Greetings and welcome.

My name is josh williams, and the green arte is an offering of great import for me. This work is the culmination of over 25 years of working with the plant spirits in magic and medicine and ritual- and I am thrilled to be sharing it with you here.

I’m a traditionally-trained clinical herbalist, hedgecrosser, modern wortcunner, plant spirit worker, author, teacher, and formulator; most importantly I am a follower and initiate of The Old Ways. I have over 12 years of structured education and apprenticeship study with some of the most incredible plant medicine people in the world (I’m slightly biased, of course!) and over 25 years of personal study, experience, exploration, and practice in the ways of spiritual herbalism and herb magic. My passions in working with plants center on their personhood- their identity as arcane spirits with a depth of wisdom, virtue, and power I am completely fascinated by. The classes, courses, writings, and remedies I craft are all intended to open the ways between human folk and our mighty plant spirit kin.

I practice a style of herbalism that is at once deeply ancient and fiercely contemporary. My inspiration for plant medicine comes from the stories, legends, and processes of my ancestors while honoring the where, when, and who we are right now. I work with an ancient energetic (also: constitutional, temperamental) model of herbal medicine alongside my own elemental herbalism methods which draw on the language of the primordial elements of earth, air, fire, and water to explore and remedy disharmonies. as a spiritual herbalist, I honor the spirit of plants and work with them by approaching them as they are- conscious, wise, and powerful beings. I also work with a hands-on method of energy work which connects plant spirits to human person in a visionary journey of transformation and wellness. My approach to whole-being wellness is nourished by the cosmology, mythos, and wisdom of northern and western european spiritual traditions.

My extensive formal training and clinical practicum is in Western Vitalist, Folk European, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese herbalism; I work with all three models concurrently to explore the energies, patterns, and expressions you’re experiencing- and to connect in deep and powerful ways to the right plants to call in for support. I also have extensive training in visionary and journey methods, energy healing techniques, and meditation. most of the plants I work with in clinic are those which I grow or are as local to me as possible.

My plant spirit work methods are a ritualized modality by which the spirit, wisdom, magic, and medicine of non-local plant spirits are moved into the client via a light-touch energy transfer. I’ve worked on and refined this method for years, and find it to be the most effective format for deep healing with the plants.

As a practitioner of a spiritually-informed style of herbalism, I find no difference between what is herbal medicine and what is herbal magic. I’m most known for my work as an occult botanist and presenter on herbal folklore from the animistic, ancient traditions of my ancestors and their kin, and I allow this green mysticism to spill over fully into the way I work with herbal medicine.

I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, and have called this beautiful land home for my whole life. I’m a voracious reader, music nerd, gardener, ritualist, amateur water colorer, animal rights advocate, music lover, and tattoo collector. I work with the ancient traditions of my ancestors (English/Anglo-Saxon & Germanic Paganism) as well as academic Druidry as an initate of Ar nDraiocht Fein.

I would love to know more about you! Feel free to use the contact page to get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hello.

I post free community classes on spiritual herbalism to my youtube channel every friday, offer advanced classes and courses via my patreon, and offer an immersion program in both spiritual herbalism and the green arte once per year online. If you’d like to learn more, check out the ‘calendar’ tab to explore.

• in clinical practice in salt lake city, utah since 2016

• owner of greenthead apothecary 2018-2023

• currently in practice at flow acupuncture & apothecary in salt lake city, utah

• winner of the best of utah award for best herbalist and best herbal apothecary 7 years running; 2018-2024

• awarded best herbalist by utah best of state

• repeat guest presenter for the uk association of master herbalists, london

• repeat guest presenter for aeon education, london

• repeat guest presenter at botanica obscura conference

• guest presenter at salem folklore and witchcraft festival

• published in yoga magazine, pagan dawn, mind body spirit magazine, the catalyst, and salt baked city

• author of two books on the subject of spiritual herbalism, traditional herbal medicine, and occult herbalism
  spiritual herbalism | aeon books, uk | 2021
  the green arte | aeon books, uk | 2022

• member of the american herbalists guild since 2016

• member of united plant savers since 2018

• guest presenter for the salt lake city public library

• guest presenter at university of utah

• over 300 online classes shared via youtube and virtual presentations, most of them free for everyone

• one of the few practicing traditional herbalists who custom formulates and compounds all herbal remedies for each individual client served

• developer of a four-element model of diagnosis, formulation, and protocol-crafting based on the traditional western herbalism model of energetics

• graduate of the east-west professional program, 2016

• lindera intensive, 2021

• institute of chinese herblology, ce study

• matthew wood institute of herbalism, ce study

• hermit’s grove, ce study

• over 5,000 hours of structured study, clinical practice, and research including industry-published works

• independent and mentored study with paul beyerl, leslie williams, matt wood, david winston, james green, sandra ingerman, ross heaven, pam montgomery, and lucy jones

• Initiate of Ar nDraiocht Fein, a modern Druid Fellowship