This publication and series is the result of collective lifetimes of inquiry of our herbalist guild members, those who have been within the grasps of death, chronic and terminal conditions and who sought the Master Teachers and heritage cultural Traditions of herbal medicine. This series is to expound the most distilled research, the Master Narrative of the Siddhar and Vedic worldview, and the skillful means (upaya) of the external and internal alchemical practices, herbal protocols, therapeutic methods of purification for the ultimate purpose of life, liberation, “Remembering” the inherent Divine Nature within.

Volume 1 gives the fundamentals of health and principles or root causes of disease and the alchemical worldview of generating radiant health through nourishing with the divine ancestral ‘soma’ herbs. As the first of the series, it presents the top rasayana herbal ingredients, that comprise a system of 108 medicinal plants, plus the Guru plant. The future volumes will be the herbal entries for the remaining plants. Included in this volume are many excerpts from the Rig Veda praising soma and healing mantras, herbal entries for ashwagandha, brahmi, kalmegh, mandukparni, shilajit, triphala, tulsi, and discussion of the more esoteric aspects and objectives, and yogic uses of these herbs for healing, meditation and Tapasya (the secret fire and purifying inner heat generated from meditation, herbs, spiritual ecstasy that heals and transmutes the body into radiant health and the numinous form). (40 pages)

Crimes Against Wisdom and Health
We seek to solve the crime against health, the assault of the bodily, mental and spiritual harmony and potential of true humanity. The Charaka Samhita defines Pragya-aparadh as the lack of coordination of dhi (intellect), dhriti (knowledge) and smriti (memory). Pragya-aparadh is the source of all disease, because disease originates when the heart, mind or body loses its connection with nature’s intelligence. Pragya (intellect) Aparadh (crime). It can be translated as literally, the mistake of the intellect that becomes a crime against wisdom.We need to regain the align these aspects of self for true health, and we hope to articulate the templates for the Way to radiant health within these volumes.