The Forgotten Spices

The Forgotten Spices: An Illustrated Ethnobotanical Book to Awakening the Body through Ancestral Wisdom is an illustrated and accessible guide to the history, meaning and traditional uses of ancient spices that have gradually disappeared from modern everyday life.

Across cultures and centuries, it explores how spices once shaped trade, healing practices, agriculture and ritual life. From silphium and costus to zedoary, mastic and grains of Selim, the book brings forgotten plants back into view and shows how they were used to nourish, protect and support the body in different traditions.

Rather than focusing mainly on recipes, the book approaches spices through ethnobotany, botanical history and ancestral plant knowledge. It offers readers a broader understanding of how these plants were woven into human societies, not only as flavorings, but also as cultural, medicinal and symbolic resources.