly relational terrains. She counsels and creates in her private practice, Black Sage Botanicals, to empower cooperative sovereignty, engaging a direct relationship with & as the living world.
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