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Hawthorn Tree (black type) Flower Essence

"Hawthorn produces flowers that smell like semen and contain a chemical that is emitted by human corpses. Conception and death are represented in one pretty flower." - Scott Kloos 

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Key Energies: Betrayal. Deep Pain. Fear

This essence helps heal the pain, deep hurt, and fear that occur due to betrayal (emotionally or physically) especially, if the source is from a group or person you trusted or loved. When such experiences imprint on the psyche / emotional body it is often hard to open yourself again and allow yourself to be vulnerable. 

This essence helps heal these wounds and supports building relationships and reestablishing the emotional foundation on which feeling safe, the ability to trust, and to share the soft intimate aspects of self.

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Try making a cup of chamomile tea ( soothing, comforting, feeling safe and loved) and add 9 drops (the energy of greater cycles of expansion, access to the emotional body, love given and received) of hawthorn flower essence. Stir in a figure 8. Before you sip, make yourself comfortable and envision yourself enveloped in pink, green, and gold. When you are ready take your first sip and feel all the negativity of your betrayal evaporate from your body and those charred, distorted, rubbed raw places, being filled with the luminous energy of the hawthorn tree.  

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Our vibrational essences are stabilized in a matrix of Elder Flower and taste like sunshine, happiness, and positive expectations 

Hawthorn Tree ((Oneseed type) Flower Essence

"Hawthorn produces flowers that smell like semen and contain a chemical that is emitted by human corpses. Conception and death are represented in one pretty flower." - Scott Kloos 

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Buy Here  $14.50

Key Energies: Betrayal. Deep Pain. Fear

This essence helps heal the pain, deep hurt, and fear that occur due to betrayal (emotionally or physically) especially, if the source is from a group or person you trusted or loved. When such experiences imprint on the psyche / emotional body it is often hard to open yourself again and allow yourself to be vulnerable. 

This essence helps heal these wounds and supports building relationships and reestablishing the emotional foundation on which feeling safe, the ability to trust, and to share the soft intimate aspects of self.

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Try making a cup of chamomile tea ( soothing, comforting, feeling safe and loved) and add 9 drops (the energy of greater cycles of expansion, access to the emotional body, love given and received) of hawthorn flower essence. Stir in a figure 8. Before you sip, make yourself comfortable and envision yourself enveloped in pink, green, and gold. When you are ready take your first sip and feel all the negativity of your betrayal evaporate from your body and those charred, distorted, rubbed raw places, being filled with the luminous energy of the hawthorn tree.  

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Our vibrational essences are stabilized in a matrix of Elder Flower and taste like sunshine, happiness, and positive expectations 

Essential Oil of Clary Sage ~ Salvia sclarea

10 ml ~ $15.00

Take 1/2 oz of good vodka, 2 tablespoon of finely grated lime peel and add to a clean jar, shake, let sit in a dark cool place for 1 week. Strain through cheese cloth or coffee filter, pour your liquid into a clean jar and add 4 ounces of rose water, then add 25 drops of clary sage essential oil. Cap and shake. Transfer to an atomizer (a bottle with a mister) and spritz your body, aura, environment, sheets and so on to access all the information given below.   

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Key Vibrations: Resolution, free flowing emotions, positive sexuality.  

Energetic Gifts:  

Helps to integrate suppressed emotions and liberate deep-feelings of anger or sorrow and when applicable feelings linked to sexuality that lead to discord and acting out or shutting down. Clary sage helps to warm and thaw out the emotional body and leads the way for resolution and healing of what comes to the surface. Supports bringing beauty and light into your sexual relationships that fosters bonding and growth on an emotional level. 

