Using Herbs to Heal the Mind
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
A number of medicinal plants directly influence our nervous system and can have an influence on healing our mind and our psychological state.
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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. Sajah's approach honors and acknowledges the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of plants for a holistic model that uses the whole herb to heal the whole person. 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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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 | 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, everyone, Saja Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Erbalism. |
| 0:28.6 | And welcome to this week's episode of the Evolutionary Erbalism blog. |
| 0:32.6 | And in this week's video, I'm going to talk a little bit about using herbs for the mind. |
| 0:39.8 | You know, it's really common when we're studying plants to, you know, really focus on using them for our body, right? |
| 0:48.0 | And the common symptoms and ailments and conditions that that we deal with as humans. |
| 0:58.8 | But we also want to remember and consider the fact that herbal medicine does also have an influence on our mind, on our psychological state. |
| 1:06.5 | And this is predominantly because a number of medicinal plants directly influence our nervous system. |
| 1:13.6 | And the state of our nervous system, as well as our endocrine system, directly impacts our state of mind. |
| 1:23.6 | And the power of plants is in their ability to change our physiology, which can then change our state of thinking. |
| 1:34.3 | But the reverse is also true. You know, I always like to say that all plants have some form of psychological impact because all plants are having an influence, they have an |
| 1:47.0 | intelligence, they have a consciousness, they have a communication to us, and the more that we pay |
| 1:54.0 | very close attention to them and become aware of the subtleties in the way in which a plant influences us, |
| 2:03.6 | we can start to notice the way that they affect our minds. |
| 2:07.6 | And this is especially true. |
| 2:09.6 | I've found over the last over decade of working with spajiric forms of herbal medicine, |
| 2:15.6 | alchemical preparations of the plants that they definitely |
| 2:19.5 | influence the mind and definitely help to open us up to learning about ourselves and learning |
| 2:28.3 | from this life, learning from the experiences that we have both within ourselves and outside of ourselves. |
| 2:36.0 | And in that way, these herbal medicines can be teachers for us and help us to become better people |
| 2:44.0 | and help us to find that balance that we're looking for in the body, in the mind, as well as within the soul and supporting |
| 2:53.7 | us in our own spiritual development or personal development and becoming the best versions of |
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