Where to Begin with Making Spagyrics
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
When you're studying alchemical herbalism, the first step towards making spagyric medicine is with making the seven basics. You can complete this process in two ways; by looking outside yourself for quick answers or by developing a relationship that requires time and patience. Although the first may be tempting, taking your time yields an unparalleled potency.
In today's blog post, you'll learn:
- How to integrate your intellectual knowledge into actionable steps
- What the "seven basics" are in the alchemical tradition
- Why it's worthwhile to skip shortcuts and take the long route when making spagyric medicine
- The importance of incorporating the mind, body, and spirit into producing spagyric medicine
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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. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey there, everybody. Sagea Popham here, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:29.5 | And in this week's post, I'm going to be discussing what I see as being a critically important |
| 0:35.6 | part of becoming an alchemical herbalist, right? Or this |
| 0:40.8 | path of spigyrics, which is really the branch of the alchemical tradition that focuses on |
| 0:49.1 | working with medicinal plants. And, you know, one of the first things that we oftentimes do in the practical |
| 0:56.8 | aspect of herbal alchemy is create what is referred to as the seven basics, right? Which is a |
| 1:06.0 | preparation of one herb for each of the seven planets in astrology, the inner planets of astrology, |
| 1:16.7 | and that you prepare a spajiric for each of those planets so that you can receive the healing |
| 1:24.8 | and the initiatic virtue of that planet and of the remedy that correlates |
| 1:30.9 | to that planet. |
| 1:31.9 | Man, that's kind of like our first step. |
| 1:33.9 | It gets you in the lab. |
| 1:35.3 | It gets you understanding some of the processes in doing laboratory Spajeric work, as well |
| 1:42.7 | as really understanding how the philosophy and the practice |
| 1:47.3 | connect and really getting it out of just this intellectual kind of way of learning about these things |
| 1:56.5 | and into experiencing it and making it very real and practical. |
| 2:01.6 | But one of the things that I've noticed in our modern world |
| 2:05.6 | is that I feel like there can be a little bit of a shortcut |
| 2:10.6 | that is oftentimes taken when it comes to preparing these seven basics. |
| 2:19.5 | And to me, the path of alchemy is really about understanding nature, right? |
| 2:28.3 | Understanding the patterns and the rhythms of the seasons and the elements and the stars |
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