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AYAHUASCA [C] Banisteriopsis caapi (white) Malpighiaceae, Malpighia Family Amazon vine used as entheogenic herbal drink in Yage or Daime ceremonies. Body: Stimulates dialogue in the body for healing. . . . Useful for diseases of immunological response and attitudes. Psyche: Use with affirmation for communicating with body cells for changing disease, shining a laser beam of intention: to become very aware. "Journey" into the body and psyche, to create a communication bridge; allows intention of affirmation and images to pierce to the nucleus of a cell, to effect transformation from within. Much of disease is denial; this remedy assists understanding what the body is trying to say. Spirit: Opens pineal-pituitary circuitry to deepen telepathy between humans and animals, plants, elementals, angelic beings. Affects minor chakras between ears and temple, developing telepathy, clairvoyance, clairsentience. AZALEA [G] Rhododendron sp. (pink) Ericaceae, Heather Family Psyche: Straightforward communication; willing and able to express oneself, whether joy, sorrow or pain. Take with Purple Cosmos to be prepared and able to speak exactly what one needs to say. Helps coordinate and harmonize what one will be saying with the ability for the recipient to hear; attune with another so the words one chooses will be more easily heard. Opens the heart to release fears of being unable or unwilling to speak, of being vulnerable, of saying what is in the heart and having it be derided or denigrated. Filters communication through the heart chakra, to speak lovingly with power and will. BABY SUNROSE [T] Aptenia cordifolia (red) Aizoaceae, Carpetweed Family Psyche: Explore shadows of inner child's experience; initiate self-healing around wounded childhood; recognize safe environment and appropriate timing for resuming healing journeys. Exposition and release of early childhood secrets and shaming: regain childhood memories with intention of clearing and releasing. Rescue inner child, come to completion and healing regarding abuse, neglect, abandonment. In this context, it's best to work with a trained therapist to provide help and useful tools. BACHELOR BUTTON [G] Centaurea cyanus (blue, pink, purple, white) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Carduus Tribe] Body: . . . Adds sparkle and creativity to being in a body. Psyche: Peels layers off the heart, to return to trust and innocence. Softens layers of emotional protection, aids capacity to receive love, affection, and innocence from another. Dispels inappropriate distrust related to past stories. BANANA SHRUB [T] Michelia figo (cream w/ magenta margins) Magnoliaceae, Magnolia Family Psyche: Succor for weary hearts buffeted by karmic winds; nest-like, nurturing zone for healing. Opening to affection pouring from angelic realms. Re-energizes heart chakra, giving hope for wearying souls as they attempt to evolve past karmic difficulties. Spirit: In nature, encourages devic contact; acknowledges interweaving of relationship between human and devic realms. For planetary healing: Knits together etheric energies over a burned-over place, clear-cut, cleared for development. Add to water, pour over places healing is desired, with prayers for devic return and reharmonizing of elementals. Re-enlivens microorganismic activity in soil; use in composting. Ceremonially added to flowing water, re-activates weakened devic forces where pollution has taken toll. Water devas are to be called forth, invited to re-flourish and revitalize. BAT-FACED CIGAR FLOWER [T] Cuphea x neubertii (crimson & violet-black) Lythraceae, Loosestrife Family Body: . . . Useful as part of a formula for. . . children and when related to psychosomatic distress around family stability. Psyche: Opening to innocence, joy, vitality. Issues of survival and soul-scarring: helps release fears from early childhood; nurturing to the inner child. Attitude adjustment for children in difficult family circumstances: restructuring on unconscious levels in expectation of good flowing into one's life, as opposed to assumption there is nothing of joy. Bright, curious, eager, enthusiastic; useful for learning disabilities, to not so easily surrender to difficulty. Hope and joy; exuberance and optimism. Assists keeping on track with one's visions; once ideals and goals have been clarified, helps keep these in focus and priority; huge assist for significant change. Use with Iris tenax in context to maintain stability and strength of focus in the face of negativity BEE BALM [G] Monarda didyma (red) Labiatae, Mint Family Body: . . . Vigor. . . Healthy relaxation in those overpowering in their work. Psyche: Fire, spark, inspiration, drive; potent effort. Use to ignite will, clear congestion (physical/ psychological); inspires right use of power to assist others' growth and transformation. Leadership abilities; vigorous application of metamorphic tools and skills. Positivity of will, good nature, joy; magnetic, manifesting all good things. Spirit: Keep your eyes on the prize, never forget why you are here-to learn, grow, transform, transmute, and excite the molecules of consciousness in your fellow humans for group transformation. BLUE-EYED GRASS [W] Sisyrinchium bellum (blue-violet) Iridaceae, Iris Family Psyche: Separating oneself from another's self-destructive behavior; ideal in blends intending to release, transform unhappy relationships. Grounds loving compassion into a clear-eyed version of reality. Useful in codependent issues where others head downhill without looking back to see if we are being dragged down too. Assists separation of karmic entanglements and romantic images of "saving" these people, that as they choose to "crash and burn," we may pull away in time to save our self-respect and emotional survival. Spiritual insight into causes and patterns of codependence with self-destructive