About this episode
Today we're getting a crash course from Coby Michael about what it means to be an occult herbalist and all about working with poisonous plants. This conversation was so much fun and also reminds us what a powerful natural world we live in! Plants are so powerful and hold so much wisdom and connection within them. Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. He studied religion at Arizona State University and has been a folk herbalist since a young age. He owns and operates The Poisoner’s Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for The Poison Path. Coby has been blogging since 2016 for Patheos Pagan and The House of Twigs, and has written articles for This Witch Magazine (2020). His first book The Poison Path Herbal came out in 2021. He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Fl and travels the country teaching people about poisonous plants.