Plant Ally: An Ancient Idea for Modern Man

Reader Contribution by Aaron Miller
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I wouldn’t consider myself a spiritual person. I wasn’t born in the Amazon jungle or in a tribe of Native Americans on the Great Plains. But there is an idea that originated in many of these ancient cultures that has struck a chord within me: The Plant Ally. I had heard of this term before but it didn’t resonate with me until I listened to an interview with a Brazilian herbal healer. She spoke of asking her plant allies for their assistance in curing one of the villagers’ sick children. She prayed to her plants for protection against the incurable disease the young one suffered from, the same disease that had taken all the other siblings already. This child survived and the healer almost overnight became bigger than Michael Jackson (in her country anyway).

My growth the past few years has brought countless other similar stories to my attention. At one time I would have dismissed it as “some crazy jungle hippie talking to her herbs” and moved on. But the way this woman spoke about her plants hit me from an angle I never looked at before. She spoke as if this plant was a friend helping her move on Saturday. A friend you pick up from the airport after watching their house and feeding their cat. The more I thought about this old idea and the feelings this woman shared in the interview, the less crazy it sounded to me. We all have plant allies. We just don’t acknowledge them as such.

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