The mycelial healer a comprehensive guide to the traditional uses and cultivation of medicinal mushrooms
A groundbreaking and accessible exploration of ancestral and Indigenous medicinal uses of mushrooms and their cultivation. Fungi are the Alpha and Omega of this planet. Through their connections to the rock, soil, air, water, plants, animals, and humans, fungi hold our ecosystems together. They carry medicinal compounds that can be isolated and studied by scientists, and they carry something less available to scientific study something ineffable known by many Indigenous peoples. Fungi carry a vibration of connection, a way of being in the world. This insightful and practical guide for the lay reader explores the deep, interwoven web of the mycelial network from the perspective of whole human health. In Chapter One, we discover what mushrooms tell us about how to be in right relationship with the natural world, with other people, and with the spiritual world.