Blessings Darlings!
Herb books are GREAT for medicinal properties assigned to herbs. They may give some other associations they have - planets, Gods, chakras, sepherot (and sometimes the books occassionally agree on what those associations are!).
But .... if you want to bond with the Spirit of the Herb/Spice/Resin .... that's a different thing. That takes some extra effort.
Yes, start with the book/internet knowledge. Especially find out if it's safe to take internally, because that's one technique we're going to discuss! Study. Memorize. Learn everything you can about the plant. Grow it if you can, or find it growing wild. If it's safe to take internally, eat or drink some of the plant. See what physical effects the plant has on your body. NOTE - IF THIS IS A KNOWN PSYCHOACTIVE PLANT, DO NOT NOT NOT DO THIS, ESPECIALLY AT THIS STAGE. DO THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OREGANO OR HOT PEPPERS, NOT WITH DATURA.
Oh, and you might ingest the plant in an orderly fashion, if possible. Leaves, seeds, bark, root all might have very different properties. Again - book knowledge first. The only part of, say, Poke weed that won't be toxic will be young shoots.
Make an offering to the spirit of the plant. Yes, it's best if you can leave it at the plant, and bonus points for finding it growing wild, but if it doesn't grow in your area that's okay. Explain your intention to the Spirit of the Plant, and that you're giving the offering as a token of your respect.
From here, move on to building up a good visualization of the plant. This would take me a week, but you might well be better at visualization than I am! I start with pictures on Google, then work on making them 'come alive'. You could make a sigil of the plant name, if you are inclined that way. I'm not a sigil person .... yet. Maybe I'll get there this life.
Finally, head into trance, hold that visualization or sigil, introduce yourself to the plant, and get to know it. What offerings does it like? What wisdom can it share with you? What plants/animals/spirits does it play nice with .... and which does it NOT play nice with?
Record this UPG (unverified Personal Gnossis) you get from the plant in your BOSL. Remember to give the plant an occassional offering, and an occassional visit - after working with it more you're likely to have more, not less, questions for it!
Frondly, Fern
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Ahhhhhhhhhh
Blessings Darlings!
Stress. We all have it - life is full of things that we feel are stressful. So, what to do about it?
Short Term Fixes
I get tension head aches. Which are caused by holding stress in my neck and shoulders. So I have to take time during higher-stress times to work on relaxing those muscles. Head circles, shoulder circles, getting the Chubby Hubby or Spawn to give me neck/shoulder rubs, rubbing my neck myself, all those type of things.
Visualization works here as well. I can close my eyes and take a few deep breaths. While doing that I visualize the breath going to my shoulders/neck, breaking up the tension there, and the tightness leaving with each exhalation. Done when I first feel the headache coming on it can take care of it in just a minute or two!
It can be hard to concentrate when feeling stressed. Start by having a cup of tea (or water). First, doing this interrupts the stress-building pattern. Second, the extra fluids help 'dilute' the cortisol your body produces when stressed.
Again, visualization can be a tool. While I work at home, so can always light a candle and visualize it burning up the stress, allowing me to be calm and focused, you can visualize the stress going to a plant in your office where it is transmuted (like the plant transmutes carbon dioxide into oxygen), or you might have charged and lit a candle for this at some time at home, and when snuffing it charged that, say, 'the flame burns forever in the worlds beyond' so you can send the stress to the candle to be transmuted any time, any day, any where. You can wash your hands, and visualize the stress washing away with the water.
Long Term Fixes
But wouldn't it be best to set up life so there is less stress? Spend a little time early in the day (or the night before) getting things ready for the day. Make a to-do list, many lists, so your day is organized and you don't forget things. Do all you can pre-emptively. Pay attention to details that will trip you up later. Check your facts. Exercise and eat right, so your body can better deal with what stress is going to happen. Give yourself extra time to do, well, EVERYTHING.
Frondly, Fern
Stress. We all have it - life is full of things that we feel are stressful. So, what to do about it?
Short Term Fixes
I get tension head aches. Which are caused by holding stress in my neck and shoulders. So I have to take time during higher-stress times to work on relaxing those muscles. Head circles, shoulder circles, getting the Chubby Hubby or Spawn to give me neck/shoulder rubs, rubbing my neck myself, all those type of things.
Visualization works here as well. I can close my eyes and take a few deep breaths. While doing that I visualize the breath going to my shoulders/neck, breaking up the tension there, and the tightness leaving with each exhalation. Done when I first feel the headache coming on it can take care of it in just a minute or two!
It can be hard to concentrate when feeling stressed. Start by having a cup of tea (or water). First, doing this interrupts the stress-building pattern. Second, the extra fluids help 'dilute' the cortisol your body produces when stressed.
Again, visualization can be a tool. While I work at home, so can always light a candle and visualize it burning up the stress, allowing me to be calm and focused, you can visualize the stress going to a plant in your office where it is transmuted (like the plant transmutes carbon dioxide into oxygen), or you might have charged and lit a candle for this at some time at home, and when snuffing it charged that, say, 'the flame burns forever in the worlds beyond' so you can send the stress to the candle to be transmuted any time, any day, any where. You can wash your hands, and visualize the stress washing away with the water.
But wouldn't it be best to set up life so there is less stress? Spend a little time early in the day (or the night before) getting things ready for the day. Make a to-do list, many lists, so your day is organized and you don't forget things. Do all you can pre-emptively. Pay attention to details that will trip you up later. Check your facts. Exercise and eat right, so your body can better deal with what stress is going to happen. Give yourself extra time to do, well, EVERYTHING.
Frondly, Fern
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