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2009-01-14

Plant Spirit Shamanism - Nature's Signatures  

Alchemy, organic food, aromatherapy, homeopathy, plant spirit shamanism, nature, healing, shamanism, herbs, herbal medicine, Thomas Bartram, James Lovelock, Gaia, flower remedies, flower essences

There is a concept that all work in the factory Spirit Shamanism, which is that nature itself will tell you what they are used and for their well-stocked medicine cabinet is right in front of us every day.

shaman, the spiritual strength and qualities of plants in many ways: the colors of the flowers, the smells, the shape and form of their leaves, where they grow and in what way the moods they evoke, and the wide geographical, cultural or mythological landscapes they occupy.

Although such considerations play no role in modern medicine (which does not believe in these spiritual forces at all), it was not long ago that we also had an understanding of nature is alive and speaks to us these possibilities.

The 16th Century alchemist and philosopher, Aureolus Phillippus Theophrastus Bombast? better known as Paracelsus - an introduction to this concept in his doctrine of signatures treatise, which suggested that the creator has his seal on plants for their medicinal uses. This was not only pure speculation on the part of the Paracelsus, nature itself taught him the truth.

? Searching for the truth, "he wrote," I am in myself that if there is no teacher of medicine in this world, I would like to art? Not unlike the great book of nature, written with the finger of God? . The light of nature, and no pharmacy? S lamp me on my way?. In its

? book of nature, "notes how Paracelsus the characteristics of plants so often on their appearance? that the seeds of skullcap, for example, resemble small skull, and it turns out, are effective cure headaches. Also, the hollow stalk of garlic resembles the windpipe and is responsible for bronchial and throat problems. For the same reason, willow grows in damp places and heal rheumatic conditions, caused by a fluid build up on the joints.

In fact, as Thomas Bartram remarks in his Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine? Examples are numerous. It is a curiosity that many measures have liver yellow flowers to the nerves (blue), for the spleen (orange) for the bones (white). Serpentaria (Rauwolfia) looks like a snake and is an old traditional remedy for snake-bite. Herbalism confirmed the doctrine of signatures?.

Underlying Paracelsus? Treatise was the premise that nature itself is a living organism, as the expression? One of Life ", and that the man and the universe are the same in their essence, an idea that also (some would say, proved) by Dr. James Lovelock, 500 years after Paracelsus, in his Gaia hypothesis on the unity of life. Gaia shows that the Earth to relatively constant conditions in temperature and atmosphere, etc, which defy rational explanation and automatic measurements, what? Should? happened. Rather, it is as if the earth is a living organism, deliberately takes care of itself.

For this reason? One Life?, Paracelsus, that the inner nature of plants can be discovered by their outer forms or? Signatures?. The same principle to food as medicine, remarking that? It is not in the quantity of food, but in the quality, the spirit of life? ? Faith familiar to those who are organic food to eat and a common concern about genetically modified (GM) replaced that of the shortage? Vitality? or spirit.

Following Paracelsus, then the appearance of the facility is the gateway to his mind and consciousness.

The doctrine of signatures, per se, is not known what to many indigenous shamans, but they understand the principles it good enough? that nature is alive, white, and communicates with us. These principles are not considered to be imaginative, but practical and important enough that they can save lives.

I discovered how the doctrine of signatures in the Amazon, for example, while an experience with the jergon sacha work tells of a jungle that came in this plant accidentally when walking through the rainforest with the shaman Javier Arevalo, Studying the properties of plants.

? Javier queried why I always went around with a machete. I jokingly replied? It is against anacondas?

? He paused for a moment, then beckoned me to follow him. A few minutes later we came to this plant is high. This was jergon property, he said. Javier cut a whip, and led me to the place where the attention to my legs and the soles of my feet. He said then? No more problems, you are snakes?. I asked him why this plant was in this way, and he referred to the pattern on the stem cells, which deals with the snakes in the forest.

? Later, at a hump, we have started with this system and discovered some amazing correspondences. Jergon property is often seen as antidote to snake venom in the Amazon. Referring to the concept of? Signatures? "This plant is a clear proof of the outer form indicating the inner qualities. Its use is directly linked to their physical appearance, the high stem cells, which are poisonous pit viper, as Bush Jararaca or MasterCard, which are indigenous to the Amazon. The Bush Master, unlike most other snakes, and is aggressively defending its territory. It can strike in an instant by 15 feet and is rightly feared and respected.

? It is noteworthy that jergon property has proved a very effective antidote for the bite, when the large root tuber is chopped up and immersed in cold water and then drink, or in a banana leaf and a package wrapped around the wound.

? Of course, the pragmatic explanation is that it is not possible, anti-venom vaccines in the rainforest, where there was no refrigeration, so that this plant has extraordinary life-saving importance. This is important because the plant itself tells the shaman use the marks on his dates?.

Another example of the link between form and function of a plant is provided by Artiduro Aro Cardenas, a shaman, with herbal perfumes.

? When the scent of a flower has the power to insects or birds, they can also bring happiness to people, "he says.

Artiduro, the smells, attracting customers in a shop, for example (You just rub on perfume your face, and it brings people to your business?), as well as perfume for the love, and for others? Blooming? growth and success. I watch what the plant does and if it is attractive [ie has the power to win], I use it to win. Plants are the forces of nature, "he says. ? Everything I do is, the direction of these forces?.

Today? System of homeopathy is also based on the principle of a sentient universe known for his signatures. Hippocrates spoke of a universal law of similia similibus curentur (? Like cures like), and the pioneer of modern homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), has demonstrated, through his experiments that the plants a cure? Beings? or spiritual quality, has an affinity with people and acts on them on the nature of the disease they are suffering.

Nobody really knows how homeopathy works, but the fact that it seems clear. In 1836, for example, where cholera destroyed many Austrian cities and orthodox medicine was not in a position to continue its spread, the government in their desperation to homeopathy and built a quick and crude hospital where patients could be treated.

The results spoke for themselves: While orthodox hospitals reported deaths in more than 70% of cases, the homeopathic hospital a mortality rate of only 30%.

shamans have a simple explanation: The homeopathic doctors and appealed to the spirit of the plants on behalf of patients and the ghost answered her call.

 

Ross Heaven is a therapist, workshop leader, and the author of several books on shamanism and healing, including Darkness Visible, the best-selling Plant Spirit Shamanism, and Love�s Simple Truths. His website is http://www.thefourgates.com where you can also read how to join his sacred journeys to the shamans and healers of the Amazon.

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