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Eliot Cowan (1946-2022), the late author of Plant Spirit Medicine, rediscovered the ancient practice of using plant spirits for healing. Combining his background as a five-element acupuncturist with the teachings of the plants and his knowledge of the spirit and healing through his apprenticeship with Huichol shaman don Guadalupe González Ríos, Cowan reintroduced a language to work with plant spirits for the healing of others. He taught Plant Spirit Medicine for over 40 years and made this type of healing accessible to anyone who wishes to study, at the Blue Deer Center. To honor and carry on Cowan's legacy, an introductory online course, Plant Spirit Medicine: Growing Awareness of Nature, will be available to students around the world beginning in summer 2023. plantspiritmedicine.org

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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.
Enriched by many new insights, this guide unfolds as a series of chapters on how plant spirit medicine helped Cowan resolve specific challenges in his own healing journey and in his work with others. In the telling, we learn how plant spirits can directly communicate with and aid all of us, including:

Plant spirit medicine's five-element view of healing
. 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