individuals; acknowledge and release our own self-destructive desires. Brings sanity and centering; remain focused on our own path in context of the sufferings of another. This is not kicking someone out of our hearts, but distancing from delusional dramas. Nothing in the universe says we must follow our loved ones into their self-selected purgatories. Remember this as you struggle to maintain center among the trauma of watching loved ones slide deeper into pain and confusion. Our most helpful response is to remind them we are there for them when they are ready to come out of these negative spirals, yet refuse to follow them into their hells. BLUE FLAX [W] Linum perenne, ssp. lewisii Linaceae, Flax Family Psyche: Affects the mental realm and mental body for releasing fixations and rigid attitudes, tantrums, inappropriate use of will. Brings clarity, centering, integrity of self; allows laying-down of harsh attitudes that create strife among family, friends. "Bending," yielding to things one has had a "charge" around, that are not so important as to lose one's center; for instance, in an argument, what one is willing to give up. Discernment; focusing clarity to what is highest option. With Blue Flax, one may find that one is much more willing to give up many more things than one thought possible; and yet with clarity of intention and integrity of will, one does not need to give up any of the things that are truly important. BLUE JADE VINE [T] Strongylodon macrobotrys (blue-green) Leguminosae, Legume Family [Subfamily Faboideae] Psyche: Calming, cooling, refreshing, regenerative, relaxing; for those ceaselessly striving to manifest perfection and often reaching burnout instead. For children to celebrate new accomplishments and learned abilities; encourage, empower their development. Dynamic channel for healers working on the psyche and past karmic stories. Develops laying-on of hands, empathic rapport for client and healer; for hypnotherapists working with past-life regressions. Spirit: Rest, succor on the spiritual journey. When pushing too hard creates energetic burnout, soothes spiritual "stretched-thin;" assists assimilation of newly-learned lessons. Magnificence of spirit, to honor mastery and vastness attempting to come through in a limited 3D paradigm. Let all good tests passed well be behind you; rest for a moment on your accomplishments before taking up again the journey. *Brodiaea minor [W] (violet) Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family Spirit: Spiritualizes the intellect: a connecting bridge from mental realm to spirit; opens the mind to understand our own place in infinity. Contradicts fear of infinity, the unknown; it is our right to be able to comfortably explore the vastness of ourselves and the Universe. Clarity of intention on the spiritual path; unfolding intention regarding one's "destiny" or vocational calling. The soul sets its intention to leap forward in evolution through the unfolding perfection of opportunity and timing. For those who have quaked at the awesome expanse of the night sky: this is your heritage and your right to dream of spatial exploration, both inner and outer. Use in blends for ET contact: attune to extraterrestrial or angelic missionaries, those sent to communicate with us beyond confines of Earth. BUFFALOBUR [W] Solanum rostratum (yellow) Solanaceae, Nightshade Family Body: . . . Impacts solar plexus chakra, providing defenses against psychological irritation. Psyche: Helps understand underlying purity of intention in annoying external behavior. Use when interacting with irritating personalities; takes the edge off being in their presence. One's own prickly defenses need not be set up; calm centering of solar plexus leads to minimal disturbance. Also for "prickly" people, annoying in their very nature; helps smooth and understate qualities defined by others as irritating. BUGLE [G] Ajuga reptans (blue) Labiatae, Mint Family Psyche: Clean communication skills; consider others while communicating truth. Use power of the spoken word to change and heal, rather than defy or condemn. Patience, consideration in communication without sacrificing integrity, to be heard without defenses. Refines ranting, nagging, pedantics, etc. Potent communication with delicacy and tact. Useful for those oblivious to others' needs and situations. BUSHEL GOURD [G] Lagenaria sicerarea (white) Cucurbitaceae, Gourd Family Body: . . . Facilitates. . . release of fear around "suffocation." . . . Psyche: Assists development of moral rectitude, with expansion for allowing others their own versions thereof. Lessens self-righteous behavior in morally upright beings. Enhances creative abundance; washes out greed in the energy field; opening to receptivity toward all needs being served and honored. Use with Fremontia in fear-of-lack issues. Spirit: Harmony with Higher Self; clears old memories that keep one from experiencing one's fullest creative energy. Expansion into spiritual understanding; broadens cosmology for those excessively bound to earthly religions. Use with 'Ape for releasing judgments regarding the spiritual path. BUTTERFLY BUSH [G] Buddleia davidii (lilac w/ orange "eye") Loganiaceae, Strychnine Family Body: Eases depression from limitation, feeling caught in physical form. In those with disabilities or wheelchair-bound, facilitates flow of chi through other pathways if most common channels are blocked. . . Brings joy to being in a body; take before going dancing! . . . Releases stress, performance anxiety. Psyche: Joy, harmony, creative fun; use to work through blocks interfering with spontaneous expression of joyous life force. For those too rigid, self-limiting; shamed as not "good enough" creatively; children with too-high self-standards for art: brings confidence to creativity. Release "I can't do it!" stranglehold; brings contentment with one's own abilities. Relax and have fun with children, or one's own childlike self. Increases ability to find relationship between disparate parts-elements of music, mathematics, etc.