What is Plant Spirit Medicine? Join herbalist and nutritionist Diana Sproul as she presents plant spirit medicine as explained in Eliot Cowan's book of the same name. Plants, trees, rain, lightning and the Chinese elements (like water, metal, earth) are each represented by a consciousness. These may appear through meditation or dreaming in human, animal, insect or other form. Healing an imbalance or lack of a certain element in a person’s spiritual make-up and life can help a person become well and whole again without addressing the illness itself. The author says that is ordinary, and that all of us can learn to do what he does. Author Eliot Cowan does training at the Blue Deer Center in New York state. This lecture is Part 3 of 4 parts. Please watch the series on the Transform Health LibSynPodcasts Channel [http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/transformhealth ] or You Tube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TransformhealthBiz **Transcription/Summary/Description with times is below. **Links to All Four Lecture Parts:  Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 1 - https://youtu.be/14YWgBvP8RM Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KygNGi0Giu8 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 3 - https://youtu.be/5juLkeAQnq0 Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture Part 4 - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4   **Transcription/Summary with Times:** 0:15 Traditional African healers/shamans are open to Western doctors and always learning, even in old age 0:20 Plants and spirits have power, but all parts of nature, including earth. air, water… 0:35 African shaman taken to another realm to study healing for nine years, then returns 1:13 Combining different herbs together brings different plant spirits 1:20 Time viewed differently in shaman world view, how to tract along possible futures based on choices now, track along timelines 2:24 Australian Aborigine tracker tracts people along timelines for trip 3 years previous 3:20 Chinese Five Elements theory for healing use, deficiency shows in skin, voice, energy, breath, body smell, etc. 3:40 Example of metal in Chinese Five Element theory for healing (there are several questions under each element so you could think about them in your own life.) 5:15 Lack of ceremony in America, especially related to life transitions like manhood, womanhood, crone/wise woman, etc. 5:35 Little guidance for young people in future career work 6:21 Metal associated with certain physical body qualities 6:50 Young man in his twenties with energy standing almost sideways 7:25 Metal treatment added to woman to help her health and positive world view 7:40 Question and answer period begins 8:15 My meditation with plants - write it down! 9:14 Man sits and communicates with same plant for fourth year, shared Osha harvesting story 10:40 I mainly use herbs as tea/infusion 11:00 Using Chaparral experience - salve and tea, smell 11:40 Eliot Cowen has a center called the Blue Deer Center in New York to teach you Plant Spirit Medicine. Some of his healing students are in Western Colorado and elsewhere. 12:30 Trying to meditate with capsule/powdered herb and live plants 13:16 Author studied with plants directly by choice 13:35 Modern shaman meditated for six years, visited by deer and wild animals, bear 13:57 Bear associated with medicine in Native American tradition View Part 4 - Plant Spirit Medicine Lecture here - https://youtu.be/Y84ifOKKKS4

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