Called to the Plant Path: Herbal Myths, Healing Forward, & Human Ecology - Sajah Popham
Medicine Stories28 Jan 2020

Called to the Plant Path: Herbal Myths, Healing Forward, & Human Ecology - Sajah Popham

These times call for potent healers. If you’re feeling the call of the plants, this episode is for you.

IN THE INTRO:

  • There is no right way to be an herbalist
  • Guidance for navigating your unique plant path

IN THE INTERVIEW:

  • The soul’s need to connect with nature
  • The most common mistake that newcomers to the plant path are likely to make
  • Why an herb will help one person but not another
  • The vital ecology of the human being
  • Seeing beyond symptoms (and the insufficient approach of merely managing them) to the root cause of illness
  • An overview of the four phases of herbalism: indigenous/folk, vitalist/energetic, molecular/biomedical, evolutionary/integrative
  • “I’m woo to the max, but I’m also scientific to the max”
  • Healing is open-ended and endless, and to know healing is to know life itself
  • The (in)significance of the past when trying to heal forward
  • The herbalist is first and foremost and forever a student of nature
  • Plants are the living, healing intelligence of the earth
  • The transference of healing intelligence from nature into the plant and then from the plant into the person
  • We can understand health and disease simply by understanding nature
  • Narrowing down possible herbal remedies to find the right remedy for the right person- what is the ecosystem behind the symptom?
  • Why some people get overwhelmed when they start walking the plant path
  • Perceiving with the heart v memorizing information (bodily understanding is superior to intellectual knowledge)
  • My favorite personal health reference library
  • Herbal medicine should be accessible to anyone and everyone
  • Helping others using medicinal plants, and crafting the most potent herbal remedies

IN THE OUTRO:

  • My Top 5 Reasons to Be an Herbalist

LINKS:

Episoder(106)

Lost Lineages & Ever Evolving Lore - Milla Prince

Lost Lineages & Ever Evolving Lore - Milla Prince

As people and communities move and change with time, stories evolve and lineages are lost. But information always goes where it needs to in order to survive and resurface again when needed. Ancestral stories can guide us on our paths, and lost lineages can be remembered. Milla Prince is an herbalist, writer, and teacher who moved from Finland, where she had been deeply immersed since childhood in ancestral plant lore from that intact tradition, to the west coast of America about 10 years ago. Her blog, newsletter, Instagram account, Fireweed & Nettle herbal medicines, and The Cauldron zine reach tens of thousands of people each month. But I knew her when... and we talk about how funny that when was, as well as touching on a large range of other topics. We talk about: The unexpected internet subculture that first brought us together Bear lore and the myth that spans the northern lands and shapes Milla’s online identity Baba Yaga arising in the collective consciousness right now The dream that guided Milla to change her work in the world The circuitous paths we take when finding ourselves Ancestral medicine & being indigenous to a place Cultural appropriation as a symptom of spiritual longing #witch #ancestry #medicine and mimetic expression online (evolving lore!) The trauma of the burning times Working with ancestral lines that are lost to you Links: Milla's website The Woman Who Married a Bear Eve Bradford Max Dashu The Seven Daughters of Eve book  Giving Voice to Bear book The Spirit Weavers Gathering The Good Medicine Confluence Palestine on a Plate book Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles book Music by Mariee Siou (from the song Wild Eyes) Mythic Medicinals herbals Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Medicine Stories Facebook Group Medicine Stories Patreon

27 Nov 20171h 17min

Embryonic & Ancestral - A Brief Introduction

Embryonic & Ancestral - A Brief Introduction

What it's all about, creating apart from perfection, and why I use the name Magnolia instead of just Amber Hill. LINKS: Music by Mariee Siou (from the song Wild Eyes) Mythic Medicinals herbals Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Medicine Stories Facebook Group Medicine Stories Patreon

22 Nov 201710min

Populært innen Samfunn

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
rss-spartsklubben
konspirasjonspodden
rss-nesten-hele-uka-med-lepperod
popradet
vitnemal
aftenpodden-usa
wolfgang-wee-uncut
grenselos
synnve-og-vanessa
frokostshowet-pa-p5
fladseth
alt-fortalt
fryktlos
rss-herrepanelet
rss-dannet-uten-piano
den-politiske-situasjonen
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
krisemoter