• 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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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!”