-to see overall effect. Enhances musical qualities. Beauty in creativity through sound and movement. CALADIUM [T] C. x hortulanum (cream) Araceae, Arum Family Body: . . . Psyche: For sexual offenders: a catalyst to heal, release old programming. Used consciously with appropriate therapy, stimulates the necessary healing crisis, courage and willingness to change character flaws from the inside out. Spirit: Augments tantric communion, assists assimilation of mutual energies. Expands auric field to create synergy for healing and balance. CALATHEA [T] C. violaceae (dusky purple) Marantaceae, Arrowroot Family Psyche: Use where people crowding together need to come to greater harmony: full households, city living, high-density apartment houses. A resonance of harmony needs to be acquired when one is forced to be so close to other humans on a regular basis; this allows one to maintain spiritual purpose and focus while battered by intense vibrations of people living too close together. Greater discernment of intellectual ideas; clarity as one studies concepts of mathematics, physics, logical thinking. Find one thought in a circling crowd, chase it through to conclusion or basis. *CALIFORNIA BUTTERWEED [W] Senecio aronicoides, S. trigonophyllus (yellow) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Senecio Tribe] Body: Helps. . . clear negative effects of damage from physical injury, drug abuse, or self-destructive behavior in any form. . . With homeopathics or other remedies to detox and release heavy metals, can be useful for one with a history of toxic diet or environment. . . CALYPSO ORCHID [W] Calypso bulbosa (purple & white w/ red streaks) Orchidaceae, Orchid Family [Calypso Tribe] Psyche: Joy, wonder, honesty, availability, openness; commonality, bonding, friendship, harmony among friends. Opens the heart to kindness, gratitude, love, remembrance. Very playful energy; brings out childlike qualities, alleviates stress because it lightens things. Many people get locked into daily humdrum and never see the magic and beauty of life growing at their feet. This essence contradicts that heaviness, adds sparkle to everyday experience and opens the heart to kindness and gratitude. Cannabis hybrida [C] (green) Cannabaceae, Hemp Family All-purpose activator for chi, clarity, intention. Generally contradicts negative qualities of the herb when smoked Body: Strengthens. . . kidney meridian, increases chi; clears and vitalizes ethereal fluidium; strengthens lung meridian. . . Psyche: Brings clarity around dreams and situations that cause confusion from altered states caused by psychotropic drugs or biochemical imbalances, and confusion in dream state from repressed emotions in waking life. Mental acuity improves; sense of purpose is awakened. Spirit: Higher guidance received through meditation, improved concentration. Brings more profundity to meditation, strengthens initiative for divine purpose. Cannabis sativa [C] (green) Cannabaceae, Hemp Family Body: . . . kundalini. Psyche: Issues of will and initiative in relation to authority figures. Brings playfulness and light-heartedness to being on the planet; "lighten up." Spirit: Awareness around altered states, bringing clarity and order to journeys between dimensions. Useful for shamanic journeys, vision dreams. CANTERBURY BELLS [G] Campanula medium cv. 'calycanthema' (blue-violet) Campanulaceae, Bellflower Family Body: Toning: using sound to shake loose blockages from the psyche. . . Healer & client take together; resonance within the body is amplified. Psyche: Release, through toning, psychic detritus in mental and emotional bodies: grief, dismay. Release mortality paradigm: birth and death become more enjoyable, natural, simple. Spirit: Those obsessed with the mystery of birth and death find this remedy useful, especially with toning, and when working with spiritual beings to clear limitations of the human paradigm. CAPE FIGWORT [G] Phygelius capensis (scarlet & yellow) Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family Body: Joy in the body. Aliveness, energy; breathe deep, feel the thrill of being alive. Use when feeling stuck in the body: disabilities, advanced age, etc.; increases joy of living even when bound to limitations of Earth. Alleviates the body's sense of hindrance to the spirit. Those with disabilities which limit physical joy may find other avenues of expression. Sometimes a person dreaming of limitless freedom feels heartbreak at the experience of waking up yet again to a body that cannot accommodate this physical joy. We suggest Cape Figwort as an extension of that dreamer's joy back into the body. CASCADE CRANE ORCHID [W] Habenaria dilatata ssp. elegans (white) Orchidaceae, Orchid Family Psyche: "Attitude adjustment;" brings reappreciation of the beautiful aspects of Earth for those surrendering to the "Grind." Counteracts locking-down of creativity, imagination, expression. Joy, laughter, childlike innocence; dancing through life, always finding something to be appreciative of. Those in a complicated, city-like lifestyle may find beauty in simplicity. CAT'S WHISKERS [T] Orthosiphon aristatus (white) Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Mint Family A native medicinal of Australian rain forests. Body: Opens heart chakra. Psyche: What one has feared becomes something one can accept; failure issues in relationships, life, career goals. Use for pivotal points: mid-life crises, starting anew, taking stock of self without being unduly harsh. Lessens self-condemnation stress; accept one's faults and flaws, forgive self, build a life based on now, with what one has, rather than regret what one has not. CHACRUNA [C] Psychotria viridis (white) Rubiaceae, Madder or Coffee Family Amazon entheogenic