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creation of the written findings of 5 year research project I
conducted with 89 people living on three different continents. My
purpose related to re-examination of certain proscribed flower
essence preparation assumptions. In other words, I wanted to
learn whether or not the energetic co-operative grid I'd been
guided to help create had in turn allowed me to prepare
unilaterally (rather than simply 'personally') effective flower
essences. This was important to me since I lived in a relatively
typical suburban settlement. I felt, if I could achieve the
necessary grid balance, others could be taught to do the same
with both confidence and solid results.
As proof of the Sparkling Lotus essences' efficacy began to grow,
so did my awareness of many other flower remedies that were
treasured and relied upon by a number of the participants. From
the dual base of the SL repertory and 'Other Favorites' I created
the 300 flower profiles that comprise the Handbook's materia
medica. For a sample Flower Profile, and a synopsis of each
Handbook's section, please read on!
The 400 page Handbook holds a very strong 5th and 12th
dimensional focus. It's meant to be heavily personalized (please
see Lammas Newsletter excerpt on the Handbook's Publicity
Trail page) but it also stands quite well on its own as an
EXPANDABLE learning and healing guide. This means it's
composed in a way that reveals increasing meaning & usage the
longer it's studied in direct conjunction to plant reading
development and other disciplines of the field.
The text is also reflective of my years of professional endeavors
related to the healing needs of incest & rape survivors and more
than two decades of active involvement with suicide prevention
work. This provides a very useful 'bottom register' to the book's
subtext which is often noticeably missing from other flower
essence literature. To balance that undertow a great deal of
humorous insight and tone is applied. This is another aspect of
human reality (the utter healing necessity of laughter) that I've
found rather regrettably missing in a great deal of the established
literature.
I offer this synopsis of the Handbook's Table of Contents in the
spirit of tremendous universal love which guided and energized
the entire writing process!
PREFACE - Sets the emotional and electrical tone of the book.
Written on the 2004 Summer Solstice, the text gives a brief
description of that day's beautiful offerings from the Sparkling
Lotus garden beds as well as my gratitude for the very strong
12th dimensional fuel that powered so much of the Handbook's
writing process.
INTRODUCTION - Gives an overview of the research project
(more detailed information is covered in the The Sparkling Lotus
Story appearing in the book's Resources section) and addresses
the basic nature of electrical flower medicine. FAQS are included
to enhance the reader's initial approach to the Handbook's
material. This will be especially appreciated by those who are
not yet confident of the scope of their own sphere of electrical
Flower Medicine wisdom.
WORKING WITH THE FLOWER PROFILES - Explaining the
format of the profile structure, and also introducing the VERY
IMPORTANT but potentially controversial subject of New Age Re-
covery work. Much of my spontaneous 'off the street' client
register during the last three years of the research project, and
since, has very clearly highlighted a fairly crucial energetic need
to actively engage in such re-covery on behalf of one's self and
All Others. More FAQS are included to further enhance the
reader's inter-relationship with the materia medica.
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MATERIA MEDICA- Sample Profile
Gardenia (Ervatamia divaricata)
(earthstar is generally a strong point of First Contact with the
flower’s healing signature. From there, the electrical imprint of
the signature disperses in a steady upward flood-crawl through
the chakras and secondary nadis. Eventually all systems will
'flood' but the first action tends to jump from chakra column to
secondary nadis and then reverses-back to complete the flooding
action)
To Heal - spurs, fissures and hairline fractures of the Inner and
Outer body systems Often these are very old in nature and have
traveled with us for a number of lifetimes…fragmentation,
especially in the psychic and etheric planes, that is the 'settling'
effect of a recent attunement
To Foster - compassion and deep inner peace…Lasting psychic
imprint and cellular re-information gained during attunement
process… a sweetened, less personalized quality to periods of
introspection -- This essence is a good alternative to
Honeysuckle. The two essences can also be beautifully effective
when employed in combination
The electrical Gardenia flower medicine signature provides the
type of Light magnetism that’s particularly well supported with a
red shiso base. I’ve worked with the remedy many times and
found it held a similar recurrent application among a certain
aspect of the SL research project's participant bank. These were
people who prayed seriously and unselectively for world peace
as an integral part of their dharma. Nearly all had a strongly
established affinity for the Kwan Yin and/or Avatar archetype. I
visited more than one household with an altar containing a
picture of Martin Luther King Jr. and a small image or vase of
gardenias by the picture's side. When asked, folks said there
was no premeditation in the arrangement, it just "felt right". I tend
to keep my own bottle of the essence tucked behind a statue of
Kwan Yin that's a stationary part of my family's unified altar space.
