Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. He studied religion at Arizona State University and has been a folk herbalist since a young age. He owns and operates The Poisoner’s Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for The Poison Path. Coby has been blogging since 2016 and is a prolific writer including articles for This Witch Magazine, The Witches' Almanac, and Alraune. Coby is author of The Poison Path Herbal, The Poison Path Grimoire and the forthcoming titles The Poison Path Oracle, creator of The Poison Path Oracle Deck and Herbal Magic for Dummies. He is also co-author of Leo Witch. Coby is the founder of Botanica Obscura Conference, an annual gathering of magical plant practitioners from around the world sharing their plant spirit knowledge. He travels the country teaching people about plant magic, the Poison Path, occult herbalism and plant medicine.
In this episode, Coby discusses poison as a plant ally in healing through shadow work, as a tool for beauty and glamour magic, plus so much more.
The Botanica Obscura Conference is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and being held digitally from March 6-8th. It is a gathering of herbalists, plant medicine practitioners, green witches, alchemists, botanists, and other plant-passionate people from around the world, seeking to connect with people and plants and facilitate community and resource sharing between plant practitioners of all kinds. All presentations are live and recorded.
Tickets available at https://www.thepoisonersapothecary.com/shop/botanica-obscura-conference
For more about Coby visit:
www.thepoisonersapothecary.com
Instagram: @poisonersapothecary and @botanicaobscuraconference
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