Alchemy and Herbalism Part III- Spiritual Herbal Pharmacy
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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ABOUT SAJAH
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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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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH
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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. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there, everybody, Saja here, and welcome to part three in the alchemy and herbalism series that I've been sharing with you over the last few weeks. |
| 0:33.6 | And, you know, my goal with this series is to kind of introduce the alchemical |
| 0:40.0 | tradition to you because, you know, as herbalists, this is not usually a standard part of our |
| 0:46.1 | herbal education, which I think is really unfortunate because I have found this tradition to be |
| 0:52.9 | an incredible adjunct to my herbal studies and really ultimately |
| 0:58.2 | has made me a better clinical practitioner, a better medicine maker, and just overall, I feel like |
| 1:05.4 | a better human being because as we've seen over the last few weeks, the alchemical worldview is one of integration, |
| 1:14.9 | one of harmony, one of a deep and profound connection to the natural world and learning from nature, |
| 1:23.9 | learning from people, learning from the plants. |
| 1:26.9 | And in that, it adds this kind of extra oomph of |
| 1:31.3 | power and healing potency to our work as herbalists. So thanks for joining me here in part three. And |
| 1:40.2 | you know, last week I was talking about one of the core philosophical pillars of alchemy |
| 1:45.4 | that summarized in that adage of as above so below, which is really looking at the overarching pattern or blueprint of nature |
| 1:56.2 | and how the wholeness of creation is found within the part, |
| 2:01.6 | within each individual species, |
| 2:05.6 | and how central to the alchemical approach to medicine |
| 2:10.6 | is really being able to look at a person |
| 2:13.6 | and for us as herbalists, looking at a plant |
| 2:16.6 | and deciphering what that pattern of nature and creation |
| 2:22.9 | is how it's uniquely imprinted within a person and in a plant and how when we see people |
| 2:29.4 | and plants in that way it allows you to be able to make connections that otherwise you wouldn't be able |
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