The Missing Piece of Your Herbal Equation
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
There are two parts to studying herbalism: Understanding the body and understanding the herbs used to treat it. Unfortunately, one of these often gets forgotten, leading to a practice that is deficient in essential information.
To become a proficient herbalist, you must become fluent in the language of the two worlds of plants and people, which so vividly mirror each other.
In this week's episode, you'll learn:
- The importance of understanding the body
- How your knowledge of the body intersects with herbalism
- Areas of study to focus on regarding the body
- How to combine your understanding of both to provide transformative healing
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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH
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The Plant Path is a window into the world of herbal medicine. With perspectives gleaned from traditional Western herbalism, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Alchemy, Medical Astrology, and traditional cultures from around the world, The Plant Path provides unique insights, skills and strategies for the practice of true holistic herbalism. From clinical to spiritual perspectives, we don't just focus on what herbs are "good for," but rather who they are as intelligent beings, and how we can work with them to heal us physically and consciously evolve.
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ABOUT SAJAH
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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical Western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy.
His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. This is only achieved through understanding and working with the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of the plants. His 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 on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Seja Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:27.6 | And, you know, last week I shot a video talking about this concept of ecological physiology |
| 0:32.6 | and being able to understand the reflection between the human body and nature and ecosystems, |
| 0:42.3 | right, and kind of juxtaposing that to more of a mechanistic understanding of how our bodies function. |
| 0:49.3 | And, you know, it got me to think about just the practice of herbal medicine in and of itself |
| 0:55.6 | and the importance of balancing our studies and our work as herbalists, right? |
| 1:04.0 | You know, it's really easy when we get into herbal medicine to get really excited about the plants, |
| 1:10.1 | right? |
| 1:10.4 | I mean, obviously, we're herbalists, right? |
| 1:12.4 | So we love plants and we love going out into nature |
| 1:17.1 | and we like harvesting the plants and growing the plants |
| 1:20.5 | and making medicine out of the plants |
| 1:22.8 | and studying and learning about the plants. |
| 1:26.2 | But what I've noticed with a lot of folks, |
| 1:28.4 | especially those just getting into herbal medicine, |
| 1:31.6 | is that it can be really easy to forget about the other half of the herbal medicine equation, right? |
| 1:39.3 | Which is the people, right? |
| 1:41.4 | That as herbalists, you know, our ultimate goal is to help people, right? |
| 1:47.3 | Is to bring the healing power of the plants to the people. And, you know, I always say that |
| 1:53.9 | the herbalist, to me, the ecological function of the herbalist is to be a bridge between the |
| 1:59.8 | earth and the world, between the botanical kingdom |
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