In this episode, Lisa Fazio joins The Modern Witches Podcast to share the purpose and power behind Italian American folk healing. Drawing from their forthcoming book, Della Medicina, Lisa explores the ancestral roots of this tradition, its spiritual and practical applications, and how modern practitioners can reclaim and honor these sacred healing arts. Whether you're looking to deepen your connection to lineage or explore folk magic as a path of empowerment, this conversation offers wisdom and inspiration for your journey.Lisa Fazio is the founder of “The Root Circle,” an educational center with a mission to revitalize and promote plants and plant medicine as an integral component of healthy human community. Her principal training is in Traditional Western Herbalism, Western Astrology, and the folk ways of her Italian immigrant family. She has also learned directly from observation and interaction with place, landscape, and the seasonal cycles as well as informal mentorship with elders where she learned tracking, foraging, gardening, and small-scale sustainable farming. Her work is primarily grounded in an animistic view of nature and reality and emphasizes direct encounters with plants, the ecosystem, the ancestors, and the divine. She has an academic background in Psychology and Ethnobotany as well as years of study and practice in the traditions of Trika Shaivism, Folk Catholicism, Witchcraft, and Plant Spirit Medicine. She lives in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains where she has raised 4 children, is an herbal practitioner, social justice and ecological activist, organizer and engaged member of her community working to connect people with the magic of plants, nature, and their own innate healing potential.

KNOW MORE ABOUT LIZA AND HER WORK:

ORDER HER BOOK: https://www.innertraditions.com/della-medicina

SUBSTACK: https://lisafazio.substack.com

WEBSITE: therootcircle.com

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/therootcircle/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFWOX8tX7uQb2-ohfEjfO7g?view_as=subscriber

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