Alchemy and Mycology with Jason Scott
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In the Alchemical tradition, there is a teaching that speaks towards the Three Kingdoms of Life: the mineral, vegetable, and animal. Yet for some reason the fungal kingdom has consistently been overlooked, or lumped together with plants, and they're discussed little.
Luckily for us, as mushrooms have entered more deeply into human awareness as powerful medicines not only for ourselves, but the Earth itself, they've been getting a little more attention from the alchemical community these days.
That's where Jason Scott comes into the picture. A practicing alchemist, herbalist, and mycologist, Jason has dedicated his life to understanding the fungal kingdom, their medicinal properties, and their unique placement within the alchemical philosophy and practice.
This includes some unique methods of extraction not discussed elsewhere in alchemy, or even standard herbalism.
Jason is a contributor to the book Radical Mycology and has published articles in Verdant Gnosis. He's the founder of Feral Fungi, where he provides powerful spagyric extracts of medicinal mushrooms. Check out his work here: https://www.feralfungi.com
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ABOUT SAJAH
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Sajah Popham, founder of Organic Unity and The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, is committed to creating a new paradigm of plant medicine anchored in herbal, medical, and spiritual traditions from around the world. His work integrates the science and spirit of herbal medicine, creating a system that is equally holistic, healing and transformational. His unique synthesis bridges herbalism not only east and west, but north & south, above & below, into a universal philosophy that encompasses indigenous wisdom, Ayurveda, western Alchemy and Spagyrics, Astrology, clinical herbalism, and modern pharmacology.
Sajah's vitalist approach utilizes plants not only for physical healing and rejuvenation, but for the evolution of consciousness. He never allopathicallyl focuses on just what a plant is "good for" but rather who the plants are as sentient beings. Sajah's teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honor and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves. He lives in southern Oregon with his wife where he teaches at his school, makes spagyric medicines, and practices his healing art. For more information about his products and programs, visit www.organic-unity.com & www.evolutionaryherbalism.com
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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 | The Plant Path, Your Window into the World of Urban Medicine, with Saja Popham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Union. |
| 0:23.8 | Hey there, everybody. |
| 0:25.0 | Saja Popham here. |
| 0:26.4 | Founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and your host here on the Plant Path, |
| 0:30.8 | Your Window into the World of Herbal Medicine. |
| 0:34.6 | And I am super excited about this episode of the plant path. I've got one of my |
| 0:41.9 | best buddies here on the line here with me, Jason Scott. And I've known Jay for a really long time. |
| 0:48.7 | I feel like we started our path in alchemy kind of at the same time. |
| 0:56.3 | And we've just been really good friends ever since then, |
| 1:00.0 | have been really growing on this path in terms of the Western alchemical tradition |
| 1:05.6 | and Spigeric medicine preparations and herbal medicine. |
| 1:10.7 | And Jay's been doing some really incredible work |
| 1:13.5 | in his synergy of mycology and alchemy and preparing really incredibly powerful spigeric |
| 1:24.2 | extracts of mushrooms. And Jay is a contributing author to the book Radical Micology and has been published in |
| 1:34.4 | the Verdant Nosis, Volume 3, speaking about the synergy of alchemy and mycology. |
| 1:41.5 | He's also the founder of feral fungi, where he offers his |
| 1:46.5 | Spajiric mushroom extracts to the world and travels all around the country, teaching people |
| 1:52.3 | about the unique synergies that he is all about. So I'm super stoked to have you on the call. |
| 1:59.7 | Jay, thanks so much for joining me. Yeah, thanks, |
| 2:02.1 | say John. Appreciate being here. So, you know, I always like to start off our interviews here |
| 2:08.5 | on the plant path. Just asking folks about, you know, their journey into herbal medicine. I found that |
| 2:15.1 | there's a lot of similarity amongst our stories. And I think these |
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