Plants, Planets and Evolutionary Medicine
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The synergy of astrology and herbalism provides a truly holistic framework that unites the physiology, psychology and soul of the person, with the physical, energetic and spiritual properties of plants. The result of this synergy gives us as herbalists the ability to attend to every layer of the human organism through the power of the holistic plant- especially when the plants are prepared according to the tradition of Alchemy.
Each planetary force represents a spectrum of potential energy, a particular aspect of the psyche, and specific evolutionary pathways for the soul. We all have every planet within us, though some we are more "comfortable" with and express in a healthy and harmonious way- others we may express more of their "dark side," or less evolved qualities. These unintegrated planetary forces can manifest physically in the body, psychologically and emotionally, and show us the specific areas of the life where we need deeper levels of healing and transformation.
The work of the Evolutionary Herbalist is to understand these patterns of the macrocosm within the microcosm of people and plants, and to support in the transformation of each celestial principle within the person in order to establish harmony within their inner astral body, and thus coherence with the macrocosm- or nature and cosmos.
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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 Herbal Medicine, with Saja Popham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Union. |
| 0:29.6 | Hey there everybody, Sagea Popham, here founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. And welcome to yet another weekly book report. |
| 0:33.6 | And book report, maybe that's not the best thing to call this. |
| 0:36.6 | I feel like I'm in elementary school and I'm giving a book report maybe that's not the best thing to call this I feel like I'm in like |
| 0:39.0 | elementary school and I'm giving a book report but book update on what I've been working on |
| 0:45.0 | on the evolutionary herbalism book and over the last week I've been focusing on writing about the |
| 0:54.0 | seven inner planets of astrology and creating, |
| 0:59.2 | or not creating, but showing the connections that the qualities and characteristics of each |
| 1:07.2 | of those seven planets have to some found some of the foundational principles of |
| 1:12.6 | herbal medicine and uh this has been a really fun chapter very detailed chapter and turned |
| 1:19.2 | into a very long chapter of the book but it's been really cool kind of focusing in on you know how the unique qualities and characteristics of the |
| 1:31.1 | planets not only in how they relate to seven primary psychological functions but also how they |
| 1:39.5 | relate to our physical bodies and this is really the area of medical astrology. And it's something that I |
| 1:48.5 | think, you know, big picture cultural dynamic is oftentimes overlooked. I don't think a lot of people |
| 1:53.8 | really know that there's such a thing as medical astrology, right? I mean, most of the time, |
| 2:00.5 | I think people think like, oh, |
| 2:01.7 | astrology, it's like you look up your sun sign in the Sunday paper and it's kind of a joke, |
| 2:05.7 | right? And astrology obviously is so much more than that as if any of you have been following |
| 2:14.0 | my work for a while, you know that astrology is significantly more |
| 2:18.6 | profound than the Sunday paper. |
| 2:21.4 | But it's been really neat kind of breaking down the various facets of the planets based on how |
| 2:29.7 | their psychological qualities are really just a reflection of their physical qualities in |
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