2001 Herbal Almanac (Annuals - Herbal Almanac)
Llewellyn Publications has grown and expanded into new areas of personal growth and transformation since it began as the Portland School of Astrology in 1901. Along with the strong line of astrology books the company was founded upon, Llewellyn publishes books on everything from alternative health and healing, Wicca and Paganism, to metaphysics and the paranormal-and since 1994 has published a growing list of Spanish-language titles.Llewellyn has long been know as one of America's leading publishers of New Age books, producing a wide variety of valuable tools for transformation of the mind, body and spirit. Reach for the Moon-and discover that self-help and spiritual growth is what Llewellyn is all about.Marguerite Elsbeth (New Mexico) has facilitated shamanic healing and ritual groups, is a hereditary Strega, and is also exploring her ancestral ties to the Delaware Indian culture.  She has personally experienced crystal healing at the hands of a Shoshone medicine man and uses crystals in her own healing work.Deborah Harding(Ohio) began gardening alongside her parents when she was just able to walk. She writes articles on herbal concerns for magazines and web-zines, and gives lectures and workshops on growing herbs and using them in cosmetics and cooking. She frequently appears on a talk radio show to discuss herbs and cooking.As an alternative healing therapist, Bernyce Barlow has used the principles and energy of sacred sites  in the healing of hundreds of abused youths.  Currently she is expanding her research in the form of Sacred Site Seminars, which deal with healing and in-depth ecology.