You need to understand plant chemistry, be inured to discomfort and awesomely flexible. When something breaks down-the plane, the boat, you just have to roll with it.

Every herbalist has their favorite plant. Mine is Rhodiola rosea.

You know the expression, "It's not personal; it's business." We sneer at such rot. All business is personal, all the time.

Fire walking is an act of faith. I don't know why it works. I don't know why people don't die doing it. I found it very exhilarating.