Cacao is one of my lovers.
Not as a substance, but as a being — a plant spirit that teaches connection, embodiment, and transformation.

Growing in relationship rather than dominance, flowering from its heart, and transforming bitterness into sweetness, cacao does not lift us out of life.
She brings us deeper into it.

This article explores cacao as medicine, mythic teacher, and ceremonial ally — and asks a simple question:

What do you feel when you meet her?

We don’t need to abandon Christmas, nor replace it with something else. Traditions always change — and often most beautifully when we allow them to be enriched by remembering what this season has always asked of human beings.

Christmas, at its heart, speaks of light entering darkness, of vulnerability, of life choosing to arrive quietly rather than triumphantly. When we hold this alongside older winter wisdom, the feast becomes deeper rather than diluted.

Hawthorn is a true witch’s plant. If you imagine her as a person, she might appear first as the beautiful maiden in her white flowery dress, then as the sensual red woman, and finally—hidden beneath her green, white, and red robes—the wise crone with the black thorns. She is both the wise healer and the ugly witch who will cast a spell if you come with harmful intent. In her, magic, mysticism, healing, and danger are woven into one wild tapestry.

Plant-Medicine is more than a medcation or drug made from plants.

Plant-Medicine is practicing alternative medicine.