A Shamanic Herbal: Plant Teachers and Animal Medicines by Matthew Wood

Matthew Wood connects plants, animal-medicine symbolism and his own experiences as an herbalist in A Shamanic Herbal. Accounts of plant teachers explore relationships with figures such as Turtle, Bear, Wolf and Alligator.

Wood places these teachings alongside reflections on psychology and esoteric thought, including Jung, Steiner and Gurdjieff. The book emphasizes an experiential shamanic path through nature; spiritual and therapeutic claims should not be treated as established medical evidence or advice to ingest unfamiliar plants.