#39 Stories From The Earth Podcast - Interview with Rebecca Beyer founder of Blood and Spicebush

<p>Today we’re diving in with Rebecca Beyer, the founder of Blood And Spicebush School of Old Craft here in western North Carolina. Rebecca likes to help people get more in touch with nature and plant medicine by teaching people how to incorporate old ways back into a cyclical life. She has a bachelor’s degree in plant and soil science and a master’s in Appalachian studies and sustainability with a concentration in Appalachian Ethnobotany. Rebecca likes to practice, research, and write about Appalachian traditional folk magic and witchcraft, primitive living skills and homesteading, foraging, ethnobotany and other folk ways. Together she refers to this approach as Hedgecraft</p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>🌙For more on Blood and Spicebush:</strong></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.bloodandspicebush.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bloodandspicebush.com/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bloodandspicebush/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/bloodandspicebush/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bloodandspicebush/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bloodandspicebush/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>🌙<em><strong>Buy Rebecca's Book Here: Wild Witchcraft&nbsp;</strong></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.bloodandspicebush.com/wild-witchcraft.html" target="_blank">http://www.bloodandspicebush.com/wild-witchcraft.html</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>🌙The Well Read Witch: Version 2.o Reading List</strong></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.bloodandspicebush.com/blog/the-well-read-witch-version-2o" target="_blank">http://www.bloodandspicebush.com/blog/the-well-read-witch-version-2o</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><em><strong>🌙Other books we talked about:</strong></em></p> <p>Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants by Ellen Evert Hopman</p> <p>Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies by Rebecca Beyer</p> <p>The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer</p> <p>Na