Essential Oils and Direct Engagement with the Soul; Annual Membership Program & More!
Natural Health Science
Dr. Berkowsky’s Natural Health Science System?, Spiritual PhytoEssencing?, Cell Salts & Vital Chi Skin Brushing System?.
Hello Everyone,
In my previous newsletter, we discussed how phytoessences?(plant essential oils) exert emotional and physical effects via the perception of their respective scents. Phytoessences contain very active biochemical components, including hormone precursors, which can be utilized by the organism’s physical plane. The hypothalamus plays a pivotal role both in maintaining physiological homeostasis and by serving as the link between the autonomic nervous and endocrine (hormonal) systems.
Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) is an art that employs essential oils for deep psycho-spiritual healing. One of its basic tenets is that in order for healing work with essential oils to be consistently effective and life changing, direct interface with an individual’s innermost realm—the soul, must be achieved.
As someone’s unique archetypal construct represents the actual fabric of his or her soul, the starting point for developing a customized, soul-healing essential oil blend for someone is to identify the central archetypal disturbances that underlie the outwardly expressed archetypal images (e.g., anxiety, depression, discouragement, disease) of his or her core disharmony and conflict.
Focusing exclusively upon the amelioration of symptoms (i.e., the archetypal images), while perhaps providing a degree of relief, exerts no lasting impression upon the dynamics of the disharmonious archetypal state that constitutes the central disturbance in most cases of chronic disease and/or discontentment.
Therefore, the best way to achieve fundamental transformation on a true-self level is via?direct engagement of the soul’s archetypal components.
Getting Started with Dr. Berkowsky’s Natural Health Science System (NHSS) and Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE)
My Natural Health Science System (NHSS) consists of a synthesis of all the components of my practice and my lifestyle over the course of 45 years. Although retired now from naturopathic practice, the following components still serve as the paving stones for the pathway of my daily existence: the basic principles of healthful, all-natural diet, strategic nutritional supplementation, herbal medicine, cell salts, homeopathy, Vital-Chi Skin-Brushing, hydrotherapies, healthful sunbathing, stretching exercises, chi kung (qigong) exercise, deep breathing exercises, acupoint therapy and other forms of self-directed therapeutic bodywork.
Additionally, I use invaluable supportive technologies as needed, including molecular hydrogen inhalation, pulsed electromagnetic fields therapies, light and color therapeutics. My basic premise in teaching the NHSS has always been that each person should have the knowledge and skills to preserve good health and to be a skillful healer within one’s own home.
I began developing the art of?Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE)?in the 1990′s. SPE (deep psychospiritual work with customized essential oil blends and gemstone essences) is actually the psychospiritual counterpart of my NHSS. Ideally, the two systems are used in concert. They are completely interactive and I often integrate the techniques of both systems to create powerful therapeutic protocols.
The separation between mind, body and spirit is an artificial one whose origins can be traced back to the influence of René Descartes, the 17th?century philosopher and mathematician, who described the human body as a machine, and whose writings served as the most influential philosophical framework for a mechanistic approach to physiology. This incorporation of Descartes’ mechanistic view into the practice of modern medicine is responsible for a complete misunderstanding of the true nature of health and disease, as well as for incalculable levels of avoidable illness and needless suffering. Holistic medicine is essentially an effort to counter the influence of Descartes’ mechanistic view.
After years of intense naturopathic practice, I came to the conclusion that separation from one’s true, inner nature is one of the primary roots of disharmony on both physical and emotional levels. The soul is the origin and domain of this true, inner nature. Thus, the resolution of this estrangement from the inner point (the point where one’s self interfaces with spirit) and from daily guidance by one’s intrinsic soul nature is as essential a priority in healing as is dietary change and other elements of naturopathic therapeutics. ?
On the other hand, a devitalized, dysfunctional physical body impedes momentum toward deep, psychospiritual healing. The body, the ‘temple of the soul,’ is the substrate for the living soul. Deep, lasting progress of a soul-level healing process requires optimal incarnation of the soul into the body’s tissues. Ideally, every cell of the body is ensouled. Cancer cells are an example of poorly incarnated cells. Accordingly, the best outcomes in SPE work are experienced by those who are engaged in a parallel pursuit of physical wellness. The integration of NHSS and SPE work is an instance where parallel lines do actually meet. ?
Having studied and taught scientific disciplines for many years, I naturally wanted SPE to be (in the way that my NHSS is to physical health and vitality) a highly organized and disciplined approach to deep, soul-level healing.
