Join Sean Croke on a journey through the herbal lifeworlds of the pacific northwest bioregion. The book unfolds step-in-step with the curriculum Croke has developed and taught through his Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine through the wheel of the year. In this working herbal, you will learn about the geological time span affecting the lifeways that infuse this area with potency. The seasonal organization of the text allows you to learn what is truly "in season" and understand how the climactic changes affect the plants' abilities to help humans. An essential addition to your apothecary.
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Vibrantly animistic and remarkably hypnotic, the Nine Plants Spell (Nigon Wyrta Galdor, popularly known as the Nine Herbs Charm) is an Old English healing galdor, a spell, that invokes nine personified plants and the pagan god Wōden to defeat a serpent before exploding in a psychedelic climax. One of the most mysterious items in the Old English corpus, and originally sung, chanted, or otherwise performed to treat an unknown malady, the Nine Plants Spell provides a rare window into a living landscape from a lost time, dripping with mysticism and mystery, humming with life. This third edition features new essays, art, and supplementary items to further assist in navigating the spell’s many mysteries.
Hopkins’s translation in the film Hamnet (2025)
Hopkins’s translation notably appears in the 2025 film Hamnet directed by Chloé Zhao. Zhao’s film is an adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell’s novel of the same name (2020, Tinder Press). Mention of the spell is not found in O’Farrell’s novel and is specific to the film. “It is a great joy to play a role in presenting the Nine Plants Spell to such a large audience in the contemporary period, surely providing the most exposure the spell has received since Anglo-Saxon England”, says Hopkins.