shrub; admixture to Ayahuasca. Body: Facilitates clearing blockage to heart chakra; impacts temple chakras. Psyche: Releases irritation, annoyance, lack of concentration. Spirit: Assists expansion of psychic abilities; heightens awareness of unseen realms. Develops, transforms inner psychic processes. Use with Ayahuasca essence to create doorways into other realms. CHERRY [G] Prunus avium (white) Rosaceae, Rose Family Remember the joy of spring; this essence captures that softness and delight. Psyche: Good contradiction to "workaday blues." Cheers, revitalizes; brings enthusiasm and delight in daily living. Use in grief, resentment, loss of ability to find goodness; strengthens positivity to withstand gloom and depression of others. Opens, softens heart to appreciate the good in humans without resentment toward their failings. Allows one to "cut slack;" augments vibrant positivity. Augments release of tensions in sexual centers, supports ability to be orgasmic and receptive to love and romance. CHRYSANTHEMUM [G] C. x morifolium (yellow) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Anthemis Tribe] Body: Vitality. . . regular rhythm. . . imbalance from drug abuse, malnourishment, inappropriate rest/ activity patterns. Tonic; brings body systems into alignment; use with other natural systems of healing. Psyche: Mental vitality. Aligns psyche more closely to body-consciousness so one is more aware of the effects one's actions and thoughts have on the body. CLEAVERS [W] Galium aperine (white) Rubiaceae, Madder or Coffee Family Psyche: Release attachment: for children who throw tantrums using guilt, who tend to have been overindulged regarding ability to manipulate. Clear on two levels: have parent unhook from guilt (use Pickerel Weed); have child release parent of supposed emotional duties and move on to new experiences. Also for "adults" of infantile self-absorption who put their own needs first, pulling others around them off-center in co-dependent struggle. Releases tension, the need to manipulate; renews interest for what the world may have to offer. Takes focus off distancing relative, onto possibility of wonder, growth, fun. CREPE GINGER [T] Costus speciosa (white & yellow) Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family Queenly grace, majestic feminine strength. Mastery in feminine form. Psyche: For those women choosing to fight gender oppression through understanding and love, not shrill argumentation: harmonizing as equals, clear communication. For those who need to develop self-sovereignty, including men. Attune to queenly grace of Goddess energy; strength, power used wisely and graciously. Strong sense of self, grounding; perceive responsibilities and duties as joyful service. Insight into human condition expressing in feminine form. CUP AND SAUCER VINE [G] Cobaea scandens (blue-violet & green) Polemoniaceae, Phlox Family Celebrating life in spiritual community. Body: Listlessness, lack of vitality. Tonic for harmonizing meridians. . . In combination with other remedies for releasing addictive patterns, it amplifies the vortex for healing and releasing these crutches. Stimulates hands and throat chakras; lesser impact on third eye and knee chakras. Psyche: Assistance for the inner journey. Become more at one with self; less extraneous distractions from personality levels. Consider using in combinations where transformation is desired, but one is stuck in a place where one feels helpless to move beyond into new levels of personal evolution. Spirit: Hearing the Higher Self. Good for solitude in spiritual practices: turning within to seek one's Source. For those who in their spiritual practices keep coming up against a ceiling or limit of depth of their own resonance; melts the ceiling, diving into deeper states. For monastics: in spiritual community, combine with Western Anemone; deepens the rich pool of stillness that can be shared in satsang, groups meditating together; augments spiritual practices experiencing the Void, Buddhist practices. Go beyond the conscious mind-chatter and intellect: touch the Vastness. DAHLIA D. x hybrida (red w/ white tips) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Helianthus Tribe] Psyche: A "woman warrior's" essence for grounding, empowerment, strengthening healthy sense of self, igniting will into positive manifestation. Self-worth, self-confidence, leadership skills: ability to refine one's personality to fit the needs of a given situation. Empowers throat chakra, especially in women that they may more freely speak their truth. Especially useful for women with power issues. DOUGLAS' ASTER [W] A. subspicatus (violet) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Aster Tribe] Psyche: Alleviates anxiety related to future-planning. Links cognition and intuition. Wake up to one's morals, principles, conscience: the "right thing" to do. At a crossroads, choices may be confusing; Higher Self brings ability to remain centered and humble while processing ramifications of future actions. Use when considering lifestyle decisions and impact on one's family, particularly when planning or initiating new options in life. Opportunity and order are born from the matrix of chaos; all probabilities reside there. If one is having trouble visualizing the possibilities inherent in a large shift in lifestyle or awareness, this remedy is very useful. DOUGLAS' CAMPION [W] Silene douglasii (pinkish-white) Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family Clearing the heart of emotional detritus, connecting with Higher Self. Body: . . . [For] those whose emotional hearts have been stressed. Releases mental and emotional impressions. . . Psyche: Heals emotional residue in the heart causing it to harden or shut down. Brings clarity and centering in chronic deep emotional distress; useful to understand karmic effects of inconsideration of others. When grief has become lodged in