At Chacruna: Women, Spirituality, and Plant-Based Medicines

Annette Williams

In thinking about women, plants, and spirituality, I thought about the traditional West African Yoruba relationship to the plant realm as articulated in their traditional religious beliefs. I also thought about individual women of my acquaintance and their relationships and interactions with the plant realm. The first portion of this paper is a sketch of the Yoruba traditional religious relationship to the plant realm and the activities of women in this regard. The second portion of this paper will speak on a more personal level of women’s relationship to, and interactions with, plant medicine... continue reading.