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Plant Spirit Medicine: The Healing Power of Plants
by
Eliot Cowan
Ancient shamanic practice compelled the magician-healer first to make contact with the spirit of the plant to ask for its help before administering the herbal cure. This practice is alive today in Mexico among the traditional Indian shaman healers-principally the elder Huichol Indian shaman and plant spirit healer Don Guadalupe Gonzales Rios. Elliot Cowan reveals these anc...more
Paperback, 164 pages
Published
January 1st 1996
by Granite Publishing
(first published 1991)
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Excellent all around. Cowan is grounded and unassuming, has had interesting experiences, and has interesting things to say about spirit possessions and healing with plant spirits. The book is fairly short and is a quick read.
One of the best books I've read in a long time. It's not fiction but it reads like a story, and I could hardly put it down. I learned so much about the 5 elements among other things. The author has developed a relationship with plants that is shamanic, and is able to enlist the help of the spirits of plants to help people, and the experiences he has with them and his patients is just incredible. I want to learn. Also, right after reading it I had quite an interesting dream that I felt to be comi...more
An unspeakably wonderful book.
Down to earth shamanic discourse on the plant kingdom. The author is an erudite acupuncturist and herb/medicine man with a good channel on things green and leafy!
Eliot is an excellent writer and really opens your mind to a more naturalistic way of being with nature. Nature is always willing to share with us, unfortunately we tend to become so focused on a human level and miss all the wonder and beauty that our spirits need to stay healthy. Excellent for anyone interested in reconnecting, not only for those interested in healing work.
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Chenoa, Nate : ) and nature lovers all!
Read this a long time ago it seems. When it was first out in print. know I really was happy to see a book dealing with plants on that level. Think anyone that loves working with the earth, or gardening... any tree hugger would love it!
Interesting read. Didn't go into the detail of using plant spririt medicine as much as I thought but it was a good read none-the-less. Just another source showing how interconnected we are to everyone and everything on earth.
I loved this book! I'd recommend it to anyone who thinks that plants are really ALIVE and have something valuable to offer us besides just looking pretty.
this book has changed my way of seeing the plant world. it is an eye opening read. I am currently reading it for the second time.
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not the most beautiful writing in the world, but lots of great information inside of personal and sometimes humorous accounts.
I am really getting a lot out of this one so far. I like it!
amazing book that is easy to follow-even for new comers
I love this book. I love that people are thinking like this.
This book really did steer my life in new directions.
it's just that easy
Not well written.
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Eliot Cowan is the author of Plant Spirit Medicine, and a shaman in the Huichol tradition. He is the founder of the Plant Spirit Medicine Seminary and the Blue Deer Center. As a provider at the Blue Deer Center, Eliot offers Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner training courses, continuing education for PSM practitioners, healing camps based on traditional Huichol healing, and animal totem courses.
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