plants | place | magic
for cultural and ancestral regeneration
The Root Circle is a center for
folk medicine, ancestral remembrance,
and plant-based culture.
We offer classes and resources to promote the practices of adaptive and relational folk medicine, cultural regeneration and community resilience.
Upcoming Events
JANARA IMMERSION IN BENEVENTO
plants, witches, and sacred sites
We are excited to announce a new adventure! This is going to be an exciting “mash-up” between The Root Circle and Radici Siciliane. We’ll be bringing a small group to this beautiful and sacred place in the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy that is renowned for its cultural traditions, folk magic, and witchcraft history. The regional word for witch is “janara” (pronounced yahnara).
This trip will not be a tour, but will be an immersion in a small village with local guides and teachers.
If you’d like us to let you know when we are accepting registrations please sign up below!
Apotropaica
Protection magic and medicine online course
Coming Fall 2027
Apotropaic means to turn off, stop, or turn away unwanted influences.
Apotropaic from the PIE root *apo- meaning “off” or “away” and *trep- meaning “to turn”. The Greek apotropaios means to “turn away, avert” or “turn from”. To ward off evil. It’a also simply saying “NO”.
Apotropaic, or protection, magic is much more than defensiveness or fending off unwanted influences, it’s the cultural, ritual, and energetic techniques we use to anchor our fullness of being. It’s a practice of resiliency of body, mind, and spirit as well as attunement with the creative forces of nature.
The dates are not set yet for this course but if you’d like to be notified when they are sign up below:
Della Medicina the book!
A guide to folk herbal healing and reconnecting with ancestral traditions
includes plant preparation methods, medicines, rituals, recipes, kitchen magic, and protective magic
You’ll learn:
• healing techniques and folk wisdom taught to me by my Italian grandparents and healers in Southern Italy
• a materia medica of plants important in this tradition, with the history, mythology, and both practical and magical uses
• how working with traditional plant medicines can help you connect to and revitalize your own ancestral traditions for deep inner healing
Learn the Benedicaria practices of my Italian ancestors, which were simply a part of everyday life.
Benedicaria, which literally means “the Blessing Way” but is more often translated as “the things we do.”
Lisa Fazio, founder of
The Root Circle
Folkloric witch, peasant Herbalist, Writer,
Plant Healing Artist, and
author of the forthcoming book “Della Medicina: Plants of Italian American Folk Medicine (Inner Traditions, 2024)
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