Flowers of the Soul
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Spring Flower Selection
Dandelion(Taraxacum officinale) Metal Element
For ending addiction to emotional pain. For those who love too much. As in Tracy Chapman's song "For My Lover": "Two weeks in a Virginia jail, for my lover;...The things we won't do for love." Image: unlocking the jail to welcome the inner lover.
Dwarf Ginseng(Panax trifolius) Wood/Water Element
Elder medicine or Eagle Medicine. For aging gracefully Clarity of vision to see what is needed for the good of the group/community. For shouldering responsability, but lightly carried. Image: two triangles: one at forehead for vision and the second at the shoulders for carrying responsabilities without strain.
Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) Fire Element
Sensual pleasure as a connection to the spirit. Nourishing the senses enriches the spirit. Heightened sense of touch, sound, taste. For those with numbed or jaded senses. Image: reawakening childlike sense of wonder.
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina racemosa) Earth Element
Healing trauma that occurred from birth to age one. Gives the feeling that the world is a safe and welcoming place. To help you to reach out to the world from an open and trusting heart. Image: being cradled and sung a lullaby.
Field Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense) Metal Element
Clarity, cutting through the muck. For inspiration and clear boundaries. Connecting with the archetypal father. Image: a glistening sword piercing downward through a quartz crystal cave to release a fountain of white light gushing upward toward the heavens.
Forget-Me-Nots (Myosotis scorpioides) Earth Element
Being gentle with yourself. Keeping in touch with your divine inner child. Forget-me-child-not. Staying in contact with innocence, curiosity, mischieviousness. Image: the inner child, gently tended, for whom "anything is possible".
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) Earth Element
Connecting with nurturing mother earth energy. Receiving the archetypal mother. For nourishing yourself from a whole place. For caretaker burnout. For disconnecting addictions. Image: drinking from a forest glen spring.
Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) Fire/Water Element
Opens nerve endings in the brain to receive the light. Moves kundalini energy up the spine, opens crown chakra to receive light. For healing impaired cognitive function after chemical exposure or substance abuse. Image: top of head opening to receive the light.
Great Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea) Water Element
For accepting the perfection of yourself and of every moment. Letting go. Giving up the struggle to get, to do, to be. Image: to float like a feather on an angel's breath.
Hobblebush Viburnum (Viburnum alnifolium) Wood Element
For those with "no time". Creates "spacious time." Image: meandering hand-in-hand with your inner child.
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Water Element
For graceful leave-taking, moving on. For birthing, weaning, starting school, graduating, ending relationships, moving, dying. Making space for the new without crippling, unresolved sense of loss. Image: on the left: longing for what was; then the line between is the highly energized interface, a jumping-off point; and to the right: the promise of what is to come.
