Module for Distillation In Practice with Patchouli

Welcome to the garden and the “still room”. In this course, we spend time with Patchouli as a living being — beginning with plant connection, then moving into the harvest, preparation, and weighing of the material. From there, we step into the still room for a full, real‑time distillation, exploring the transformation that unfolds inside the apparatus (making the unseen—volatile aromatic molecules—seen) alongside the nuts-and-bolts process of distillation. We close with a discussion on the nuance of distillation and the deeper principles that guide this practice.