The Human Body: Machine or Ecosystem?
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Modern biomedicine tends to view the human body like a machine made up of multiple "gears." When something goes wrong, we simply need to fix the broken part. This mechanistic view of the body is significantly different from more traditional perspectives on our anatomy and physiology.
Central to the vitalist traditions of herbalism is the perspective that the body is a reflection of the natural world, a microcosm of nature- that it is an ecosystem.
The practice of true holistic herbalism is rooted in this perception of ecological physiology, which gives us a lens to directly match the energetics of the plants to the constitution of the person.
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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 | Hey there everybody, Sejja here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:04.1 | And lately I've been talking a lot about this concept of vitalism. |
| 0:09.2 | And how vitalism is one of the more traditional models and approaches to not just practicing herbal medicine, |
| 0:17.3 | but a perception of the way that we see life, of being able to see that the natural world |
| 0:23.8 | is intelligent, that it has consciousness, that it has purpose and meaning. |
| 0:29.5 | And I think this is a critically important way of learning to see the world kind of on a big |
| 0:36.0 | picture level because I think some of the biggest |
| 0:39.0 | problems we're facing on the earth at this time are because we don't have this vitalist |
| 0:45.3 | perspective of the natural world. We don't see nature as intelligent and that has led to the |
| 0:51.4 | human being separating ourselves from the natural world, |
| 0:55.0 | which I believe is at the root causes of a lot of the major ecological issues that we're facing, |
| 1:00.0 | health issues that we're facing, and it goes on and on and on. |
| 1:05.0 | But from a more practical perspective in terms of herbalism, |
| 1:10.0 | the vitalist view brings us to a very different approach to looking at the body, |
| 1:15.6 | a different way of understanding our anatomy, our physiology, and ultimately leading to a very different approach |
| 1:24.6 | in terms of our therapeutic application of plants. And one of the critical |
| 1:30.2 | elements of a vitalist worldview is seeing that the body is intelligent as we are as much a part |
| 1:39.7 | of nature as anything else. And that through following the intelligence of the body that our |
| 1:46.4 | healing work with the plants is oriented in a way that we're simply supporting |
| 1:52.1 | the body and doing what it is naturally trying to do on its own that we're |
| 1:58.1 | supporting the body's innate internal healing mechanisms |
| 2:03.0 | rather than alopathically or biochemically suppressing symptoms and things like that. |
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