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A Healing Grove: African Tree Remedies for Mind, Body and Spirit

By Stephanie Rose Bird — 2009

A Healing Grove: African Tree Remedies and Rituals for the Body and Spirit by Stephanie Rose Bird draws on the rich historical African tradition of the remedial qualities of trees, rallies against society's increasing detachment from nature and highlights the contemporary social and economical... See more...

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Connection with Nature