Physical Gifts:

Antibacterial, antidepressant, antiphlogistic (counteracting inflammation and fever), antiseptic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, astringent, carminative (relieving flatulence), cytotoxic, deodorant, digestive, emmenagogue (stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus), hypotensive, nervine, sedative. Against: Acne, boils, constipation, cramps, dandruff, depression, energy - lack of, exhaustion - nervous, hair - oily, high blood pressure, hyperactive behavior, infection, libido - low, lymphatic congestion, migraine, muscular aches, nervousness, premenstrual tension, skin - oil, stress, throat infection. menopause. Supports: Adrenal glands, euphoria and kidney health. *

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Smells like a warm summers day with sweet-herbaceous notes coupled with a slightly bitter tea-like aroma. It has soft tobacco undertones that come forward during the dry down. It truly is an intoxicating scent. 

EXTRACTION METHOD ~  Steam Distilled Essential Oil

ORIGIN ~ France   

NOTE CLASSIFICATION ~ Middle 

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* Australasian College of Health Sciences 

Sweet Marjoram ~ Origanum marjorana, M. hortenis

 

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For an aromatherapeutic bath take 1 cup of sea salt, 1 handful of pink Himalayan salt, a 1/4 cup of baking soda and add to your bath. Swirl. Then add 1 cup of whole milk or cream and swirl again. Finally add 13 drops of Marjoram essential oil and swirl your water in a figure 8. Submerge. Heal and enjoy.    

Key Vibrations: Comfort, Peace, Contentment.  

Energetic Gifts:

Brings the energy of Hygge - a coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment. It is a warm embrace, the perfect cup of tea, sitting by the fire with a book, a soft pillow, a warm bowl of soup and so on. Use in times when you are need in comfort and being 'held' and uplifted on an emotional level.  

Physical Gifts:

Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, against - herpes simplex virus type 2, carminative (relieves flatulence), cell proliferant  (encouraging only healthy cells to grow, not scar tissue), cephalic (literally cephalic means,'related to the head', and is used to cure various mind/brain related disorders like weak memory), diuretic, digestive, laxative, nervine (help support the nervous system). Against - arthritis, rheumatoid - arthritis, bronchitis, bruises, chilblains (are the painful inflammation of small blood vessels in your skin that occur in response to repeated exposure to cold), colic, diarrhea, hyperactivity, hypertension, leucorrhea, premenstrual tensions, respiratory infections, sinusitis, muscle spasm, migraines, sprains, ulcers - mouth, vertigo. *   

Folk Medicine:  

 Known colloquially as 'joy of the mountains', it is predominantly warming and a sedative, Nicholas Culpeper (1618-1654) recommends it for 'cold griefs', lowers high blood pressure, promotes vasodilation, supports the autonomic nervous system, John Gerarde (1545–1612) recommends it 'for those who are given to over-much sighing', helps curb excessive sexual impulses. It is said this plant gets its scent from Aphrodite (who it is dedicated to) who touched it with tenderness and brought its scent into the world. 

Cautions: 

Not recommended for use during pregnancy 

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It's scent is warm, intoxicating, spicy, soothing, camphoraceous, herbaceous, with woody undertones. 

EXTRACTION METHOD ~  Steam Distilled Essential Oil

ORIGIN ~ Hungary   

NOTE CLASSIFICATION ~ Middle to Top Note

CONSITUENTS: myrcene, para-cymene, terpinen-4-ol and alpha-terpineol.

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* American College of Health Sciences 

Perception, Reality & Massoia Bark Essential Oil

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In her fascinating essay An Absurdist Pantomime, Barbara Shore, Ph.D., examines the non-neutral way in which our thought processes report information that constitutes our perceived reality, including Self and our surroundings:

We have to make room for the possibility that our thought processes do not neutrally report on what is “out there” in an “objective” world. But rather, like the suppositions of theoretical physicist David Bohm, that our thought processes actively participate in forming our perceptions, our sense of meaning, our daily actions. Bohm suggests that “collective thought and knowledge have become so automated that we’re in large part controlled by them, with a subsequent loss of authenticity, freedom and order.” (1994, p. ix) Seen through his hypothesis, thought is not a fresh, direct perception but rather is the past—that which has already been thought—carried forward through memory into the present.” (Shore, 2010, p. 158)

