Herbal Anthropology Journal – Maati's Tea Time

New Blog Post: Leve and the Water of Life : Herbalism and African Mythology

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What is African Traditional Herbalism?

Ancestral practice of healing, ritual, and plant stewardship rooted in the spiritual, cultural, and ecological wisdom of people of African descent.

A living system of knowledge carried over generations, where plants become memory keepers and guides for restoration - personal and communal.

Explorations

Embodiment

How gender, labor, trauma, and the body shape practice

Transmission

How knowledge is passed (oral, ritual, digital, family, community)

Adaptation

How practices change under migration, climate change, and capitalism

Suppression & Survival

Criminalization, medical racism, spiritual policing, erasure

Contemporary Practice

What does herbalism look like now?

T.H.U.T.H

African Herbal Futurisms

Journal Posts

Leve and the Water of Life : Herbalism and Afri...

August 22, 2026Maati’s Tea Time
Who do we become when we forget to feed the spirit and not just the flesh? What are the needs and desires of our spiritual essence? Our inner worlds need...

Leve and the Water of Life : Herbalism and Afri...

August 22, 2026Maati’s Tea Time
Who do we become when we forget to feed the spirit and not just the flesh? What are the needs and desires of our spiritual essence? Our inner worlds need...
Your nervous system remembers: Chamomile & Catn...

August 5, 2026Maati’s Tea Time
We’re participating in a lineage of care that said: the nervous system matters. Your capacity to rest matters. Your body’s ability to move through stress, not just survive it, matters.

Your nervous system remembers: Chamomile & Catn...

August 5, 2026Maati’s Tea Time
We’re participating in a lineage of care that said: the nervous system matters. Your capacity to rest matters. Your body’s ability to move through stress, not just survive it, matters.

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