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Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants
Written by Eliot Cowan
Narrated by Paul Brion
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About this audiobook
Whether you live in a mountain cabin or a city loft, plant spirits present themselves to us everywhere. Since its first edition in 1995, Plant Spirit Medicine has passed among countless readers drawn to indigenous spirituality and all things alive and green. In this updated edition, Eliot Cowan invites us to discover the healing power of plants-not merely their physical medicinal properties, but the deeper wisdom and gifts that they offer.
Enriched by many new insights, this guide unfolds as a series of chapters on how plant spirit medicine helped Cowan resolve specific challenges in his own healing journey and in his work with others. In the telling, we learn how plant spirits can directly communicate with and aid all of us, including:
- Plant spirit medicine's five-element view of healing
- Ways to assess our own states of health and balance
- Receiving guidance from plants, including those found within herbal preparations
- New passages on community and sacred plants such as peyote, marijuana, and tobacco
- Additional interviews with plant shamans across diverse traditions, and more
Enriched by many new insights, this guide unfolds as a series of chapters on how plant spirit medicine helped Cowan resolve specific challenges in his own healing journey and in his work with others. In the telling, we learn how plant spirits can directly communicate with and aid all of us, including:
- Plant spirit medicine's five-element view of healing
- Ways to assess our own states of health and balance
- Receiving guidance from plants, including those found within herbal preparations
- New passages on community and sacred plants such as peyote, marijuana, and tobacco
- Additional interviews with plant shamans across diverse traditions, and more
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Reviews for Plant Spirit Medicine
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enjoyed with an open mind, and the world seems that much brighter.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Keep an open mind, any perspective is worth seeing. This book has interesting & seemingly intuitive information to share. Everything is connected & I appreciate the details this book taught me.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I never thought other plants had healing power and spirits. Just the psychedelic plants. Very interesting book. Not only plants, but water, rain, rocks and other nature elements. The journey of the author and their way of healing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A life changing thruth calling all mankind to reconnect respectfully to Mother Earth.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was the precise book I needed to read. So poignant, clear and concise. A beautiful addition to understanding this multi dimensional reality we find ourselves engaged with.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the first time exposing myself to a topic such as this. It is interesting however a few exercises take some effort to complete which is difficult via audio book. Audio quality was good, book informative, interviews compelling.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Maybe I was expecting somewhat different with this book. It certainly was a journey, more of a retelling of the author's personal spiritual journey. I didn't find much of the information within to be of use in my own personal practice. Perhaps it will resonate better with those walking shamanic paths.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just an excellent book. It was a very informative read!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love it. Informative book on the depth and community of plant spirituality.