{"product_id":"9781911597636","title":"Touched by Nature: Plant Spirit Medicine Journeys","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn eloquent guide to embarking on the journey of exploring\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e the incredible healing power of plants.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust as their bodies are able to heal our bodies, as evidenced by the many successes of herbal medicine, so their spirit - or energy - offers much needed help to our spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is specifically about five-element based plant spirit medicine as developed by renowned international healer and teacher Eliot Cowan. Pip and Lucy trained with Eliot and have been practising the medicine since 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey see Plant Spirit Medicine as a very much needed medicine for our time and wanted to offer an accessible way into understanding its power and potential. Story telling offers that way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book speaks in many voices, and it is a combination of narrative and description by the authors, as well as stories offered by colleagues, teachers, patients and students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe theme of the journey is used throughout: the journey of life which presents us with the challenges and struggles that call us toward the healing offered by deep nature connection; the journey of the seasons which encapsulates five-element understanding; journeys of personal healing and growth experienced from receiving the medicine; the shamanic dream journey in which humans can meet and interact with plant spirits directly through our imagination and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltimately, it enlightens the reader on the journey a person must undertake to become a healer and the part plant spirit medicine offers to play in the journey of our societies as we navigate this time of great imbalance and change, returning to a time when the songs and stories of the earth are once more able to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aeon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46381437550833,"sku":"9781911597636","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781911597636_p0.jpg?v=1765691650","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911597636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}