Is desire a solely human experience? Aphrodisiacs are by far some of the most coveted flora and funga worldwide. But what about the birds and bees, the flowers and the be mushroomed trees? All too often, the enticing notion of aphrodisiacs come exhibited on a platter solely for personal consumption. Alas, the natural world is in itself dripping with sensuality, connection, and dare i say, kink.

Join ethnobotanist & animist-informed herbalist Ash Ritter for a multi-disciplinary cypher, where we will not only explore the wide range of fungi to enhance our sense of joy, curiosity, and turn-on, but we will expand into an entire ecosystem that thrives off of attraction. From Cordyceps to Tremella, Trametes to Ganoderma, and all the friendly entheogens in between, herein fruits a sensorial pharmacopeia where kinship and enchantment are our greatest antidotes. In the age of medicalization and intellectualization, let us relate with and re-mystify the beautiful, sensual world of fungi.

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ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER

Ash Ritter is an ethnobotanist, herbalist, and writer with over 23 years of study in clinical, traditional, academic, and directly relational terrains. She is a devotee of curiosity, and especially savors the inquiry of history & mystery through the woven threads of fungi, people, and plants. One-on-one long term apprenticeships are the cornerstone of her training, with a focus on clinical botanical & naturopathic medicines, Druid herbalism, Cali-Mexican curanderismo, and MacGuyver-style urban & wilderness first-aid. Her college thesis focused on the history of funga and flora in rites of passage, and altered states as evolutionary technology. Over the years, Ash’s research has honed in on the ethnobotany of her western United States homelands, and the entheogenic traditions of her Bohemian ancestry. Ash counsels and creates in her private practice, Black Sage Botanicals, to engage direct relationships with & as the living world. She joyfully offers public & private classes, in-depth consultation services, and loves formulating unique herbaceous & bemushroomed elixirs in her Sonoran desert apothecary. 

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