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An Evening of Poetic Magic and Enchanted Stories
Last night in our town of Nevada City, CA, David blessed the local community with an unforgettable evening of profound and heartfelt poetry, gorgeous images, intoxicating aromas and captivating stories of his many travels to sacred places, meetings with holy people and studies of powerful plants. This offering was held so perfectly in the beautiful, warmly lit, cave-like exposed brick tea lounge, Haven Underground, as a benefit for our local non-profit health alternative and herbal apothecary, HAALo.
To many of us, everything David does is extraordinary. Last night, however, was a deeply intimate and momentous sharing of sublime and personal poems that left us all feeling permeated and activated by this visionary's reflections and tales of the sacred.
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Here are a few of the comments that people shared:
"The Emerald Rivers benefit for Haalo was like a "wine tasting" of fragrances. My mind is still hearing David Crow's stories and remembering the beautiful images, as my olfactory senses continue to swirl with the scents of lavender, jasmine, frankincense, vetiver, savitri, ylang ylang, agarwood, tulsi, sandalwood, and rose, (shared with the backdrop of love poems he had written to his beloved.) As he shared stories, poems and images from his travels, his wife Sara passed around sticks infused with the oil for us to keep (and anoint ourselves), or fanned us with a cauldron brimming with the smoke of a scented resin or wood. We experienced the last bottle of savitri from a very special distillation, and a rare sandalwood oil made from the roots of old growth trees that had been unceremoniously cut down years ago and were now being replanted. It was a magical evening and such a gift! I would love to see a regular series of these story and fragrance evenings! Thank you David and Sara."
Denise - Nevada City, CA
"Last night really was something. It was so wonderful to be able to participate in an evening with David in our own home! The pictures were stunning, the oils picked were perfect. The agarwood was essential. David's poetry made an absolutely perfect compliment to contemplating the oils. Haven was enchanting, what a success!!! Thanks everyone for making it happen."
Meghan at Floracopeia
"As I inhale my shawl from last night, I am filled with memories both ancient and hours old. Thank you David, for a night of poetry, oils, tales and intimate community consciousness. I hope to attend future evenings filled with aromatic bliss."
Shea Smith founder of HAALo
David Crow's Emerald Rivers event is now being booked for 2012.
If you are interested in hosting David for this event or another event he offers contact the office at Floracopeia:
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To find out more about HAALo please see their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/HAALo/192848797398321?sk=wal
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