BEYOND THUJA: DESOLATION AND THE SPLIT: CONIFERS

BONUS MATERIAL: THE SILENT AROIDS – AND MORE

MATERIA MEDICA FROM THE MASTER

9 DVD SET

Berkeley, California, September 23, 24 and 25, 2005 - Three full days - 18 Hours Total

• Overview of the Conifer family; Orders Pinales and Taxales. Natural history, themes & affinities. Agathis australis (Kauri).

• Cupressaceae & Juniperus. Sabina.

• Cupressaceae; Thuja. Pinaceae; Larix, Terebinthina

• The Pine Family: P. nigra, P. genera, P. contorta, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies c., Taxus baccata, Taxus brevifolia. Endophytes. Sequoia sempervirens, S. giganteum.

• Pix liquida. Amber (Succinum). Conifers as a group.

• The Silent Aroids: Introduction to the group. Themes and Affinities. Amorphophallus rivieri, Arum d., Arum t., Ictodes (Pothos) foetidus, Z. aethiopica, Lemna, Colchicum.

• The Artemisia tribe: Abrotanum, Absinthium, Artemesia vulgaris, Achillea millefolium.