# Ep. 225: The Cunning Farmer with Todd Elliot

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Podcast: [Plant Cunning Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/plant-cunning-podcast-2048739)
Published: 2026-04-01T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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

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