Alchemy and Herbalism Part I - The Science and Spirituality of Herbalism
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Welcome to the first part of a four-part series discussing alchemy and herbalism. The tradition of alchemy is a tradition dear to my heart. I'm excited to share some of these teachings with you, because the alchemical tradition was the missing piece of the puzzle on my quest for a holistic system of herbal medicine. One of the main ways that it sparked something deep within me is the way that alchemy brings together science and spirituality. That's what this post covers.
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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. Sajah's approach honors and acknowledges the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of plants for a holistic model that uses the whole herb to heal the whole person. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.
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The Plant Path provides unique perspectives for the modern practitioner of herbalism that doesn't just want to "fix what's broken" in the body, but seeks to serve others with deeper levels of healing and transformation with herbal medicines.
A unique synergy of clinical herbalism, alchemy, medical astrology, and herbal traditions from around the world, The Plant Path focuses on giving you a truly "wholistic" perspective on herbal medicine so you never fall into the trap of allopathic herbalism.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey there, everybody, Saja here. And I want to welcome you to the first part here in a four-part |
| 0:32.2 | series that I'm going to be running for you for the next few weeks, sharing with you |
| 0:37.1 | alchemy and herbalism. |
| 0:39.0 | You know, this is, the tradition of alchemy is a really dear tradition to my heart. |
| 0:47.5 | I'm really, really excited to be sharing some of these teachings with you because for me, |
| 0:53.7 | the alchemical tradition was really the |
| 0:56.2 | missing link to the puzzle on my quest for, you know, a really holistic system of herbal medicine. |
| 1:04.3 | And one of the primary ways that it does that, and I think one of the main ways that it really |
| 1:10.3 | sparked something really deep within me |
| 1:13.5 | was the way in which alchemy really brings together science and spirituality. And that's really what I want to share with you in this episode, |
| 1:24.8 | in this four-part series. Because I think in the modern paradigm of herbal medicine, |
| 1:32.0 | I really feel like this integration and synergy between science and spirituality is critically |
| 1:38.4 | important. These are oftentimes seen as kind of diametrically opposite ways of viewing the world, right? |
| 1:47.0 | One very materialistic and mechanistic and reductionistic and the other more circular and more based in faith and belief. |
| 1:57.0 | And things that, you know, to most people haven't been scientifically proven, |
| 2:03.7 | even though we're seeing, you know, with biology of belief and everything done with quantum |
| 2:09.7 | physics and things like that, that there is actually scientific explanations for, you know, |
| 2:15.3 | more of the invisible aspects of life. But, you know, more of the invisible aspects of life. |
| 2:18.7 | But, you know, alchemy is really this ancient system that unites these two worlds. |
| 2:28.0 | You know, obviously the root of our word chemistry comes from alchemy. |
| 2:33.7 | And one of the interesting things that we see is over history that, you know, |
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