Just before Christmas I was offered a part time job at the University of York and today I officially accepted it. So, in two weeks I will be Research Ethics Administrator for the Department of Social Sciences. I will be doing my PhD research at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social and this role at the UoY 🥰✨

Attended the Converge Open Day at York St John University as a Course Tutor. Really enjoyed talking to those who were signing up and look forward to entangling plant folklore, mindfulness and art over the next few months. @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

“Into the woods I go - to find my way and heal my soul”

A walk under winter trees 🩵

✉️ All of us at Curiositas Journal would like to thank everyone for their submissions to our first issue 'Origins' that is due for publication in May 2026. The editorial team are working hard in the peer review process and cannot wait to share the first issue later this year!

Just Saying 😁

Over the next few days, I thought I would offer a free three card pull for everyone who wants one. The deck is Soul Trees Ascension Deck So - choose 3 numbers between 1 and 80 and I will get back to you with your three words and cards for 2026 🌿✨🪾

🕰️ One week left! With only 7 more days to go until our submission deadline for our first issue entitled 'Origins', due out May 2026, we would love to hear from you! If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Head to our website for full submission details, link in bio!

All information about how to book a group workshop can be found here www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/group-events

Ushering back the light 🌞

Blessed Winter Solstice and Yule to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere, and may your coming year be bright and full of happiness. To honour the sacrifice of the Holly King, my latest blog explores some of the folklore of this sacred plant. www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/holly-a...

❄️ The Curiositas Team hope that everyone enjoys their winter break. We will still be replying to emails and messages over the break, but replies may take longer than usual. If you would like to get in touch with any enquiries, please email [email protected] or visit our website!

SAVE THE DATE: We are pleased to announce that the SocRel annual conference for 2026 will be held at the University of Nottingham, from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in the Monica Partridge Building, University Park. The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.

Massive thanks to everyone (including the visiting ladybird) who came to last night’s Magic and Folklore session. We explored the symbolism and magic of the Holly and the Ivy, drank lots of herbal tea, created (and burnt) an Ivy and Peppermint charm/wish, before ending with a tarot reading.

Selfie of a Wortcunner

Massive thanks to everyone who came to my folklore session last night at Pool Bridge Farm. I always forget to take photos during the event, so here are some as I was leaving 🪾🌿✨

Massive thanks to everyone who turned up yesterday to my Rootstock Ecospiritual Workshop at YSJ to explore the folklore of the yew and yarrow and to create collage art. Next workshop will be on the 17th February. More details coming in the new year. @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

I’m going to be sharing a lot of images from the book “A Tree, A Day” by Amy-Jane Beer. One of the most captivating books I’ve ever owned 🌿🪾 It will feature heavily in my ecospiritual life coaching sessions coming in the new year.

Just acquired the most amazing book that is going to play a role in my ecospiritual life coaching sessions. Let me know if you want me to check the tree on your birthday 🌿

The next Rootstock workshop is on 10th December at 2pm in Future You. No need to book, just turn up and explore the folklore of Yarrow and the mysterious Yew 🖤🪾 @yorkstjohn.bsky.social @interdiscwitchysj.bsky.social

Large selection of native wood and hand pyrographed amulets, pendants, wands and idols available on my website 🌿✨ www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/shop

🔎We're Seeking Peer Reviewers🔍 Ahead of the launch of our first issue, we're seeking people who are interested in peer reviewing articles! Full training will be provided, with out next training day on the 3rd December via Teams. Please email us at [email protected] for details.

Herbal Hegemone’s one-to-one Therapeutic Plant Session brings personalised, plant-centred care directly to your home. A nurturing, sensory experience supporting emotional clarity, and a tender reconnection with yourself through the healing of plants. www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/product-page...

Some photos from a fantastic and inspiring Witch Symposium at York St John University 🌿🧙‍♀️ Thank you to everyone who attended and shared their wisdom, magic and stories ✨

Looking forward to the Witch Symposium at York St John University tomorrow where I will be talking about plant vitality and the witch wound. @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

My latest paper has been published at www.magobooks.com?p=7952

My beautiful friend has shed almost all her leaves 💛🤍🤎

Aurora was so bright, she was shining through the clouds ❤️🩷

Next Rootstock workshop at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social will be on the 10th December at 2pm and will be exploring the folklore of Yarrow and the Yew 🌿

It’s so difficult to capture the absolute beauty of my birch tree in the autumn. The leaves are forming a carpet of pale yellow diamonds outside my house 💛

All ready to make some enchanted and entangled art 🌿 @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

Photo from last night’s (Samhain) herbal tea and folklore session at Pool Bridge Farm. This beautiful weeping willow took centre stage and we hope she enjoyed our company as much as we enjoyed hers 🔥🪾

My Samhain blog about the Liminal Yew 💀 www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/the-lim...

Join me for the first Rootstock workshop at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social in conjunction with the Living Lab on 4th November at 2pm. Meet me at Future You (formally Launchpad) to explore the vitality and folklore of the campus plant species 🪾✨🌿

The dusk growing before a Herbal Tea Mindfulness Workshop. When we finished, 90 minutes later, the stars were out ✨

Thank you to everyone who came to my ecospiritual session at the beautiful Howsham Mill We met a beautiful old hawthorn tree & were blessed with some gypsywort which initial research shows was used to make dye and also protects against witches (it ended up with me so the latter can’t be true). 🌿🍂🪾

Red Ruby Lanterns or Yew berries ❤️

Places still available for next Sunday Living Landscape Mindfulness Session www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-lan...

For all the vegan witches 💚

📣Curiositas is calling for papers! Our first issue, Origins, is seeking your submissions for our May 2026 publication. If you have any questions, please visit our website (link in bio) for full submission guidance or get in touch via email [email protected].

Free tickets available now 👻 @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

Spent a lovely Freshers Fair day at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social on the Living Lab stall talking to people about Ecospirituality, sustainability and ecological justice.

My equinox gathering turned into a solo event in the end. Still a very profound experience at the Druid’s Temple and Thornborough Henges. The best part - standing in the middle of a Neolithic henge with the Yorkshire Dales on my left and the North York Moors on my right

www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/post/the-aut... I was reminded recently of the perfection that is the oak acorn sitting in its little cup. The oak tree is particularly revered at this time & a quick trawl through my books also revealed some interesting stories about the folklore of acorns (click link)

On the 24th September, I will be at the @yorkstjohn.bsky.social Freshers Fair on the Living Lab stall to talk about the Rootstock project. This will be a series of interactive ecospiritual workshops exploring the folklore and sensory vitality of the campus green spaces.

Spaces still available spiritualitystudiesnetwork.org/event-628988...

Living Landscape Mindfulness Session www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-lan...

Chuffed to have a paper published in Issue 7 of Cultivate - The Feminist Journal of the Centre for Women’s Studies Free PDF download here 💚 www.cultivatefeministjournal.com/issue-7-spac...

Join me for a Living Landscape Mindfulness Session at the beautiful Howsham Mill on Sunday October 12th 2025 at 11am. Howsham Mill is an 18th century watermill on the banks of the River Derwent. Please visit my website to book a place at www.herbalhegemone.co.uk/product-page...