Leaven: The elemental magic of brewing & fermenting
Written and illustrated by Sylvia & Tristan Eden for Leodrune Press
Originally published 2023, revised 2024
58 pages cover-to-cover, perfect-bound with a spine, light kraft-brown cover paper
 
“​​Fermentation may be among the earliest ways we came to know the subtle powers of the Land. First, Earth took on her own brewing. The sheep-milk thickened in the summer heat; the overwintered fruits made the birds drunk; the carcasses of animals steamed with warmth. Our species took notice of that strange, numinous force of transformation, and chose to come into relation with it. With time, we found a way for us and those unseen Others to engage in shared creation. Sharing, indeed, lies at the beating heart of this craft. Bread is meant to be broken; wine, to be drunk together.”