I'm pleased to see that today many of my experienced SPE students are able to employ a great deal of nuanced cross-correlation and creative interpretation regarding essential oil selections for customized blends. The more time one invests in the practice of the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing, the deeper and more profound one’s understanding becomes of the oils and gemstone essences used in soul-level healing work. In turn, the resultant blend and gem essence protocols become more powerful, dynamic and imbued with greater potential to help transform a person’s soul state from stuckness and fragmentation to?self-actualization and wholeness.
NHSS/SPE Membership Program
This membership program will provide you with guidance on?the basic theory and practice for both of NHSS and SPE, ultimately integrated, systems. In the members-only newsletter and the members-only online classes, I will present important aspects of both the content and process of the NHSS and SPE.
NHSS this will include instruction in healthful natural diet and cooking, strategic nutritional supplementation, Vital Chi Skin-Brushing, naturopathic hydrotherapies, herbal medicine, cell salts, homeopathy, acupoint therapy, chi kung exercise (chi kung is actually apart of both the NHSS and SPE) and much more.
SPE this will include the in-depth study of specific essential oils and gemstone essences, guided blending exercises, case-study analysis work, the basics of blend formulation, interactive cosmic light projections, and more.
The member-only classes will be constructed to accommodate anyone from beginners through advanced NHSS/SPE students. If you would like to begin your learning process now, here are some primary resources to consider:
Please feel free to write to me if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy reading the articles in this newsletter and find the information beneficial in your journey to wholeness of being while improving your practice and skills.?
Shalom,
Berkowsky's Synthesis Materia Medica of the Twelve Cell Salts
Dr. Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica of the Twelve Cell Salts is now available in Paperback Print on Amazon. This 500+ pages book by Dr. Berkowsky teaches his original therapeutic methods that combine central elements of both his Natural Health Science System? (NHSS) and art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing? (SPE) with cell salts also known as tissue salts or Schuessler salts. Each of the twelve cell salts are discussed with regards to their characterology as well as corresponding acupoint meridians, essential oils, herbal and nutritional synergists. The book provides new therapeutic approaches to all practitioners interested in homeopathy, essential oils and acupuncture.
Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica of the Twelve Cell Salts is a textbook to learn the Cell Salts / Corresponding Essential Oils (CSCO) Method and the Acupoint Application of Associated Essential Oils or CSCO Blend developed by Dr. Bruce Berkowsky. Leading rubrics from his Spiritual PhytoEssencing Repertory of Essential Oils have also been provided to help you identify relevant essential oils that would act synergistically with the use of specific cell salts. That’s not all, to help the readers understand and apply the book, Dr. Berkowsky has hosted a free video on how to use the book on his website. Journalists, practitioners and podcasters are welcome to connect with Dr. Berkowsky to learn more about his natural healing techniques and systems such as Spiritual Phytoessencing and Vital Chi Skin Brushing.
Gandhi Root, Camel Jasper and the Long, Rewarding Journey of Self-Actualization
In this article, Dr. Berkowsky discusses the properties of a lesser known essential oil called gandhi root and its spirit-level synchronicity with the gemstone camel jasper, the mystical symbolism associated with the camel, and when correlated, how all of these reveal the inner nature of an individual for whom gandhi root oil is specific.
Essential Oil Blending, Magic Drops Alchemy Technique and the Archetypal Nature of Tea Tree Oil
The various alchemy techniques used in Spiritual PhytoEssencing blending serve as a bridge between the physical and the metaphysical, the tangible and the intangible, heaven and Earth. Utilizing these techniques elevates a custom blend out of the realm of the ordinary and potentiates its ability to affect fundamental shifts in a person’s relationship with the inner and outer worlds.
In this article you can learn about the?magic drops?technique, one of the primary alchemy techniques used in Spiritual PhytoEssencing blending.
My Encounter with the Spirit of Cora: A Transitional Journey Using Essential Oils
In the process of writing the Douglas-fir chapter for my?Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils, I discovered that paternal nurturing is one of the central themes of the inner nature of Douglas-fir oil. Elaborating this theme rekindled a vivid memory of encountering Cora, a 5-year-old girl...who had died more than 80-years before.
SPE Astro-Synthesis Blending
Learn how to create a custom constitutional essential oil blend that resonates with a person’s “soul-print”.
Order this online course to receive all 3 SPE Reference Guides in order to be able to formulate a SPE Astro-Synthesis Custom Constitutional Blend:
Additionally 4 class recording videos spanning over 4 hrs 45 mins by Dr. Berkowsky are included to help you learn this technique.
Price: USD 175
Attention: Students/Practitioners currently enrolled in the SPE/NHSS Membership Program can visit this page to access the Astro-synthesis blending class videos for free. Make sure you login when visiting this page.
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