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Wort is a new independent journal of grassroots and radical herbalism. Based in Wales, Wort publishes contributions from lay practitioners alongside professionally qualified herbalists in recognition of the richness of folk traditions and the multiple kinds of knowledge they hold.
“Wort” is an old word for a plant and appears in the common names of many herbs. It comes from the Old English “wyrt” and derives from the same Proto-Indo-European origin-word as “radical,” “radicle,” and “root.” This new journal brings together all of these different meanings.
Following a welcoming editorial, this inaugural issue of Wort contains the following features…
Herbal Abortifacients and the Fight for Abortion Legalisation in Ireland, written and illustrated by Ríona Ní Riagáin
Rooting Myself: Herbalism as a Route to Connection as a Queer Autistic Person, by Olly Cameron
Radical Herbalism Reading List, by erhan
Foraging: An Exploration Based on Science and Soul, by Anja Van Geert
Herbal Poems, by Fanny Mae
Plant Medicine and the Tarot, written and illustrated by Matilde Wyrdlea and Libby Bove
Cyanotypes: Using Light to Reconnect, written and illustrated by Annie Randall
Project Focus: The Mobile Herbal Clinic Calais, by Paine B. Hoehne
On Finding Beauty, by Em Swift
Folk Herbalism: The Unwritten Strand of Herbal History, by Leo Qawas
Vervain: Simpler’s Joy, Holy Herb, by Beth Maiden
…with illustrations throughout by Ross Fleming, editor Leo Qawas, and the contributing artists, mostly in black-and-white with occasional splashes of color.
The Peculiar Parish Bookshop has acquired a small quantity of this first issue and is proud and excited to share it with you.
Illustration from: Ross Fleming.
Published by Umbel Press
Softcover
94 pages
150 x 210 mm