In other words, “we” as a collective are hardwired to live in a repeating loop. One’s present reality is in large part defined by repeating calcified energy patterns that greatly limit what one’s awareness can perceive and bring in. Another strange aspect of human design is that one can only know that which exists within one’s realm of awareness. To complicate things more, one must use this small opening of awareness to scan the vast oceans of knowledge and information to begin the process of becoming aware. I believe that most creation stories relate this very tale—the process of becoming awake or aware, from this same vantage point.

The Tibetan Buddhists call these two aspects the void and nonvoid. The nonvoid is the reality of visible objects. The void, like implicate order, is the birthplace of all things in the universe, which pour out of it in a “boundless flux.” However, only the void is real and all forms in the objective world are illusory, existing merely because of the unceasing flux between the two orders.

In turn, the void is described as “subtle,” “indivisible,” and “free from distinguishing characteristics.” Because it is seamless totality it cannot be described in words. Properly speaking, even the nonvoid cannot be described in words because it, too, is a totality in which consciousness and matter and all other things are indissoluble [incapable of being dissolved, broken, or undone] and whole. Herein lies a paradox, for despite its illusory nature the nonvoid still contains “an infinitely vast complex of universes.” And yet its indivisible aspects are always present. As Tibet scholar John Bloomfield states, “In a universe thus composed, everything interpenetrates, and is interpenetrated by, everything else; as with the void, so with the nonvoid – the part is the whole.”

The Tibetans prefigured some of [theoretical quantum physicist] Pribram’s [theories] as well. According to Milarepa, an eleventh-century Tibetan yogi and the most renowned of the Tibetan Buddhist saints, the reason we are unable to perceive the void directly is because our unconscious mind (or, as Milarepa puts it, our “inner-consciousness”) is far too “conditioned” in its perceptions. This conditioning not only keeps us from seeing what he calls “the border between mind and matter,” or what we would call the frequency domain, but also causes us to form a body for ourselves when we are in the between-life state and no longer have a body. “In the invisible realm of the heavens…the illusory mind is the great culprit,” writes Milarepa, who counseled his disciples to practice “perfect seeing and contemplation” in order to realize this “Ultimate Reality.” (Talbot, 1992, p. 287)

I want to draw special attention to the statement, “the reason we are unable to perceive the void directly is because our unconscious mind (or, as Milarepa puts it, our “inner-consciousness”) is far too “conditioned” in its perceptions.” At this time in our current culture collective, many fields, from Jungian depth psychology to theoretical physics, seem to be arriving at this idea, which sages from many traditions have brought forward through human existence. Not only are most of us unable to view the void, but most are not able to even experience the nonvoid with lucidity.

To break down the calcified patterns that maintain our “conditioned perceptions” (i.e. that which determines how we project our “reality”) plants can act as significant allies! one of my favorites is Massoia Bark essential oil 

Sheer will and desire will not accomplish this for most people. Seeking this knowledge is just the first step, and the process requires patience and true dedication. As one works with specific plants  (which supplement one’s primary spiritual practice, whatever that may be), one will start to experience epiphanies (fresh insight outside of calcified patterns). This type of truth bubbles up in dreams and “ah ha” moments, offering authentic insight and direction.

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Massoia Bark (Cryptocarya massoia)

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Caution: It is critical to perform a skin patch test of massoia bark essential oil before use. In some people, the sesquiterpene lactones in this oil can cause contact dermatitis, often with serious complication, such as inflammation of the skin, possibly over the entire body, and shortness of breath. Though massoia bark does carry some risk, temper your caution with common sense. As chemist and aromatherapist Kurt Schnaubelt, Ph. D., notes, with regard to essential oils with a high potential to cause sensitization, 'to entirely take these oils out of circulation or to advise a user to avoid them completely is equivalent to throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Use at 1 % for topical application ( 1% Dilution Rate = 5-6 drops of essential oil in 1 fl oz carrier oil), not for use in the bath. You may diffuse or make a mister at any strength you desire. 

