Hedge Guild Otherworld Oracle Companion EBook

Welcome to the liminal Hedge, and into its Seeker’s Guild.  The curtain parts, revealing myriad secretive hedgeways leading to that enchanted forest where you yourself play a central role.  In periods of great challenge & unpredictable change, the tales within can contribute to an understanding of our true selves and the myriad options on our paths.

This book is a companion to Hedge Guild Otherworld Oracle Deck, featuring the descriptions, animal folklore, medicinal plant uses, & archetypal mythology of each of the animist archetypes of the 60 Hedge cards.  With or without an Oracle deck, these inspired tales of the Hedge can help clarify the elements, factors, lessons and  practical aids, potential consequences & outcomes to be found in any context or situation that we might encounter.  They help equip us with what we personally need in order to make those choices that serve us best, empowering us to move forward with awareness & in wholeness through our personal purpose and story, in our own currently epic times. 

All of the 60 images here were drawn by Jesse Wolf Hardin, who is also the author of the applicable readings and interpretations, and folkloric sections.  His partner and Guild co-creator Kiva Rosethorn is a well known folk herbalist and champion of outliers and visionaries, enchanting us while recounting the usable as well as mythic dimensions of each telltale Hedge Guild archetype, perception-bending creature, iconic tree and healing herb.

Contents

Hedge Guild Arcana

1 The Innocent

2 The Seeker

3 The Seer

4 The Hedge Guide

5 The Ancestors

6 The Changeling

7 Our Lady of the Hedge

8 The Hedgewise

9 The Queen of Elfhame

10 The Hearth Keeper

11 The Hedge Witch

12 The Shire Folk

13 The Hedge Counsel  

14 The Enchanter

15 The Trickster

16 The Selkie

17 The Misfit

18 The Creator

19 The Hedge Dancer

20 The Rhythmist

21 The Woods Bard

22 The Lover

23 The Bone Mother

24 The Plant Healer

25 The Slumber

26 The Awaking

27 The Alchemist

28 The Portent

29 The Woods Guardian

30 The Wildling

31 The Reveler

Hedge Fauna Arcana

32 The Hedge Fox

33 The Hedge Hare

34 The Raven

35 The Medicine Bear

36 The Woods Mouse

37 The Snake

38 The Lynx

39 The Honey Bee

40 The Marten

41 The Hedge Toad

42 The Stag

43 The Hummingbird

44 The Wild Boar

45 The Woods Wolf

Hedge Flora Arcana

46 The Blackthorn

47 The Bramble

48 The Sweet Flag

49 The Stingin’ Nettle

50 The Cayenne Pepper

51 The Datura

52 The BloodRoot

53 The Yarrow

54 The High John Root

55 The Violet

56 The Vervain

58 The Rowan Tree

59 The Magic Mushrooms

60 The Oak