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Here with Dittany Flower Essence begins the description of a precious and paradigm shifting collection of Flower Essences from the island of Crete, nestled in the middle of the Mediterranean south of the Greek mainland, north of Libya and Egypt and west of Turkey and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Ben Sheehan and Miriah Wall gathered these Flower Essences on Crete in March of 2018. I thank them and the Flowers, Angels and Elementals of Crete who have shifted my experience of life with this Flower Essence collection. Please, if you can, read what these Flower Essences have to share.<\/p>\n

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Dittany from Crete<\/strong>– Origanum dictamnus<\/em><\/p>\n

Dittany Flower grows only in the most inconvenient places in sunny outcroppings on the sides of mountain cliffs. Dittany is one of a number of Flowers in this collection that originated on Crete. When transplanted it becomes a less vibrant expression of itself, so Dittany grown off island does not hold the vibrational wisdom of Dittany on Crete.<\/p>\n

Cretans consider Dittany the most powerful of herbs. For at least ten thousand years, Dittany has been held sacred as a panacea cure all and magical herb of health. For this and many other reasons, the Angels describe Dittany Flower Essence as the keystone of our Cretan Flower Essences.<\/p>\n

Dittany Flower Essence is a foundation Flower Essence holding the template of the very best we can be. It holds a template for excellent health. It holds the template for embodying our most evolved selves. It holds a template for love without thought of self. It also holds the template for each of us to return to the values of matriarchy and matriarchal community. Matriarchal community is both something that flourished on the island of Crete for many thousands of years and something that will flourish again worldwide as a natural upwelling of us individually anchoring in our inner light, love and Divinity.<\/p>\n

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Crete\u2019s Precious Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben and Miriah returned from their Flower Essence mission to Crete with 23 Flower Essences. As I got to know each Flower, I unexpectedly learned much about humanity\u2019s way forward and the journey we are embarked upon to leave patriarchy behind and find a new way to live together.<\/p>\n

Crete and its Flowers embody a different model of being than the patriarchal one we have been told is, \u201cthe way things have been and always will be.\u201d Crete\u2019s history reveals that patriarchy is a system of dominance that CAN be dismantled, because it wasn\u2019t always the existing framework of humanity. Tools of patriarchal domination include war, slavery, subjugation of women, accumulation of wealth through taking advantage of other less powerful people and manipulation of spirituality into religious dictates that subjugate others; all these tools of patriarchy can and will be dismantled, and ancient Crete and its Flowers can help us do this.<\/p>\n

Why? Because Crete and its Flowers still vibrate a model of a different way of being. From 7000 BC to 1450 BC Crete was a vibrant and harmonious matriarchal culture. This makes Crete and its Flowers extremely helpful and illuminating vibrational role models of matriarchy for an evolving humanity.<\/p>\n

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What is Matriarchy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One prevalent misunderstanding of matriarchal cultures is that they involved powerful warrior women subjugating men. This is not what matriarchal cultures are or ever were. Matriarchies were not about preferential treatment of women or anyone else. Any community, including those run by women, in which all citizens are not treated as equals is a patriarchy.<\/p>\n

Matriarchies were communities that lived by the values of motherhood: love, caring and generosity. In matriarchies these were the values held to be the most important values by both sexes. Matriarchal cultures lived from the experience of our inherent equality as children of God\/Goddess. Matriarchies honored mothers as the earthly bearers of new life and the values of motherhood as paramount, but they did not translate this into a hierarchy enforced by war, subjugation or violence. There were no structures around the notions of defense, superiority or power. Instead, matriarchal cultures were participatory democracies governed by consensus. Wealth was shared through structures of gift giving and other tools for sharing resources.<\/p>\n

How did Matriarchy do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matriarchal cultures didn\u2019t \u201cdo\u201d anything, instead they experienced themselves as whole and lived from this truth. Matriarchal cultures experienced God\/Goddess as within us. Matriarchal cultures understood each of us to be a perfect and unique expression of Divinity. Matriarchies flourished through a recognition of the truth that each child comes from God in perfection and nothing can alter this wholeness. In matriarchal cultures, each person\u2019s life unfolded in a celebration of this wholeness. Life was about expressing purpose from a state of completeness never about striving to prove one\u2019s worth through doing or fixing or making ourselves better than others.<\/p>\n

