The Poison Path Oracle - by Coby Michael (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A handbook for working with poisonous plants for enhanced psychic abilities and spirit guidance

- Shows how plants can help us communicate with the spirit world, the dead, and the divine for advice, insight, and direct answers to questions

- Explains how to work with specific plant spirits, such as the nightshade family, foxglove, and fly agaric, for divination and trancework

- Shares exercises for plant spirit journeying and how to incorporate plant spirit work into dream work, scrying, and runes

Poison plants have been used by oracles, seers, and shamans to reach out to the spirit world for insight and guidance since antiquity. In this practical guide, Coby Michael demonstrates how the timeless wisdom of the poison path benefits modern practitioners of divination.

Michael explores the divinatory ritual use of baneful plants and fungi, profiling important poisonous plant emissaries that appear throughout history, such as the nightshade family, foxglove, and fly agaric. He shows how these entheogenic plants can help us access altered states of consciousness to communicate with the dead and the divine and how plant spirit medicine can be combined with trancework for profound results.

Michael also links the poison path to other divinatory methods, including dream work, scrying, cartomancy, and runes. He shares exercises for underworld journeying as well as specific plant formulas and practices for meditation, channeling, ceremony, and connecting directly with plant allies, showing how to safely and effectively incorporate poison plants into your divination practice for better guidance and a stronger connection to the spirit world.

Review Quotes

"This handbook gives a beginner information needed to come to know and begin to use poisonous botanicals safely for connecting to the divine and enhancing psychic abilities. Throughout it, Coby shares his personal experiences and opinions in the hopes of inspiring readers to discover new perspectives and potentials for incorporating poison plants into their spiritual practices ... with much understanding and care."-- "Lynn Woike, PaganPages.org"

"The Poison Path Oracle is an in-depth dialogue between mystical plants and the seer. Coby Michael expertly guides the diviner along the poison path, offering insight, history, methods, and grounded examples as he navigates both the blossoms and shadows of the botanical realm. His instruction reads like a personal invitation to tune in to the plants themselves, to heed their messages. As a seer myself, I cannot wait to embrace these plant spirits in my own practice and offer wisdom and insight to querents. This is a much-needed guide in the magical world and a welcome addition to Coby's Poison Path series."-- "Rissa Miller, herbalist and creator of Tea & Smoke"

"Coby Michael has outdone himself with this one! The Poison Path Oracle is a great companion for those who enjoy the art of divination, as it focuses on enhancing our ability to connect with the spiritual realms by allowing plant allies to support our practice. A favorite of mine is the Energetic Diagnosis with Datura Seeds: efficient, simple, and fun! The associations between tarot archetypes and the plants of the poisonous garden add an extra layer of depth to his very thorough work. Absolutely stunning!"-- "Debora Greer, author of Storms, Spirits and Radical Independence"

"Coby Michael once again invites us onto the poison path, grounding his wisdom in the ancient traditions of oracles, seers, and shamans. The Poison Path Oracle reminds us that, though perilous, these plants are steadfast allies for dreamwork, divination, and journeying, guiding us into deeper communion with the earth and spirit. As a native Greek priestess reviving our oracle traditions, I'll be recommending this invaluable resource to students exploring the mysteries of baneful plant medicine for trance, healing, and connection."-- "Elyse Welles, author of Sacred Wild"

"Few walk this delicate path with such integrity and insight as Coby Michael. His writing reveals a profound relationship with poison plants, one rooted in spirit, history, and the magick birthed within liminal spaces."-- "Leandra Witchwood, witch and author of From the Witch's Shadow"

"In this third book in his Poison Path series, Coby Michael grants us a comprehensive and very interesting view of a staple of the path of poison: communicating with the spirits of these powerful plants. The link he establishes between each tarot card to a specific poisonous plant is as brilliant as it is unexpected. I love that he incorporated scientific information and warnings, which is, to me, indispensable knowledge to have when you tread on the poison path."-- "Laurie Bianciotto, author of La voie du poison"

"Nothing brings me more joy than singing the accolades of Coby Michael and his newest work! The Poison Path Oracle reveals a new depth in the relationship between practitioners and the world of baneful herbs. Coby not only teaches readers how these beautiful plant spirits have assisted people all over the world in their divinatory practices for centuries, but he also brings these practices to contemporary diviners with a modern perspective. If you are a psychic, medium, or diviner of any type looking to strengthen your practices, look no further than The Poison Path Oracle!"-- "Anthony Lightz, psychic medium"

"This book is an absolute must-have for anyone who works with plant allies. It's packed with history, insight, and hands-on ways to divine with the green spirits themselves. Coby doesn't just teach the poison path, he walks it, and this book shows exactly why he's the authority on it."-- "Eron Mazza, author of The Living Lenormand"

"This work holds keys forged through lived experience, sacred relationship, and extensive study. Coby unfolds, with luminous clarity, the essentials for a reverent practice alongside the sinister ones of the Poison Path and the green sages who master the art of gazing beyond the lines of time. A complete guide that steadies the frightened and unveils the hidden, it is a journey companion in the sinuous path toward the emerald mystery."-- "Vrylak Faemana, author of Recetario de la Bruja Verde"

About the Author

Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner who teaches about the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. The author of The Poison Path Herbal and The Poison Path Grimoire, he owns and operates The Poisoner's Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.