FLOWER ESSENCE RITUAL
The beauty of flower essences is that they allow us to work with plant spirits in a way that is gentle for us, the plants, and the greater ecosystem. This is because flower essences can be made without removing any plant matter from the Earth.
Water memorizes the spirit of the flower (or gemstone, mushroom, tree, etc) and allows us to work with the energetic frequency on a subtle level.
When we take flower essences, they interact with the energy within us, giving us a way to balance deeply seated spiritual or emotional patterns within us in an extremely gentle way.
They’re the perfect medicine for highly sensitive people and highly sensitive ecosystems! They create a win for us, a win for the Earth, and therefore, a win for everyone.
Try the ritual below for making your own flower essences.
make your own flower essence
Ingredients:
One medium sized glass or crystal bowl
One large, clean, dark glass bottle
One or more one-ounce amber or cobalt dropper bottle(s)
Pure spring water
High-quality brandy (apple cider vinegar or glycerin are alcohol substitutes)
Labels and a pen
Ritual:
On a clear and sunny day with no clouds, ideally a day when you are feeling exceptionally magical and in a good energetic space, choose the flower you will work with.
Usually the flower finds you. (Make sure you know what the flower is and that it is non-toxic.)
Give an offering to the plant and tell it what you’d like to work with it for.
Meditate with the plant and let it teach you.
You can choose to not clip the flower at all and just put the spring water in your bowl and let it rest under the flowers. Or more traditionally, you would harvest the flower by wrapping your fingers in a leaf from the plant and without touching the blossoms at all, cover the surface of the spring water in your bowl with the blossoms. It is up to you!
Let the flowers and water infuse in sunlight for 3-4 hours. Then remove flowers from water, strain, and you now have the Mother Essence.
Fill a large dark glass bottle with half Mother Essence, half brandy.
Be sure to label the jar with what it is, how it was made, and consider adding the moon phase and planetary alignments.
To prepare for consumption, put a significant number of drops between 1 and 10 into a small dropper bottle.
Fill the rest of the bottle with half spring water, half brandy. With using brandy, the essence will be able to maintain its energy for up to ten years so bottle up and share with others if that feels right!
Take anywhere from 3-8 drops under your tongue daily, in water, or on your wrists daily or on any time you feel intuitively called.
Observe the subtle shifts that occur in you over time by journaling what you notice.
Enjoy the medicine that you’ve co-created!