Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey Into the Healing Wisdom of Plants Contributor(s): Cowan, Eliot (Author) |
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ISBN: 1622030958 ISBN-13: 9781622030958 Publisher: Sounds True OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Holism - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Body, Mind & Spirit | Shamanism |
Dewey: 615.880 |
LCCN: 2013037899 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
Themes: - Topical - New Age - Topical - Health & Fitness |
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Publisher Description: Whether you live in a mountain cabin or a city loft, plant spirits present themselves to us everywhere. Since its first printing in 1995, Plant Spirit Medicine has passed hand-to-hand 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. - 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Cowan, Eliot: - Eliot Cowan is the founder of the Blue Deer Center in Margaretville, New York, where he provides training in plant spirit medicine and other traditions. For many years, he apprenticed with the shaman Don Guadalupe Gonzalez Rios who, in 2000, ritually recognized Cowan as a guide to shamanic apprentices in the Huichol tradition. He is a member of the Council of Elders for the Temple of Sacred Fire Healing. |