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This being said. Dilute properly in base oil of choice and apply to the third eye, heart, and wrists as you navigate your day, paying special attention to how you perceive your normal life and surrounds. Diffuse during meditation. Make a mister by adding 30 - 60 drops and increase until you get the desired strength / scent, mix in spring water and add 1 tablespoon of alcohol or 2 tablespoons of witch hazel to 2 oz bottle. Mist your sheets before bed to support lucid / teaching dreams and piercing the veil. For a 'quick hit' inhale deeply from your bottle before you write, meditate, read, or study. 

Elements: Earth seed of Water seed of Air

Catalyst for: Peeling back the layers of the false self

Chakra Correlation: Muladhara (coccyx, 1st), Svadhishthana (pelvic bowl, 2nd), Anahata (heart, 4th)

Sacred Syllables: Lam, Vam, Yam

Key Vibrations: Gifts: helps one understand symbols and the complex nature and layers of information they contain (this includes but is not limited to what Hindu philosophers refer to as maya, loosely translated as illusion, which addresses projections—collective and individual). Balancing: allows one to interpret the rich symbolism that makes up one’s life, including dream imagery; helps one identify projections around oneself to understand the quality of human togetherness at any particular time and place; helps one determine one’s own individual stage of evolution.

Key Concepts: The combination of earth (body), water (emotions/soul), and air (mind/spirit) gives rise to the energy of Structured Dynamism. This energy can be understood as an open-ended and transformative quest that favors unregulated organization through spontaneous order, understanding that true response can only occur in the moment, when all the latent energy of available aspects comes together, allowing a specific dynamic to occur. This concept does not favor a philosophy of stasis with the intent of maintaining the status quo, but instead promotes response and adaptation to needs and actions authentically rising in the moment.

Earth is the sacred vessel, or container, in which spontaneous order may arise, allowing the air and water elements to express new combinations of personal divinity as the need develops, in a safe and grounded way.

Deity Archetype: Mother of Creation

This is a fascinatingly complex archetype. She is literally the beginning, the beauty in-between, and the end. She is the undivided primal waters, the individual expression of this energy, and the energy that ends and reabsorbs its expression for rebirth. In her wrathful form, she provides the means and the way to slay the ego by Divine Knowledge in order to attain moksha (liberation, release). She is known by the names Kore, Demeter, Persephone, Raja Rajewari, Durga, Kali, Uma, The Venus of Wildenorf, to name a few. Each of these emanations gives rise to a specific set of actions that teach an aspect of feminine growth, be it the innocent child, sexual adult, mother, destroyer, or crone.

Most schools of thought believe that Sanskrit is a language of dynamism (meaning possessing great energy or force), and many Hindu schools believe each of the letters represents a form of energy, or a form of the Mother of Creation. Therefore, she is generally seen as the mother of language in her aspect of Kali or Sarasvati. She is pure consciousness and has no permanent qualities. Rather, she emanates in whatever form of the divine feminine is required to stretch, reform, and teach the devotee to achieve an intended expansion. It is therefore believed that the dualistic concepts and rigid forms do not apply to her—she is pure un-manifested energy. This speaks to the concept of structured dynamism: the exploration of what spontaneous combination of Self needs to arise at any given time.

Incantaion: Mother of Creation, you are the root source of life, the undivided primal waters, and the place from which all potential rises. Please help me understand that a multitude of expressions are required in this life and grant me the ability to spontaneously adapt to each moment. Remind me that this is not a false way of being, but truth, as it is against nature to be immutable. Allow me the flexibility of soul to experience all of creation through my being.  (Covington, 2017, p. 91)

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1 This is what Dr. Deepak Chopra refers to as non-local conciseness

Shore, B. (2010). An Absurdist Pantomime: The Collision of Violence, Innocence, and Pseudoinnocence. In D. P. Slattery, & L. Corbett (Eds.), Psychology at the Threshold (pp. 142-163). Carpinteria: Pacifica Graduate Institute Publications.