the heart as a dull, inner pain, this opens the heart to regain flow of emotions in stagnant situations, unresolved grief or sorrow. Softens, melts barriers to feeling and expressing. Releases sorrow and pain: the true beginning of healing of a heart condition. DREAM HERB [C] Calea zacatechichi (white) Compositae, Sunflower Family Mexican shrub; leaves smoked or drunk as tea for dreams. Spirit: Increases vividness of dream state; use with Coleus, Rainbow Eucalyptus and others to set intention for clarity of vision. You will be given that which you ask for. Fast 24-48 hours from drugs, caffeine, chocolate and other stimulants before ingesting this remedy twice before bedtime, 15 minutes apart. DUSTY MILLER [G] Senecio cineraria (yellow) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Senecio Tribe] Spirit: Tune to the wisdom of ancient traditions, land thoughtforms, energies around sacred sites. Opens portals of subtle bodies to the accumulated energies, to be received and augment transformation of the human vessel into Light. DWARF ONION [W] Allium tribracteatum (white) Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family Body: Affects third or power chakra, releasing the need to control or rebel against being controlled. Psyche: Tenacity, endurance in an environment not conducive to one's inner development; helps "lay low," nurture inner strength to co-exist in environments where one would not be welcome if one were to show all one truly were. By laying low and banding together, tough circumstances can be survived; indeed, one can even blossom and bear fruit. ECHINACEA [G] E. purpurea (purple) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Helianthus Tribe] Body: . . . Strong rejuvenation for crown. . . Use with Comfrey essence. . . Spirit: Spiritual aspiration; enhances ability to connect with Higher Self and God. Powerful essence for crown chakra; opens faculties for functioning interdimensionally. Shamanic tool; connection link to starry friends; take and meditate on positive ET contact. Use to establish telepathic contact with higher-dimensional beings: devas, angels, etc. EGGPLANT [G] Solanum melongena (dark violet) Solanaceae, Nightshade Family [A very useful remedy for adolescents.] Psyche: Understand one's place and responsibility in the larger human circle; expands viewpoint to make conscious decisions regarding relationships with the greater community. For those with infantile self-absorption; expands understanding to include repercussions for others. Encourages conscious choice as to how one wills to live, with integrity and understanding. Not to be used for "punishment" issues, but to expand one's understanding and definition of "right" and "wrong," to choose a greater good. Spirit: For those who have not yet experienced or made a commitment to expressing their divinity; opens one to understand the divine spark within. Opens heart and third chakras, that refinement of teachings regarding how it is to be human may be accepted: lessons from the Golden Rule, karmic wheel, evolution of personality, etc. FIRECRACKER FLOWER [W] Dichelostemma ida-maia (red & yellow) Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family Spirit: Communication from Higher Self for setting intention, clarity and insight into the next step. Receive marching orders: go where Spirit wills, manifest the vision of harmony and beauty. Use for requesting guidance from higher realms regarding life-path information, receiving insight and vision for next steps of self-discovery in service. Use with Mountain Pretty-Face, Brodiaea in blends for finding one's vocation or calling. *FLOWERING TOBACCO [G] Nicotiana alata, syn. N. affinis (white) Solanaceae, Nightshade Family Psyche: Sweet sustenance, embracing and nurturing during trying times. Helps rebalance and reorder the psyche after difficulty or trauma, assimilate the healing and blessing inherent in externally chaotic or traumatic situations. Use where one's endurance is tested, physically and emotionally. FOUR O'CLOCK [G] Mirabilis jalapa (pink, yellow, white, bicolors) Nyctaginaceae, Four O'Clock Family Body: Tonic and harmonizer. . . Regulates biorhythms; ebbs and flows become less pronounced. Stabilizes energetic output in tendency to burn out, overwork; rise to energetic needs of the day. Boosts activity and chi when Triple Warmer meridian is depleted. FREMONTIA [G] Fremontodendron californicum (yellow) Bombacaceae, Bombax Family Psyche: Clarity, insight into survival issues. Economic and ecological conservation; resourcefulness in energetic or pragmatic drought. Perceive larger patterns shifting, consider best ways to proceed without apparent adequate backup resources. Harmonizes body needs with higher wisdom considerations. Stimulates ability to survive without lessening one's evolution; Higher Mind brought into survival choices. Develops group mind for community decisions regarding ability to adapt and survive radical changes of lifestyle, economic capabilities, basic survival issues, etc. Use with homeless people, those forced out of steady-income situations finding it frightening to consider utter lack of resources. GARLIC [G] Allium sativum (purple) Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family Body: Facilitates release of tension in solar plexus related to fear, anger, stress; in this context, for children claiming "tummy aches." Affects liver and gall bladder meridians; minor impact on lung and large intestine meridians. Impacts emotional and mental bodies, calming stage fright, apprehension, rage, etc. Detoxes the emotional body. Psyche: Opens the mind for clarity above emotional outbursts. Useful in tantrums, rage, hysteria; calming influence when dealing with issues arising from subconscious fears and urges. GIANT BURMESE HONEYSUCKLE [T] Lonicera hildebrandiana (white to orange) Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle Family Psyche: