Kiva Rosethorn is an author, mythologist, herbalist, and perfumer exploring the meeting place of story, psyche, and the green world. Her work in mythic herbalism arises from over two decades of immersion in plant medicine and wilderness practice, including more than twenty years spent living off the grid on a botanical sanctuary in the high elevation forests of New Mexico. There she has developed her unique approach to animistic biognosis, a relational way of knowing plants that weaves together myth, clinical herbalism, and the visionary imagination.

Kiva continues to write, teach, and mentor others in the arts of re-enchantment through her ongoing projects, including the annual Good Medicine Confluence, Plant Healer Quarterly, and her substack. Her work seeks to heal the cultural split between science and story, inviting readers to meet the thorns, roots, and luminous shadows of the natural world as living mirrors of the soul.

Kiva’s mentors and teachers include herbalists Michael Moore of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, jim mcdonald of Lindera and Herbcraft.org, 7Song of the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, and archetypal psychologist and author, Sharon Blackie.