Slattery, D. P., & Corbett, L. (Eds.). (2010). Psychology at the Threshold. Carpinteria: Pacifica Graduate Institute Publications.

Talbot, M. (1992). The Holographic Universe. New York: HarperPerennial.

Covington, C. (2017) Essential Oils in Spiritual Practice: Working with the Chakras, Divine Archetypes, and the  Five Great Elements. Healing Arts Press. Rochester, Vermont 

Violet Leaf Absolute Oil ~ Viola odorata (Organic)

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One beautiful creation story goes violets first blossomed when Gabriel told Mother Mary also known by the title Viola Odorata meaning ‘Our Lady of Modesty,’ of her sons birth to come. Due to the way the violet came to be, this flower has, become an emissary for the energy of: modesty, being humble in nature, and devotion.

The Archangel Gabriel’s name means 'God is my strength’ and brings messages to humankind from the divine. Gabriel also brings aid in all areas related to children, helping during conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing.

Fascinatingly, the Greeks tell a similar story. Violets first came into being to protect one of Artemis’ nymphs, who like their mistress, had pledged to stay maidens. Out of compassion for her vows, Artemis turned her into a violet, to shelter her from the relentless pursuit of Apollo. This tale reinforces the energy of modesty and a devotional nature.

During the Middle Ages violets and their leaves went by the charming name ‘heart ease’. In the Victorian language of flowers, white meant modesty. Whereas, the color violet, expressed: my thoughts are occupied with love, coupled with the invitation, 'dare to be happy with me'.

Key Energies: Delicate-love, affection, modesty, faith, nobility, intuition, dignity, mystical awareness, inspiration, spiritual passion, sovereignty, a patron flower for children and those gentle of heart. 

Archetypal Energies:  Read all the information above and know it will be active in your subtle body. Use intent to decide what specific energies you would like to utilize in the moment. 

Physical Gifts: Anti - inflammatory - general, Anti - inflammatory -  digestive and urinary tract, emollient (softens and smooths skin), relives coughs. 1  

Ayurvedic: Energy = cooling. Reduces = pita and kapha. Increases = Vata. Alterative (gradually restoring the proper function of the body and increased health and vitality. As unclear as this may sound, their mode of action on the body is not well understood through pharmacology), expectorant (promotes expelling phlegm and supports 'chesty' coughs). 2

Folk Medicine: Blood purifier (helps the body restore optimal functioning by aiding metabolic processes, especially the elimination of waste products), stimulates the lymphatic glands, helping the body get rid of bacteria and other toxins. It is especially useful for swollen glands. Over time, violet can help clear stubborn problems like eczema, psoriasis, and acne.

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Violet Leaf Absolute is one of the costliest and most labor-intensive natural fragrance materials to produce – approximately 2300 kilos of hand-picked leaves yield only 1 kilo of the absolute.

Violet leaf offers a 'high green note' that is impossible to duplicate. Its fragrance is mysterious, melancholy and smells of a wet forest floor crushed under foot. Bringing to nose the aroma of green leaves, mixed the sweet smell of decaying wood, and rich dark earth.  Less is more with this absolute start at a 1 % dilution and build from there. 

Main Constituents ~ Ionones (in particular, alpha-ionone, beta-ionone and beta-dihydroionone) - also known as Rose ketones - some of the most adaptable and versatile aromatic constituents used in modern perfumery.

