Medical Astrology for the Practitioner of Botanical Medicine (Part 2)
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2017
⏱️ 129 minutes
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Summary
Throughout the Renaissance Era of medicine, it was standard practice for not only herbalists, but university trained physicians to utilize medicine astrology in their diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. As science desacralized ancient traditions, the usage of astrology for medical purposes has diminished into obscurity.
The link between plants and planets is both ancient and universal, with cultures all across the world recognizing this sacred connection between Heaven and Earth. Through integrating the pattern of the cosmos into our model of clinical herbalism, our capacities as plant healers is magnified significantly in our ability to assess hard to treat conditions, see into the underlying root causes of disease, and create highly unique customized formulas and protocols that are truly healing and transformative.
This is part 2 of a 2 part lecture given at the 2017 International Herb Symposium.
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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 | So, the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja Popham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Genie. |
| 0:25.6 | Do you have a hand up? Okay, you're in between. |
| 0:27.6 | So if there's an excess of Venus, |
| 0:32.6 | it's going to make that damn relax even more. |
| 0:36.6 | Generally. It's going to make that damn relax even more. Generally. |
| 0:38.5 | It's going to attribute to all of these other kind of breakdowns. |
| 0:44.2 | If there's too much. |
| 0:46.0 | Exactly, yeah. |
| 0:47.4 | And Venus does have kind of two sides of it. |
| 0:51.0 | Sometimes it can be more on the relaxed side. |
| 0:55.8 | Sometimes it can actually be a little bit on the tent side because Venus types tend to be a bit more sensitive. But I'm just giving |
| 1:02.4 | the primary tissue states here based on sympathy. Okay. I'm going to giddy up a little bit here because go to noon. |
| 1:13.6 | You kind of think energetically that genusite being sensitive would have like their |
| 1:19.6 | energetic boundaries relax. |
| 1:22.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.6 | Oh, that's a really good way of saying it. |
| 1:25.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:26.6 | Yeah, the energetic boundary can be relaxed, but then there's a really good way of saying it. Yeah. Yeah, the energetic boundary can be relaxed, |
| 1:27.7 | but then there's a lot of sensory information coming in, |
| 1:31.7 | and sometimes that can overwhelm the nervous system, |
| 1:33.6 | which can lead the physical tension sometimes. |
| 1:36.5 | That's why sometimes, like, a lot of our antispasmodic materia medica |
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