Shift into present from past-life issues holding one back; specific for past-life work, release of limitations. Often there is soul-scarring from loss, or lack of mastery regarding lessons previously presented. A remedy of choice when clearing past-life issues. [The world's largest-flowered honeysuckle; similar in effect to Bach's Honeysuckle, but specific to past-life issues.] *GINGER-ORNAMENTAL [T] Alpinia purpurata (red) Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family Body: Oversensitivity to excessive environmental stimuli: too much activity, everything overwhelming; helps focus attention inward. Mends breaks in the aura created by blasts of sound energy. When over-stimulated at night, can't sleep, helps calm. . . Balances meridians. Psyche: For times when there's so much brain activity, waves of heart energy lose meaning. Aligns heart with brain to work in loving harmony instead of at odds with each other. *GINGER-SPICE [T] Zingiber zerumbet (white & yellow & red) Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family Body: . . . Use with Immune System Plus and Eucalyptus. . . Psyche: Clears "congestion" from personal life, stimulates change in stagnant situations: lifestyle, vocation, etc. Catalyst for stimulating will in clarity; calm, better decision-making process, ability to self-support inventive processes. Autonomy encouraged, with sensitivity to others. GLOBE AMARANTH [G] Gomphrena globosa (magenta) Amaranthaceae, Amaranth Family Psyche: Encourages commonality of viewpoint in the interest of love and harmony. To refine a prickly quality that may cause discomfort to others. Builds understanding between two individuals, to have respect and appreciation for each other's process. Useful for lovers who care deeply for each other, yet quarrel because there is no understanding of individual traits. GLORIOSA LILY [T] Gloriosa superba (red & yellow) Liliaceae, Lily Family Psyche: Issues of will and codependence, where one has forfeited the will to be in a relationship, thus has lost power and lost track of one's soul mission. Clears and aligns the intention to return to self-sovereign balance. GROUNDSEL [W] Senecio vulgaris (yellow) Compositae, Sunflower Family [Senecio Tribe] Psyche: Releases the need to control and conform to others' expectations. Willing to see another's point of view in clarity, release constructs. Believe another has a right to their own lessons and experiences; willing to step back and allow this without judgment or manipulation. Brings dispassion to live a life unhooked by others' experiences and projections. Self-sufficiency: releases need for others' validations and expectations. The intention is to be free of any other hooks and callings but those of Spirit. GUIANA CHESTNUT [T] Pachira aquatica (greenish-white) Bombacaceae, Bombax Family Estuarine tree from Mesoamerica with edible nuts. Body: Crown chakra: fountain of release. Energetic blockages cleared in different parts of the body. Psyche: Assists moving through personal processes related to difficulties in one's psyche. Connecting with wisdom body for accessing karmic origin of one's current story, and releasing it into Light. Aids physical body's ability to release the story as well. Spirit: Expansion into light. HARDHACK [W] Spiraea douglasii (rose-red) Rosaceae, Rose Family Releasing ties that bind while honoring ties that connect. Body: . . . Psyche: Opens heart; releases grasping tendencies, infantile needs aimed at others; useful for codependent issues. Release intimates and family members as individual growth creates differing stages of interaction. Release need to cling; good remedy for weaning for children and pets. HEAVENLY BAMBOO [G] Nandina domestica (white) Berberidaceae, Barberry Family Body: Slows and regularizes. . . body systems in preparation for meditative states. Psyche: Peace and stillness; use in combinations to explore deeper aspects of the psyche, where wisdom and deep harmony reside. Spirit: Significant assist in meditative practices: brings the mind to stillness and sweetness, deeper harmonies. Those easily distracted from presence of profundity may more easily amplify the frequency of stillness and Light. Spiritual will, dedication to a path of purity, peace, enlightenment. In beginning a spiritual path, this remedy can be a signpost or stabilizer for the frequency of peace. HIERBA DE LA PASTORA [C] Salvia divinorum (white w/ blue calyx) Labiatae, Mint Family Oaxacan cultivated herb smoked or drunk as tea for divination; named for the Shepherdess, Mother Mary. Body: Clears blocked energetic brain pathways. Psyche: Marian healing: extends loving compassion to parts of the psyche holding sorrow, delusion, negative impressions. Facilitates emotional healing. For those who hold bitterness as a shadow over the heart, blocking its natural shine: turn within to release soul scars, melt barriers holding one back from abundant love. Use when experiencing limitation regarding depth of a relationship. Allows one to pass over, release old grudges; allows healing and new growth in one's life. Get off the treadmill of manipulation and expectation into sweet acceptance, kindness, mercy. In situations of abuse, abandonment, loneliness, neglect, brings one closer to living in love and harmony. HOLLYHOCK [G] Alcea rosea (pink) Malvaceae, Mallow Family Body: Opens and releases barriers of the heart chakra. Psyche: Tenderness; stimulates hope where one may feel held back, repressed. Reaching beyond for something more than we think we are; anointing with new energy; heading toward Home, and wondering which way to start. Breaks through blocks in growth process; with the change of heart one can begin to change all other aspects of one's life. Inspiration for continuing, especially when one considers the journey too difficult. Use with other remedies for encouragement on the Path. ICE-BLUE GINGER [T] Calathea burle-marxii (mauve w/ pale blue bracts) Marantaceae, Arrowroot Family Spirit: Image of a monk's cell: passivity, stillness in silence, meditation. Deepening serenity and depth of focus in meditative practices. 