Plant Part ~ Leaves

Origin ~  Egypt 

Processing Method ~ Solvent Extraction Absolute  

Note Classification ~ Base to Middle Note   

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1 pg. 153. Lotus Light Publications, 1996, Box 325, Twin Lakes, WI 53181. Translation by Samsara Amato Duex. Rodolphe Balz  

2 pg. 217. Lotus Press, 2001, PO Box 325, Twin Lakes, WI 53181. Dr. David Frawley & Dr. Vasant Lad 

Thyme Red Essential Oil ~ Thymus vulgaris

Thyme is one of those remarkable oils like lavender that begs the question, 'what can it not do'?  It's numerous medicinal properties have been well known since antiquity. Thyme's essential oil is extracted from its flowering tops and more than 200 pounds of thyme are needed to obtain just 31/2 oz of essential oil.

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'Thyme is is thirty times more powerful against bacteria than phenol, a chemical substance that has long been used as a disinfectant in allopathic medicine and has long been considered to be the ideal antiseptic. Thyme is also one of the essential oils with the most powerful antibiotic properties. It acts with equal effectiveness against bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. It can therefore be used to treat almost all infectious health problems, and all the more so because it stimulates the production of white blood cells.'1

My aromatherapy college was based out of New Zealand and they taught as a part of our curriculum, how to take essential oils orally. You may take 1 to 3 drops of thyme essential oil, three times a day, in teaspoon of honey. Please do not take consecutively for more than 7 days. Topically dilute 3 to 5 drops in a teaspoon of sweet almond oil (or base oil of choice) before applying to skin. Be aware you must dilute before use. To clean topical surfaces use 1 tablespoon of essential oil and 1 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol, in 2 oz of pure water. Shake before use.  

Of course, this is a dynamic oil to diffuse in the air, to benefit from it's many properties. The name thyme from the Greek is derived from the word meaning to fumigate, Pliny writes about it being burned to purify the air. It is also suggested that thyme comes from the Greek word thumus meaning courage.  In antiquity, the smell of thyme was considered extremely elegant and it was considered a compliment to be told you smelled of thyme. 

Interested in the energetic properties, call to mind the aspects you would like to work with.   

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Key Vibrations: Dynamic action . Justice . Protection   

Energetic Gifts:

This oil is a keeper of the fiery masculine principle (yang energy) and offers the energy of: action, will, movement, force, strength, and protection - in the role of serving and protecting others. Promotes clear and focused will, determination and fearlessness, even if much effort is required. 

Physical Gifts:

Anesthetic, anti - aging (skin health), anthelmintic (used to destroy parasitic worms), antibacterial,  anticatarrhal (helps dissolve and eliminate, as well prevent the formation of mucus and inflammation of the mucus membrane), anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, antioxidant, antipyretic (helps prevent or reduce fever), antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-viral (some strains), antizymotic (inhibits enzymatic action), bactericidal, cell proliferant (encouraging only healthy cells to grow, not scar tissue), disinfectant, diuretic, Insecticide, germicidal, sedative - nervous system, stimulant - respiratory system.  Against: Anemia, anger, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, boils, breath -stale, bronchitis, bruises, burns, candida, carbuncles, cellulite, chills, circulation - slow, colds, colitis, constipation, cough, cuts, depression, dermatitis, diarrhea, dizziness, eczema, fatigue, fever, flatulence, fluid retention, fungal infection, gout, gums - infected, headache, impetigo, influenza, insects bites, insect stings, itching, kidney - infection, muscles - aching, rheumatism, roundworms, scabies, sinus - infection, sprains, throat infection, stomach - distended, sweating - profuse, whooping cough, wounds. *       

Cautions: Do not use during pregnancy, and breast feeding. Ask your doctor about use if you have liver damage, avoid with hypertension, must dilute and perform skin path test before use.   

Interesting Facts: Red thyme comes from the still without further processing. White thyme has been rectified and redistilled. Thyme and lavender like growing together in the garden as companion plants.     

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This oil has a sharp, penetrating, medicinal scent, with familiar pleasing notes of thyme.  