"I like this essence because the impact of peacework is as real as
the chaotic discord that necessitates the work. I take this
essence any time I'll be at a healing circle where a lot of anger
and other emotional chaos is likely to emerge if only as an
undercurrent. I keep bowls with the essence in some bay rum
and honey at the corners of the rooms. Everyone involved is
made aware of this and the bowls’ purpose. Most core 'regulars'
are used to it. Some say they crave the vibration if they miss a
month's Circle."
The research participant who offered these insights later had an
opportunity to prepare her own gardenia essence. "I’ve never felt
as clean and lovely in my life," she reported. "The more I
immerse myself in this healing vibration the more alive my hand
chakras become. This is a fully operational energy flow from the
heart chakra with NO excessive draining or 'stuck valves' that
leave us overly depleted."
NOTE: this specific depletion often manifests physically as very
stiff shoulders. They tend to slump forward and around -
instinctively protecting the over-extended front face of the heart's
spiraling energy flow. This effectively leaves the FlipSide
completely unprotected. Our secondary heart chakras often
grow so blocked with impacted debris that we don't even sense
their existence. Work with gardenia essence can help
tremendously. Try combining with the Grounded Boundaries
blend when there is ongoing evidence of a hyper-sensitive
empathic system and a need to ground in the physical body
rather than "float" on the white vibration of the gardenia signature.
"I take this before I inform myself about current events." The SL
research participant who stated as much shared my
circumstances of living with a very astute, politically motivated,
and extremely well informed Young Adult. We further shared a
sense of response-ability to upgrade our personal relationship to
matters of linear global happenstance. We sought to be informed
and stay that way even though it involved topics we had skirted
for years (and in my case, decades) out of a sense of cumulative
personal aversion. My own sense of ongoing challenge was
acute enough that I welcomed this insight about gardenia remedy
application. For me, it worked like the proverbial charm.
"Gardenia really helps keep my center," the same participant
elaborated. "Currently we have a rash of second-chance
weddings and elaborate anniversary parties for longtime
couples. Totally not the chosen social scene for cynical hubster
and myself. I noticed right away that the stress of not digging the
scene (and attended so many emotionally charged events!!) was
making my own emotional barometer go haywire. I was the
person you see completely losing it at the wedding even though
she's not really that involved very deeply with either member of
the couple. My husband started calling me The WTF Girl trying
to snap me out of it. Nice try. Didn't work. Not unless you count
the way it morphed me into the humiliated mad-at-hubby lady
sitting all alone in her car in the parking lot. Exactly one time
around the block with that one and I prayed for insight to change
it while I meditated. Gardenia to the rescue!"
NOTE: Teenagers may like this essence best when it's combined
with Peruvian Daffodil. Keep in mind (when working the
remedies separately or in combination) that the teenaged
passageways often have wide gaps in the windows-of-
awareness that facilitate past life memory. Thus in early and
partially-middle teens, there can often be a special emphasis on
sensory recall of a shocking and/or disjointing nature. Kids aren't
usually in a position to understand what's happening. It just
becomes another component in the wall of Things that makes
them feel/believe themselves to be Going Crazy. Soothing that
sensation with Gardenia while also feeding the soul and spirits'
deeper needs with the Peruvian Daffodil, can be an
immeasurable gift for a young person who needs tangible
electrical relief and rejuvenation. Further note: “stabilizing” such
young people with red shiso may or may not be advisable. A lot
will depend on whether they still do better with the marriage of a
dual vibration than they do with a tradeoff/choice of pushing
everything to the fastest frequency.
RESOURCES - Beginning with an extensive list of healing-
essence correspondence, Continuing with step by step
pragmatic instructions for preparing and storing Mother Stocks.
Discusses stabilizer options, and provides extensive eclectic Top
Ten Tip lists including lists for beginning, intermediate and
advanced students of earth/flower medicine, new age re-covery,
blessing the modern man-made ceque lines and more! The story
of the garden's development, and the birth of the research
project, is covered in more detail as well as an explanation of the
landscape's larger dimensions. Annotated book and website list
PLEASE NOTE: Some folks have written to ask about an index.
I have not included one because its creation will be an important
long-term assignment for my students. At a wider level of
Handbook distribution, I believe this self-governed and admittedly
labor intensive effort will benefit the learning curve of self-taught
flower medicine students as well. I will, however, make an index
of my own creation available to those who wish it, for the cost of
printing and mailing. This will be available in mid-late winter,
2005.
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