'ILIMA-KU-KULA [T] Sida fallax (orange-yellow) Malvaceae, Mallow Family Psyche: Contentment, consolation, succor, a balm. Healing the damaged psyche from painful relationships painfully ended; picking up the detritus of a shattered life, to go on. Finding harmony in a situation gone awry; accept the Divine Plan, which may include sitting in the ruins of a castle built on an unsolid foundation. Heal and assuage grief related to loss of a dream or fantasy. Kindness pours from esoteric realms, enwrapping one suffering and in pain, ameliorating and giving release from distraught expressions. INDIANHEAD GINGER [T] Costus spicata (red & yellow) Zingiberaceae, Ginger Family Psyche: Hardness of heart: makes available more tender emotions found beneath anger and pain; of great benefit in therapeutic counseling. Use where inner child is repressed to the point of only petulance showing. Useful for overly macho types, to choose to express softness and caring rather than a tough external shell. Consider using when "copping an attitude." INDIGO SALVIA [T] Salvia sp. (deep indigo) Labiatae, Mint Family Body: Calms emotional and physical bodies. Impacts third-eye chakra, assists bringing Light to the physical body. Spirit: Open to soul wisdom accumulated through incarnation cycles. Recover wisdom from past lives, develop intuition and internal information-gathering systems. Children may tune into the wisdom they carry from other incarnations; men who have closed down intuition choose to open again. Iris tenax [W] (purple w/ white & yellow) Iridaceae, Iris Family Psyche: Strength combined with humility, tenacity; never giving up once one has made a choice from integrity. Standing steadfast for what one knows to be true and honorable. Gives fortitude through dangerous, unpredictable times, especially when changing significant patterns. Augments and strengthens will and clarity in creating a new reality; holding vision and intention through seeming chaos, where parts of inner and outer life appear to contradict each other's needs. Good remedy for starting over into a radical change of lifestyle that initially may create chaos and discord from others, but which intention is in the long run to serve the greatest good and harmony. Helps hold the vision of what one truly seeks to create in one's life, inspiring tenacity through the difficulties of reordering one's manifestations; honors inner integrity through insult, misunderstanding and denigration by others. JACARANDA [T] J. mimosifolia (blue-violet) Bignoniaceae, Bignonia Family Body: . . . Use with Ornamental Ginger for over-extended nervous energies, external environmental stress: electrical energies, noise, etc. For crying, irritable babies who. . . are stressed; assists sleep processes. Psyche: Useful to nervous, jittery, ungrounded people who have difficulty completing tasks, keeping on track and maintaining concentration during long-term projects; those easily distracted, seeming unable to commit energy and time, remaining unconnected with life because of short attention spans. Assists concentration for students; use in blends with Viscaria. Spirit: Useful for New Agers attempting to attune their physical systems to increasing Light energy and cosmic awareness. JACOB'S LADDER [G] Polemonium caeruleum (blue) Polemoniaceae, Phlox Family Body: Affects throat chakra. . . regularizes energetic output to complement temporal needs from deeper source. Harmonizes sleep cycles, circadian rhythms; assists understanding of inner daily needs. . . Use with Caladium. . . Psyche: Stimulates familial harmony via activating honest concern for others' welfare: use in cases of sibling rivalry, poor parenting skills. Spirit: Patterning and wisdom. Deep harmony with the Higher Self in context of seeing overall pattern. Cruise Akashic Records for insight into past-life stories and their impact on the present. In meditation, stimulates "Blue Pearl" or "star" vision, impacting pineal/pituitary circuitry. JAMAICA VERVAIN [T] Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (blue-violet) Verbenaceae, Vervain Family Psyche: Transmutation through understanding. Gives inspiration and direction in processing and clearing inner realities. Keeps the heart open during journeys into one's dark side; clearing out closets of the psyche that more Light may be brought in, that what is useful may be brought forth, and all that does not serve may be released. Use to "get a handle on" forces behind strange motivations negatively affecting one's relationships, belief systems. Spirit: Sweeps out chambers of the heart; clears false, limiting belief systems to make ready a place for indwelling Spirit. Transmutation through understanding: processing, clearing inner realities. Examine, release limiting belief systems of unworthy, undeserving, victimized. Accesses Higher Self to burn, transmute imperfections of the psyche. Highly recommended. *JAPANESE ANEMONE [G] A. japonica, syn. A. hupehensis (white) Ranunculaceae, Buttercup Family Psyche: Stillness and wisdom in human dramas; creates a bridge with the Higher Self to regain strength of center and clarity regarding emotional and situational issues. With centering and calmness, we can hear our souls saying what we need each step of our journey. Useful for cleaning out one's psychological closets, prioritizing points of perfection, sustaining purity and light. Brings one out of tiny emotional dramas into limitlessness of true Self. Understand and rise above tendencies of the lower self for self-abasement, abuse and belittling. JAPANESE KNOTWEED [W] Polygonum cuspidatum (white) Polygonaceae, Knotweed Family Body: . . . Use with other remedies [see Nerve Remedy] to clear. . . blockage. . . Greater