Table of Contents
Dedication vii
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction: Ancient Teachings for a New Paradigm of Plant Medicine 1
Part I The Light of Nature
1 Natura Sophia 23
2 Gnosis Cardiaca 35
3 Synderesis Botanica 57
Part II Energetic Architecture
4 The Cosmology of Nature 85
5 The Five Elements 109
6 The Three Principles 125
7 The Seven Planets 145
Part III Universal Herbalism
8 The Principles of Vitalism 163
9 The Holistic Person 177
10 The Elemental Human 201
11 The Triune Human 223
12 The Celestial Human 229
13 The Holistic Plant 263
14 The Elemental Plant 293
15 The Triune Plant 319
16 The Celestial Plant 329
17 The Energetic Architecture of People and Plants 369
Part IV Transformational Medicine
18 Therapeutic Strategies: Tending the Inner Cosmos 385
19 Spagyrics: The Art of Spiritual Pharmacy 401
20 Initiatic Medicine and the Archetypal Landscape 445
Part V Know Thyself
21 From Trauma to Transformation 475
22 Walking the Plant Path through the Inner Forest 483
Notes 489
Index 499
About The Author 523