EXTRACTION METHOD ~  Steam Distilled Essential Oil

ORIGIN ~ Hungary  

NOTE CLASSIFICATION ~ Middle to Top Note

MAIN COMPONETS  ~ Carvacrol type 

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*Australasian: Collage of Health Sciences

1 Copyright (c) 2004, 2014 by Editions Jouvence. English translation (c) 2018 by Inner Traditions International. Christopher Vasey, N.D. Pg. 94

In A Way The Grain Can Feel

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St. Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) was a remarkable woman and after a near death experience, a spiritual awakening began, in which she cultivated a system of meditation,  that sought quieting the mind to such an extent that God could be heard speaking. She had a great desire for learning and when the Inquisition, in 1559, forbade women to read, Teresa turned to God and asked Him to teach her soul about divine love. She then began to write from her own experience verses dogma. Most of what we see from her writing today is probably reigned way back, as her writing fell into the hands of those who opposed her work through out her life.

She uses nature in all of it's complexity, often to help us understand the human experience. Deepak Chopra has a quote that expands on this. "The force fields of Nature are the force fields of Consciousness. They are force fields of Knowledge". 

The following poem is by St. Teresa of Avila 

In A Way The Grain Can Feel 

Remember, God, that we are the plants in your fields

so connected to the 

earth

that you know what would happen

if you did not rain

upon us.

And if your light ceased to lift us from the ground

and craft our bodies,

how might we near you like the

suns?

Remember, God to love us in a way

our souls can taste

and rejoice 

in. 

Yes, "Remember, God to love us in a way our souls can taste". I think there is an important distinction between soul and spirit. A quick definition: Soul is concerned with the human condition and desires to dive-in deeply and experience all of it. Spirit desires to transcend the human condition and leave behind everything that makes it messy. 

One of the most powerful tools in exploring and making the soul whole, is nature in the form of food. We will explore the gifts of a few grains today 

Farro

Promotes loving inclusion of others and positive expectation of goodwill combined with the ability to trust. Helps erase unfair projection and the expectation of antagonism from others.

Millet

Promotes a well-developed sense of individuality balanced with how to interact within group dynamics.

There is a food that resonates to every aspect of the human condition. One of the joys of human incarnation is learning the language of Nature and using her gifts consciously!  

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If this topic interests you, you can read more in my book Vibrational Nutrition: Understanding the Energetic Signature of Foods 

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Or to explore Nature through the lens of essential oils and vibrational essences you can visit us here 

Divine Archetypes Website 

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Candice Covington is a certified aromatherapist, massage therapist, healing arts master, and energy worker. A former instructor at Ashmead College and former aroma­therapist for the Chopra Center, she is the founder of Divine Archetypes, an essential oil and flower essence company, and the author of Essential Oils in Spiritual Practice. She lives on a farmette in Oregon City, Oregon.

 

Green Tea Absolute ~ Camelia sinensis

One of the rarefied gifts of this plant, is it's fragrance and how it interacts with other essential oils /absolutes, lending complexity of scent to a blend. An exquisite meditation blend for a diffuser is: green tea absolute, clary sage, and lemon. To deeply nourish your skin add 13 drops of green tea absolute, 7 drops of frankincense, and 3 drops of rose essential oil to 1 oz avocado oil.  Apply right from the shower or bath while your skin is still moist and allow to air dry. This blend will work wonders for both body and face. To further understand this oils gifts please explore below. 

EXTRACTION METHOD ~  Solvent extraction in 50% dilution of perfumer's alcohol (ethanol). This is an extremely difficult absolute to work with in it's undiluted form.  

ORIGIN ~ French extraction.  

NOTE CLASSIFICATION ~ Used widely as a modifier in blends, lending complexity of scent to the other essential oils and absolutes being used. 

