Trillium flower essence reflects its shape and habit of growth: it is three-leaved, and the flowers have three sepals, three petals, six stamens, and a solitary pistil. The fruit is a berry. Trillium grows on the forest floor, in protected, damp and shaded spots, and is one of the first flowers to bloom in spring.
Three-leaved plants are among the oldest of flora. Long before recorded history the thrree in one was symbolic of the divine feminine: the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone. Later, the Christians found their own triune symbol in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Chinese honored the three in one in the yin/yang symbol. Numerologically, three is more than the sum of one and two. It is transformation; it is a synthesis greater than its parts.
Buckminster Fuller said the triangle is the building block of everything. It is perhaps the strongest shape. The triangle is also an essential element in both healing and magic.
All these elements are reflected in the qualities of the flower essence. Trillium flower essence brings in the strength of deeply balanced receptivity. Its magic and
transformation happen in the deep, dark recesses of our souls, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
Another name for trillium is birthroot.
Bearberry flower essence works strongly on the mental level. It brings clarity of thought, complemented by the ability to observe and reflect; to meditate. Some Native American tribes used "kinnick kinnick" in the mixture they smoked in their sacred Pipe. Like the flower essence, it brought clear thinking.
In Greek, arctos is "bear" and staphyle "grape", while in Latin uva is "a bunch of grapes" and ursus is "bear." Bears do indeed eat the berries!
Elderberry flower essence is soothing and cleansing to the heart and soul, as the herbal form is soothing and cleansing for the body. The flower essence allows us to connect with
Oregon Grape flower essence is an excellent remedy to take - or spray in the room - when there is a conflict. It allows each person to soften enough to see the other points of view and to open enough to consider other wisdom and other solutions. The flowers are rather unattractive and unpleasant smelling, yet produce a tasty berry. The plant has prickly points on the leaves, a physcial symbol of the emotional state many
Red Flowering Currant flower essence brings one to the sweetness of life. Bees and hummingbirds alike love its sweet-tasting flower. It is a very early blooming shrub, a harbinger of the increasing light and beauty to come. The lovely pink flower relates to the heart chakra. And this flower essence thus allows us to become light of heart and full of the exquisite nectar of life.
Salal flower essence brings out the connection we have to our Mother, the Earth, who nurtures and sustains us. Salal grows thickly close to the earth in the woods and shady clearings of the Pacific Northwest. It has white to pink flowers, followed by thick-skinned berries. The berries are tasty raw or cooked. This abundant food is part of the signature quality of salal: love and service through nourishing freely.
Sweet Woodruff flower essence reminds us that joy is found even in shadow. It also keeps fresh the awareness that we are all one; all connected. The plant grows in deep woodsy shade, on rhizomes so that underground is a dense mat of root system. The flower blooms in spring with a sweet fragrance, and is traditionally used in May wine. The leaves have a sweet, new mown hay scent when dried.
Thimbleberry flower essence brings ease on the emotional, mental, and physical levels. It is an excellent remedy for those who are unable to easily receive, or those who experience lack. The plant, which is abundant in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, looks a bit like a vine maple,
people assume when in conflict. Yet there are many points on a single leaf, just as there are many ways to look at any situation. Oregon Grape brings transformation and the ability to find unity in differences.
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Image by Barbara Osinski
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Bleeding Heart flower essence helps those individuals whose etheric field is so dense that they might seem callous and uncaring. Very yin, it brings a softening, allowing a natural receptivity and empathy to emerge. The bleeding heart appears in shady, woodland spots. It is often partially hidden, and cannot be seen without careful exploration. It is a true quest. So with true empathy - one must want
to know what another feels, and take the time to open to it, and then it is easy. Bleeding Heart opens the desire and the possibility.
our inner wisdom with the clarity of a wise crone, or a respected elder.
SWEET WOODRUFF Gallium odoratum (white flower)
Healing qualities: Consciousness of the beauty and sweetness in every situation; awareness of the unity of all
Starflower flower essence is here to assist us with the changes the Earth is undergoing - and which we humans, by necessity, are also undertaking. We fear the unknown, the darkness. Yet out of the unknown, out of the darkness, comes birth and new life. In the darkness, we can see the stars. Creativity happens in the dark. Starflower allows us to accept this process of death and rebirth, that which happens in the dark. In so doing, we are able to participate, even assist in the rebirth of the planet.
Image by Barbara Osinski
Image by Barbara Osinski
Image by Barbara Osinski
with a few small thorns. It is one of the earliest blooming plants, especially among those with berries. The small, reddish pink berries are delicate, nourishing and tasty.