abilities develop. . . Psyche: Clears self-limiting beliefs about one's own ability to heal and be healed. JASMINE [G] Jasminum officinale (white) Oleaceae, Olive Family Body: . . . Stimulates kundalini from the root chakra. Psyche: Opens mental process to spiritual life. Spirit: Stimulates wisdom body to bring through lessons already learned and forgotten. Opening to spiritual opportunity: inner guidance from unseen beings; assists alertness in spiritual practices. Expedites spiritual development: consideration and kindness, ability to perceive the Divine within all people, situations, etc. JEWELWEED [W] Impatiens capensis (orange-yellow w/ brown spots) Balsaminaceae, Touch-Me-Not Family Psyche: Relaxation, grace; increases calm, enjoyment within. Those uptight, harried, who move too fast in work, relationships, lives, find perfection of stillness; enjoy the moments of life, stages of the journey. Slow down, enjoy the experience; fun, joy, peace. Useful to adolescents who want to be far ahead of their natural process. Adults too can remember to play, kick back, let go of mental worries. A wonderful antidote to a culture whose drug of choice is caffeine; the richest moments of life are often the ones wherein stillness is expressed and honored. No one needs this more than harried commuters who forget the timeless space between work and sleep; a guide into the perfection of the moment. No time like the present to be in the present! JOB'S TEARS [T] Coix lacryma (green) Gramineae, Grass Family Psyche: Continuity and endurance, as a tribe and species: "men come and go; Earth abides." Counteracts profound insecurity of death, isolation, feeling cut off from ancestors, cultural traditions, tribe; regrounds and reconnects. Attunement to nature: co-creation with natural forces to bring forth abundance from the Earth. Working with permaculture concepts, creating a practical model and positive instrument for working with the devic realms. Some indication for use in understanding the language of birds. KAVA [C] Piper methysticum (green) Piperaceae, Pepper Family Polynesian plant; roots used ceremonially as mild euphoriant. Body: Opens heart and third chakras; affects Triple Warmer meridian. . . Psyche: Celebrating joy in community. Letting down one's guard to feel more comfortable, gracious with humans. For those who have a hard time, mistrusting and feeling uncomfortable in groups: brings heart opening, joviality, delight, relaxation. KENILWORTH IVY [G] Cymbalaria muralis (lilac-blue & yellow) Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family Psyche: Useful for children and those caught in shame spirals of never being good enough, judged harshly by others. For self-esteem issues: brings ability to endure and shine when bombarded with an external definition of self as unworthy. Allows for the possibility of magnificence in those who have been battered by the meanness of others' manifestations. Inspires will to rise out of pain, confusion, loss of self, to come into the Light of one's soul intention to manifest growth and healing, transformation and joy. When one has been "hammered" for long intervals with the concept that one is ugly, useless, a burden, etc., it is difficult to remember one's own inner perfection. This remedy reconnects us to our own self-worth and belief in our abilities, to survive with determination to grow and become all that we were intended to be. KING'S MANTLE [T] Thunbergia erecta (purple & white) Acanthaceae, Acanthus Family Body: Renewed vigor in those weighed down by living, tiresome vocation, lifestyle. Psyche: Brings sparkle, renewed enthusiasm for the quest, delight in life, appreciation for beauty, inspiration to continue the journey. When duty and responsibility become a burden, when one has forgotten intention behind acceptance of duty, give this remedy. Look for stooped posture, lifeless expression, dull eyes. Take time to renew self, commitment, pleasure in service. Assists wiser decisions regarding positive lifestyle. Allows others to express their love and willingness to help. Uplifts spirits; valor, courage to persevere in joy, good attitude. KIRENGESHOMA [G] K. palmata x koreana (yellow) Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage Family Psyche: Illumination, enthusiasm to spark renewal of interest in vocational dreams. Check to see if ones needing this have a secret vision or desire that may be their soul's inspiration and lifetime vocation. Reconnect to one's inner ideal regarding manifestation; clarify the process required to bring it to fruition. Once clarified and ignited, other remedies empower and manifest the vision. LADY'S THUMB [W] Polygonum persicaria (pink) Polygonaceae, Buckwheat Family Body: Vitality. Clears constriction in throat chakra. Opens chakras and nadis in forebrain for expanding consciousness. Medulla oblongata stimulated re: dreams, visions from ancient voices. Psyche: Rise above ordinary concerns; freeing, expanding; dark cloud lifts. For those with past-life issues regarding extermination by dint of perceived witchcraft; assists healing in the psyche, opening again to these places. Spirit: Reconnects to ancestral virtues, racial/genetic history, and consciousness of plants and Nature. Use in psychic development, deeper connection to devas, elementals, etc. Take with other remedies to enliven ancient consciousness, perceive sentience in all forms of life, facilitate "Native wisdom" which Europeans attempted to breed out by killing all women showing signs. Most useful for Eurasians, Caucasians who've forgotten tribal roots. Contradicts sterility of white man's perception of the soul. The dandelion in the sidewalk crack knows more than you do about survival and sustenance! How can you divorce yourself from your own deep inner knowing? Return again to this natural awareness and inner wisdom; it will take you far in the coming Earth changes.