Shamanic Gardening Shamanic Gardening Timeless Techniques for the Modern Sustainable Garden Melinda Joy Miller To my father, my daughter Kim, my husband Bob, all the gardeners and shamans throughout the ages and all those who have kept the ancient teachings alive. Shamanic Gardening © 2012 by Melinda Joy Miller All rights reserved. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Process Media 1240 W. Sims Way Suite 124 Port Townsend, WA 98368 processmediainc.com Design by Lissi Erwin / SplendidCorp. Illustrations by Jess Rotter Additional Illustrations by Lissi Erwin (p.100, 103) Borders used or adapted from Art Nouveau Typographic Ornaments, Selected and Arranged by Dan X. Solo from the Solotype Archive. (Dover, 1982) Typeset in Stempel Schneidler, Calvert, and Rockwell Italic. Photo Credits: p. 19 Stefano Geminiani / p. 22 Jeff Dement p. 36 Tommaso79 p. 47 Jelen80 p. 49 Constantin Opris p. 50 Elena Elisseeva p. 51 Fallsview p. 53 Maria Demopoulos and John Tanzer p. 55 Michael Truchon p. 63 Sikth; Tetiana Kovalenko p. 64, 86 Sandy Taylor p. 146 Deb22 p. 149 Jim Cottingham p. 151 Graceholder p. 154 Elenathewise p. 156 Derejeb Contents: Introduction A Garden’s Gift to Life Chapter 1: Shamanic Gardening in Ancient Cultures Chapter 2: Gardening with Intent Chapter 3: It Starts with Soil Chapter 4: Planting for High-Nutrition Food Chapter 5: Planting for Health Chapter 6: Gardening for Romance and Sensuality Chapter 7: Feng Shui in the Garden Chapter 8: The Circle of Life Glossary Resources Bibliography High-Nutrition Edibles Companion Planting Garden Notes Introduction A shaman is one who walks in two worlds: one seen easily by everyone, another seen with the senses of the heart, deep recesses of the mind, and within the collective spiritual consciousness.