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Image. Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) from Kohler's Medicinal Plants 1897

 

Seeing the Auras Around Food & Working With Their Energies

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Nature is real magic, not a slight-of-hand attempt to fool the mind. As you become more deeply aware of this magic, you will be able to consciously work with and use to your advantage the constructs of nature to bring about specific states of being.

The following poem is by St. Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380) exploring the role of food and the gifts that can be given. 

Give The Heart More Strength

Herbs can help the body and give

the heart more strength

to love.

When my sight became clearer,

I could see auras around different foods,

and I now know—should I say this?—

that everything can sing.

The songs of fruits and grains will calm,

Why not put them into yourself,

a new language you

will learn.

And just touching life’s requirements

close to their source

will add grace to your

movements.

More generous eyes we need .

The songs of light

will help. 

Working with our collective nourishment - the food we eat - with grace filled intent, ‘a new language you will learn,’ giving you ‘more generous eyes’ to ‘see auras around different foods’ and 'hear the ‘songs of light’ and ‘know everything can sing’ (frequency/vibrations).

This is a fantastic study into one of the simplest forms of Natural Magic. Getting to know the foods we eat intimately.  Today we will explore Radish Leaf Salad Dressing and the gifts so freely given. 

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Radish Leaf Salad Dressing 

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Ingredients 

1/2 cup toasted shelled pumpkin seeds 

1 to 2 lemons - juiced 

2 pinches of red pepper flakes 

1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil 

1 to 2 cloves garlic - crushed

1 bunch radishes - remove leafy tops, trim and wash. You are only using the radish greens / tops in this dressing.   

1/3 of a bunch of parsley - trimmed and washed 

About 3 tablespoons white vinegar 

Salt and black pepper to taste 

Water as needed

Directions  

Add all Ingredients (except the water) to your blender and blend until smooth. Add water until you get the consistency you desire for your dressing. Taste and adjust seasonings.   

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Radish Greens:  Replenishing of soul-light in the deepest structures of the body, supports recovery from depression or addiction with new forces of hope. Eases depression stored in the body as heaviness, being listless, or being drained. This energy frequently presents in the respiratory system coupled with a sense of hopelessness or resignation, resulting in the depletion of energy, depression, and low energy function associated with drug or alcohol withdrawal radish will help clear this.

Pumpkin Seeds: Whether you believe in morphic resonance, the ocean of archetypal knowledge, or the spiritual echo of past lives, pumpkin will connect you. Not only to your ancestors but the universal well-spring of all who went before, allowing you to see how closely we are linked to the past. And how we are still driven by many of the primal fears and needs faced by the first humans. Conversely, how freely available their wisdom, teaching and strengths are, if one only asks.

Garlic: Brings the energy of affirming the divine light that dwells in your core, and using this inexhaustible source to warm your soul and in this light, you are protected from negative energy and malevolent forces; coupled with the ability to protect others. Garlic also offers the gift of respecting the freedom of those you love, teaching by example and holding space for others to find their way without pushing them along before they are ready.

Parsley: Promotes fosters forgiveness and resolving conflicts.

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When you ‘read’ the energy of a recipe not every ingredient needs to be factored in to understand how it will behave. If an individual will benefit energetically from a specific food it will have the desired effect, if a food is consumed that is not relevant on a subtle level, it will register as ‘neutral’ energetically, and only nourish the physical body. So there is no need to worry about fine-tuning your recipes down to the point it is no longer enjoyable to cook!    

With love,

candice 

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If this topic interests you can explore deeper in my new book Vibrational Nutrition: Understanding the Energetic Signature of Foods

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Candice Covington is a certified aromatherapist, massage therapist, healing arts master, and energy worker. A former instructor at Ashmead College and former aroma­therapist for the Chopra Center, she is the founder of Divine Archetypes, an essential oil and flower essence company, and the author of Essential Oils in Spiritual Practice and Vibrational Nutrition. She lives on a farmette in Oregon City, Oregon.

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