Liberation, Libation, and Leaven Rhizomatic Gods of Fermentation, Divine Ecstasy, and Revolt

For too long patriarchy has been conflated with the masculine. But before the sword-wielding heroes of legend readily cut down forests, slaughtered the old deities, and vanquished their enemies, there were thousands of years of vegetal gods associated with the underworld, fermentation, radical social movements, visionary states, and sacred food rituals. Hidden in the root system below myths we think we know are these wilder modes of masculinity and vegetal mysticism. Osiris, Tammuz, Attis, Adonis, and Dionysus guide us into the soil-scape of their shared mycorrhizal system, pointing us towards plants and fungi for lessons on how to combat systems of oppression.