The Best Psychological Model For Herbalists
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
One of the critical elements of the new paradigm of plant medicine is that there are more and more practitioners are incorporating the psychological, emotional and spiritual levels of being in their clinical work. I think this is an essential component of healing that cannot be overlooked, especially if we want to be holistic practitioners- for we are not just our bodies, and indeed, our psyche and soul directly influence the nature of our physiology.
After interacting with thousands of herbalists across the world that either currently do, or want to, incorporate psychology into their work with plants, what seems to be almost universal amongst them is a lack of system that adequately encompasses our psychological structures and relates them to the remedies they work with.
If we are to work with the psyche, it's important that we have a system, a way to organize our understanding of the psychological structures that unites them to a greater pattern in the natural world.
In fact, one the oldest models of psychology in the world does just that. And that model is astrology.
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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 Sejapopham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Union. |
| 0:23.1 | Hey there everybody,. Sageapopim here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:28.4 | And, you know, I talk a lot about the new paradigm of plant medicine. |
| 0:32.9 | And if there's one thing that I think is an integral part of this next phase in the evolution of herbal medicine, |
| 0:40.4 | it's that more and more people are wanting to address healing beyond the body, that people are |
| 0:46.8 | wanting to incorporate tending to people's psychological and emotional dynamics in their healing process and work with herbs, as well as |
| 0:57.8 | facilitating in people's personal growth, development, and spiritual evolution. And I think this |
| 1:05.7 | integration of a psychological element into our work with plants is critically important. |
| 1:13.3 | You know, from holistic perspective of medicine, you know, the psyche and the body are not separate. |
| 1:20.1 | And I think this is one of the big issues that we see in kind of the modern biomedical paradigm. |
| 1:26.5 | It's that we see physiology and psychology as being separate, |
| 1:32.7 | right? That we don't really address the psychological implications behind physiological disease, |
| 1:40.9 | nor do we consider potential physiological components behind what we might |
| 1:47.0 | refer to as psychological disorders or imbalances, like ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, |
| 1:56.6 | things like that. |
| 1:58.4 | There's this separation that is very commonly occurs in terms of the way |
| 2:05.6 | people approach working with people. And to me, the new paradigm of verbal medicine is all |
| 2:12.0 | about this integration of physiology and psychology with the soul. |
| 2:18.9 | And from an alchemical perspective, they say that our psychology, the nature of our mind, |
| 2:25.8 | the structure of our psyche is represented by what they refer to as mercury, right? |
| 2:32.1 | It's the mercurial component of who we are. And the mercury, we refer to it as |
| 2:38.0 | the spirit. But in that way, there's a relationship to the vital force, the animating |
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