In patriarchy the Divine origin of each of us is lost in a pervasive fear we are not whole or enough. A child in patriarchy comes into life to be given the immediate message that he or she is in need of improvement. A child raised in patriarchy is programmed to think he or she is what he or she possesses<\/em> and what she or he does <\/em>and what other people think<\/em> of him or her. The key erroneous belief of patriarchy is that each of us is separate from God so we must strive to become something valuable, whereas the child of matriarchy knows he or she is one with God\/Goddess and lives as an expression of God\/Goddess with worth never under discussion.<\/p>\n

Since we all currently live in patriarchy of some form or another, it is very hard to imagine what it must have been like to live in matriarchy and have one\u2019s life flow from God through oneself in an expression of Divinity. Sometimes we taste this flow, but it\u2019s hard to imagine living like this all the time.<\/p>\n

In our world we get constant reinforcement that we must control our experience and become better. We get little if any support to let go and let God. May these Flower Essences release all of us into knowing our wholeness. May they help each of us sink into matriarchy to be set free and to live in a flowering of happiness. May we all experience a release from patriarchy soon, and may these Flower Essences do their best to help us with this release.<\/p>\n

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Back to History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most communities of Old Europe (6500 BC- 3500 BC) were matriarchal. These pre- patriarchal Neolithic cultures were settled, agricultural, artistic, peaceful, egalitarian cultures worshipping the Goddess and celebrating birth, death and the regeneration of all life. We look to Crete as a role model for matriarchy, because it had the most long lasting matriarchal culture in the Mediterranean basin and Europe and existed as a particularly beautiful expression of these values. Crete\u2019s matriarchy survived the longest because it was the last to be invaded by warring nomadic tribes from the north. This happened in 1450 BC after over 5,000 years as a radiant, joyful matriarchal society. Archeological remains reflect Minoan matriarchal experience of oneness with Divinity in that there are no ruins of defensive systems, buildings or weapons.<\/p>\n

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Mistaken History<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the reasons Flower Essences are so helpful is because they remain in their vibrational truth even when described incorrectly or inaccurately. This comforts me as we experience an era of \u201calternative facts.\u201d The vibration of a Flower Essence cannot be tampered with by language or branding. Each Flower Essence is what it is, and people and animals recognize each Essence as either sharing something helpful or not.<\/p>\n

Even though Flower Essences can survive the assault of manipulative language, it is still important for us to try very hard to use descriptive language about Flower Essences accurately. This is true of everything, as everything deserves to be described with sincerity so that all things can shine in untarnished and beautiful truth.<\/p>\n

The erroneous way ancient matriarchal Crete is described is a case in point. \u00a0Take, for example, the famous Minoan building complex in Knossos. This complex was a sacred center that embodied the wisdom of living from divine oneness, egalitarian love and the generosity held so sacred by the Minoan civilization.<\/p>\n

However the archaeologist who \u201cdiscovered\u201d the structures in 1900 AD described these buildings through his patriarchal lens of the separation mindset of power and wealth inequality. Instead of describing the building complexes correctly as community gathering places where communal food was stored, art and other sacred objects were made, and spiritual and cultural events were celebrated, archeologist Arthur Evans described the structures as the palace of a warrior King. In choosing to define the compound as one man\u2019s palace, he assumed the site reflected the post Minoan patriarchal values of violently taking more than one\u2019s share then proving one\u2019s value with a very splashy palace.<\/p>\n

The sharing of resources and the generosity of Minoans is so opposite this description. In ancient matriarchal Minoan Crete, resources were shared in a system of generosity and gift giving to ensure all could thrive. When you know you are from God and so is everyone else, there is no impulse other than sharing with each other.<\/p>\n

This Minoan acknowledgement of our oneness and great generosity of spirit survives intact in Crete even after 3500 years of invasions by different patriarchal societies from Myceneans to Nazis to the current Russian oligarchs who are buying up the island. To this day, events in a Cretan community such as weddings are \u201ccome one, come all\u201d celebrations with everyone welcomed and well fed. Travellers to Crete, including Ben and Miriah, report how people constantly give strangers free food, welcome them into their homes and go out of their way to be open hearted and generous. Ben and Miriah noticed that every stray animal was treated as an appreciated part of the community with food offered and a gentle welcoming of any cat or dog into restaurants or shops. What an incredibly strong vibration the matriarchy of ancient Crete must have that it survives in these acts of generosity and inclusion after 3500 years of patriarchal invasions.<\/p>\n

