Combines medicinal remedies with stories The ancient myths are coded with restorative powers and explore themes of plants, meditative practice and gender politics. Sacred sites are interwoven with myths of local deities in all cultures. The collection includes Myths of incubation - healing from dreams; myths of the oracle - healing at prophetic sites; myths of orgy and ecstasy - healing in trance states; myths of plants - healing from hedgerow medicine; myths of poison and nectar - transforming negative energies or toxic poisons into healing aids; myths of non-binary healing deities; myths of healing symbols - ancient archetypal symbols universally employed in healing meditation. 30 color illustrations, 32 color plates, and 60 B&W illustrations Author is normally in Washington on a weekend at the beginning of March to perform for the Nowruz Festival at the Islamic Gallery of the Smithsonian - " I always tell stories with the virtuoso Iranian-Kurdish musician Arash Moradi who contributed two stories to A Herba Mythica ." Blog post about the annual event:https://asia-archive.si.edu/inspired-by-storytelling/ Interview: https://asia-archive.si.

edu/xanthe-gresham-telling-tales-from-the-shahnama/ Previously Storyteller in Residence for Harvard University and at the Blanton Museum in Texas Wrote 3 children's books for Barefoot Books, contributed a story to a recent book they produced about Water with storytellers from around the world, visited their headquarters in Concord to train staff and tell stories at their Storytelling Conference, and last year was booked to tell stories for their large anniversary party.