The Wellspring: Ancestors, Plants and Healing

The Wellspring is a magical realism memoir that invites all of us on a journey through time to heal ancestral and settler trauma with story, ritual and plant medicine.

As she did in ＂The Weaving: Plants, Planets and People＂, and ＂The Vessel: Women, Plants and Contraception＂, Abrah Arneson continues to uncover the tender and intimate relationship between women and plants.

The Wellspring is:
1 part memoir - the unearthing of ancestors
1 part historical fiction - a glimpse into the forgotten lives of women in England’s 1800s needle trade
1 part historical record - the events that shaped women’s lives in Victorian London.
2 parts herbal guide - a consideration of the many ways plants heal wounds of all sorts
3 parts magical grimoire - incantations and spells cast by the light of the full moon...

The Wellspring is an enchanting and compelling story, beautifully written, about mothers and daughters, heart break and heart mending, and the softness of flowers.

May the stories within offer a gentle touch in a world with hard edges.

The Wellspring is a magical realism memoir that invites all of us on a journey through time to heal ancestral and settler trauma with story, ritual and plant medicine.

As she did in ＂The Weaving: Plants, Planets and People＂, and ＂The Vessel: Women, Plants and Contraception＂, Abrah Arneson continues to uncover the tender and intimate relationship between women and plants.

The Wellspring is:
1 part memoir - the unearthing of ancestors
1 part historical fiction - a glimpse into the forgotten lives of women in England’s 1800s needle trade
1 part historical record - the events that shaped women’s lives in Victorian London.
2 parts herbal guide - a consideration of the many ways plants heal wounds of all sorts
3 parts magical grimoire - incantations and spells cast by the light of the full moon...

The Wellspring is an enchanting and compelling story, beautifully written, about mothers and daughters, heart break and heart mending, and the softness of flowers.

May the stories within offer a gentle touch in a world with hard edges.

Abrah Arneson has been practicing as a clinical herbalist for 19 years. She currently practices in Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of The Grandmother Trilogy: The Weaving: Plants, Planets and People, The Vessel: Women, Plants and Contraception, and The Wellspring: Ancestors, Plants and Healing. She is also author of The Herbal Apprentice and the Herbal Apprentice Workbook. Abrah is co-founder of the Alberta Herb Gathering and founder of the Outaouais Herb Gathering, Canada’s first bilingual herb conference. For more about Abrah please see her web site at www.abraherbs.com