Emine Boyner takes us on a journey where one finds their own wildness in the memory of the olive tree, the resilience of the dandelion, and the short life of a fig. A journey filled with exercises, research, recipes, blends, games, and stories.
From the pen of healer, artist, and artisan Emine Boyner, A Handbook for a Healer with the Earth is both a nature book, a thank you to plants, and a compassionate guide for those who wish to reconnect with nature. It is a book that listens to nature not as an "outer world," but as one's inner voice. It conveys the wisdom of plants and the earth without romanticizing it, but with great love.
"Healing is actually remembering," says A Handbook for a Healer with the Earth; therefore, it offers a suggestion for a relationship rather than a healing recipe. To those lost in the speed of modern life, it reminds them of the natural plant knowledge in the daily lives of our mothers/ancestors.
It shows that sitting with plants, talking to the soil, touching a leaf, giving thanks at the table with children, even thanking water, can be a remembrance, a prayer, the poetry of life.