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Creating Sanctuary
Creating Sanctuary: Sacred Garden Spaces, Plant-Based Medicine, and Daily Practices to Achieve Happiness and Well-Being | Jessi Bloom
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In this beautiful, inspiring, and hands-on, practical book we are invited to look deeply at the landscape around us and create sacred respites from our busy worlds. Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author We all need a personal sanctuary where we can be in harmony with the natural world and can nurture our bodies, minds, and souls. And this sanctuary doesnt have to be a far-away destinationit can be in your own backyard. In Creating Sanctuary, Jessi Bloom taps into multiple sources of traditional plant wisdom to help find a deeper connection to the outdoor space you already haveno matter the size. Equal parts inspirational and practical, this engaging guide includes tips on designing a healing space, plant profiles for 50 sacred plants, recipes that harness the medicinal properties of plants, and simple instructions for daily rituals and practices for self-care. Hands-on, inspiring, and beautiful, Creating Sanctuary is a must-have for finding new ways to revitalize our lives.
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hissingpotatoes
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1.5/5⭐ Almost everything in this book is so surface level as to be utterly useless, if not downright lacking vital important information (e.g. for herb use) or providing misinformation (e.g. re: smudging, citing flawed studies).

The summary emphasizes all garden space sizes, but the text focuses solely on large yards.

There are much better, more reliably informed books out there on all these topics. Give this one a pass.

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hissingpotatoes
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Where do I begin to break down this mess? All these snippets are from THE SAME PAGE. The initial segue from the previous (unpictured) paragraph on using flames to pretending smoke is the same thing. The complete appropriation and downplay of the importance of smudging to Native Americans (SIMPLE RITUAL?!?!?!). (continued in comments)

hissingpotatoes The citation of a flawed, unsupported study to promote smoke cleansing indoors after giving a (very valid) warning about indoor smoke just lines ago...which is an irrelevant point anyway because this is a book about OUTDOOR garden spaces. The mention of white sage without any context of its rampant unsustainable harvesting, when the author repeatedly asserts she's such a conscientious steward of nature. WOW. (edited) 4y
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