Ep. 225: The Cunning Farmer with Todd Elliot

Today the Plant Cunning Podcast features farmer, and magician Todd Elliot, author of The Cunning Farmer. In the interview, Elliot describes his path from nature-loving childhood in Philadelphia to homesteading and CSA vegetable farming in Kentucky, his interest in ethnobotany and plants like datura, and key influences in farming and esoteric practice. He explains his eclectic “cunning” approach, combining ancestors/underworld, land and nature spirits, celestial/astrological forces, and angelic magic, plus reiki-based energy healing for crops. We discuss lunar timing versus weather realities, agricultural talismans, offerings to land spirits, animal signs, the state of industrial agriculture, and where to find Elliot’s website and Substack.

00:00 Show and Book Updates

01:23 Meet Todd Elliot

02:48 Todd’s Plant Path Origins

05:11 Datura and Entheogenic Plants

09:09 Teachers and Influences

12:07 Cunning Farmer Identity

14:09 Land Spirits Awakening

18:28 Sacred Farming and Ritual

23:35 Corn Reverence and Monoculture

30:58 Worldview and Four Realms

33:44 Land Trauma and Ancestors

38:46 Reiki for Crops

42:47 Reiki for Seedlings

43:04 Moon Timing for Planting

43:43 Weather Versus Almanac

46:48 Eclipses and Weed Killing

47:57 Trees and Lunar Mansions

48:56 Talisman Success Stories

51:40 Offerings to Land Spirits

54:34 Animal Signs and Omens

57:24 Deer Pests and Cernunnos0

1:06:24 Advice for Cunning Farmers

01:12:21 Protection and Haunted Places

01:15:00 Ghosts and Deified Ancestors

01:17:58 Where to Find the Book