Flower Essence Making on the

Islands

On this tiny island out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for the Feast of Nectars with the moon illuminating the immense night sky with its venerable champagne beams, inspired by the immense lush beauty and abounding ojas spilling out of every nook and cranny, David and I decided to explore yet another nectar for the soul.

Angel's Trumpet, with its powerful presence and otherworldly glowing suspended pure white blossoms, has a strong connection to the spirit world, traditionally used in South American indigenous culture as a ritualistic hallucinogen for prophecy, divination and communication with the unseen. This Andean sacred plant, also known as Floripondio, a member of the Brugmansia or Datura genus, opens its immense flowers in the evening and emits an intoxicating, complex and seductive fragrance, attracting pollinators such as moths and admirers such as us.  
 
Medicinally, used externally, Floripondio's anti-inflammatory properties are used for aches and pains, skin irritations, arthritis, rheumatism, headaches and infections.  Being a toxic plant it is rarely used internally. However, for our purposes, we are making a energetic preparation of this flower called a flower essence. Therefore, this type of preparation is safe to use internally.

Flower essences are unique bioenergetic preparations of flowers bathed in moonlight or sunlight. To make a flower essence, fresh flowers are placed in a crystal bowl containing spring water and placed in the light of the sun or moon.  The subtle energetic information emitted by the flowers is transferred to the water under the influence of the sun or moon light. 

Flower essences address emotional, mental, and spiritual concerns by stimulating a shift in consciousness or awareness, helping us to release self-defeating patterns of behavior and conditioned ways of perceiving the world.

We stood under the Angel Trumpet's ethereal canopy, each suspended blossom momentarily morphing into angelic wings of love, protection, and guidance; gathering flowers for our moonlight essence.  In fact, that is exactly what this plant has done for countless individuals throughout time, acting as an escort into inner realms.  As a flower essence, Angel Trumpet takes us on a journey into the heart, it is a beacon illuminating the darkness with ancient wisdom.

Angel Trumpet shows us the primacy of the heart.  As a flower essence, it shows us that we can allow ourselves to be nourished by the inner wisdom of the heart and by the spiritual world during times of deep internal shifting, transformation and life transition. It helps us to surrender our self-limiting ideas about ourselves and the world, moving into a more expansive version of ourselves more inclusive of our spiritual identity.

Another flower called out to us, Hong Kong Orchid (Bauhinia blakeana), a perfect companion to our Angel Trumpet essence. Hong Kong orchid softens and expands the heart, showing us how to express ourselves fully and experience more love and gratitude.  

Hong Kong orchid tree is a member of the genus Bauhinia possessing large double-lobed, heart-shaped leaves and striking fragrant magenta flowers.  Traditionally, the leaf is called "clever leaf", perhaps referring to the wisdom and intelligence of the heart. 

Flowers, the keepers of truth, remind us with their energetic information or flower essence of our capacity for love, joy, wisdom, and generosity.