I think I’ve always craved the idea of something true: a true love, a true friend, a true thought I could cling to.
I used to think I would find these truths in the external world. I was sure if I looked hard enough I’d discover absolutes I could count on. But “truth” is not an absolutist thing. The truths of logic and science are ever evolving.
Over time, I’ve realized that what I was searching for was an internal truth, gently stirred and brought to consciousness. An inner-knowing that could support and buoy me. And over and over again, I discover these inner-truths by using the natural world as a mirror.
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About me
I’m an award winning author, editor, and mentor who, twenty years ago, left her American life and traipsed off to Ireland to apprentice with a traditional healer. Learning how the natural world can guide us toward our inner truths changed– and continues to change– everything.
My books include Letting Magic In, The Night School and The Night School for Young Mystics, and the Wild Wisdom series (including The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, The Illustrated Crystallary, and The Wild Wisdom Companion). Each book is doorway into a room I’ve explored and lived in for a while. They are truths that have fed my soul and sustained my spirit. Collectively, my books have sold near a half a million copies… which is flabbergasting.
As the titles reveal, I’m passionate about the poetry of the natural world, mysticism, healing, and natural medicine. Twenty years after returning from Ireland, I’m still digesting the magic of that year. It was a time when I was intensely lonely and yet very much alive. The lessons I learned there influence me deeply to this day.
If you want to connect about my writing retreats and/or mentoring and editing services, drop a note to maia@maiatoll.com
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"Maia Toll’s writings and wild wisdom teaches me about small moments of magic that help me stay grounded in the now, and find spiritual connection to the little things. I feel so connected to the seasons and the land when I read Maia’s work. It all helps to bring me to my body, and my body to the natural world." — Kalila Kingsford Smith, Tell Me Something True community subscriber
"While your books have been a delight, your essays here touch something deeper, and as altruistic as I might want to think I'm being by 'supporting an artist' whose work the world needs, it's actually terribly selfish of me, as I, myself, get such deeply personal value from your words….” — Christina Albrecht, Tell Me Something True community subscriber
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