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“Why Pacific Northwest Health Seekers Are Burning Out (And How Ancient Hermetic Wisdom Offers the Only Real Solution)”
The 7 Hermetic Laws provide the missing foundation that natural health enthusiasts in Nanaimo and the Pacific Northwest desperately need to break free from overwhelming wellness burnout and achieve lasting vitality. The Pacific Northwest Wellness Crisis Is Real (And Getting… Continue reading
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Symbols, Psychedelics, Stories and Spiritual Insights: How “Tripping Balls on Acid” Bridges a Gap Spanning Thousands of Miles and Ten Times as Many Years
This article explores the similarities between symbolism shared across cultures and throughout time for mystics and users of psychedelics. Continue reading
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Urban Medicinal Plant Foraging: The Remedy for a Dismembered Medical System?
Western allopathic medicine didn’t triumph because it was inherently superior. It rose to dominance because it aligns perfectly with the empirical validation system that defines the modern era. Like a neurotransmitter locking into a receptor, allopathy slotted neatly into our… Continue reading
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Unlocking Your True Self With the Planetary Influence of Solar Herbs: Illuminating the Darkest and Most Authentic Parts of People and Places
If ever a city had an unbalanced relationship with the sun’s planetary influence, it’s Nanaimo. Like a confused adolescent, Nanaimo lustily gentrifies itself, a half-manicured, half-rewritten block of history that can’t shove its shadow under the red carpet as quickly… Continue reading
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I Beat MRSA On the Street: How Nanaimo’s Narcotic Necrosis Can Be Improved With Plant Medicine
Nanaimo’s homeless problem is no longer deniable, but people still love to try to sweep under the rug the many life-threatening challenges faced by victims of the system—like MRSA, a flesh-eating and all-too-common infection that has killed far too many… Continue reading
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The Thorned Key to Reclaiming the Mind: Oregon Grape Root & the Berberis Revelation
Berberine is a powerful alkaloid found in plants like Oregon grape and barberry. It provides an astonishing list of benefits and can help vulnerable populations who might otherwise lack access to effective medicine. Continue reading
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The Mighty Mushroom in Your Backyard: Exploring the Medicinal Power of Turkey Tail
In our little corner of the West Coast, where holistic health circles mix freely with longshoremen, back-to-the-landers, and folks who swear by fixing things with duct tape and diesel, turkey tail mushrooms are making their way from fallen trees to… Continue reading
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The Taraxicum Trilogy: Dandelions Demystified Part 1: Botanical & Cultivation + Foraging Info, Benefits of Wild Dandelion Leaves
This first episode in our three part series on the oft-overlooked and misunderstood powerhouse of a superfood: dandelion. This “weed” contains so much potential that we’ve had to break apart it’s benefits and botanical secrets into three separate posts! Continue reading
