The Otherworld Archives - One Willow Apothecaries

In autumn, we embrace the dying. As the leaves grow spotted, then yellow and aflame, we watch the world around us begin to wane. We’ve grown so

Last month I traveled to Ireland to visit the old neolithic burial mounds and the seaside where my forebearers most likely made their home. I

I began these pilgrimage trips last year, with a visit to Japan. Sometime last summer I got the nudge to begin visiting places in the world where

I feel like I need to get something clear right from the get go. I never believed in faeries as a kid. It just wasn’t a thing for

Autumn is a psychedelic season. More than just a waning golden hour, autumn has its own texture. And just by touching it, our consciousness

For a long time I equated shamanism with esoteric antiquity. Something practiced in the far past, or only pertinent to those who were born

Shamanic journeying is a kind of meditation, combined with focused intention, to enter an expanded state of consciousness. In journeying,

Today the world is lost to its own thought. This morning found the last russets of maple leaves scattered beneath the trees and tonight