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Why this Discussion?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So why does this matter to us? First of all, it is vital for us to understand that patriarchy is not a given. Patriarchy can and will become a cultural structure we leave behind. Most historians and people in power tell us we have always had institutionalized war and oppression and always will have this. This is not true. Patriarchy is not a permanent reality. We have lived in harmonious cooperative community before patriarchy, and we will do it again. This shift is underway right now. Knowing this is very empowering. It helps us leave behind despair and live in hope.<\/p>\n

The ancient Minoan civilization of Crete is a touchstone as we go forward to imagine and co-create a world in which we are all treated as equals and where tools of patriarchy are abandoned, never to subjugate others or suppress our expression of our true selves again. This ancient matriarchal civilization and the Flower Essences of Crete help us re-imagine and co-create our world into a place where we are not afraid to send our kids to school, where resources are shared and where we live free in the values of Divine oneness, equality, caring and generosity of spirit.<\/p>\n

Our world moves forward on the truth that we can evolve beyond patriarchy and go forward to matriarchal societies that respect all life as equal in its oneness with Divinity. Each Cretan Flower Essence helps us in this.<\/p>\n

More about Dittany Flower Essence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dittany Flower, endemic to (meaning originally found only on) Crete, knows we can make this shift. It is both a promise and a tuning fork, supporting us in our efforts to find our way to a matriarchal re-flowering on Earth. It supports all those who live from different values than patriarchy. It helps us know with every fiber of our being that the values of care, love and generosity are not na\u00efve, silly values but are the life giving, life preserving, life restoring way forward for humanity.<\/p>\n

Dittany supports us to hold true to our essential nature as the way our world is to be reborn. It helps us stay strong through the last tired patriarchal assaults on our loving nature and bolsters our confidence that our essential nature of goodness and light will prevail because it is stronger than anything patriarchy can throw at us.<\/p>\n

Dittany also helps us anchor this truth in others, so if we are teachers, leaders, parents or role models of any kind, working with Dittany helps us hold this vibrational template for those in our care.<\/p>\n

Dittany fills us with the knowledge that the despairing belief that we will always be a patriarchal planet is not fact. \u00a0The patriarchal culture of war, societal and resource inequality, enslavement and disharmony is a piece of history, now passing, and not an eternal verity. Humankind can and will re-find cooperative community based on the values of egalitarian generosity and oneness with all creation. AND THE FLOWERS WILL HELP US DO THIS!<\/p>\n

Dittany finishes this description by sharing its I AM affirmation.<\/p>\n

I AM the only real thing. I AM LOVE.<\/em><\/p>\n

Without further ado, here are the rest of the new Crete Flower Essences.<\/p>\n

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Asphodel<\/strong> from Aptera, Crete- Asphodelus ramosus<\/em><\/p>\n

Asphodel tell us, \u201cI light your way back from hell. I am a torch revealing your way forward, but I am also the fire that knows a new beginning after your dark journey. You had things to learn from patriarchy, but it is done. It is time to leave Hades and return to the light.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ancient Greeks believed that the Asphodel Meadows were the place in Hades where ordinary souls went to live after their deaths. This made me ask Asphodel what the more ancient Minoans thought of it. Asphodel said, \u201cThe Minoans knew me much better, and they included me in many events. They understood I brought light to any gathering. The Minoans were a very beautiful expression of Divinity, and I relished supporting them, just as I relish bringing my light to you now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consider Asphodel to help light your way out of a dark night of the soul or a dark time in your life. Consider Asphodel if a patriarchal drama has you in its snares. Asphodel will light the way out of this drama towards a new way of being.<\/p>\n

I AM the way out of Hades<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Butterfly Orchid<\/strong> from Balos, Crete Orchis papilionacea \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Inspiration<\/p>\n

I help you manifest your dreams. I infuse your creative life with fun and joy. I work with the lightest touch. It may seem like I was never there, but something after the fact will tell you I did much good for you. I am a bit of a mystery, but I love you and want to help you. I am not an aloof or distant mystery but more of a friendly enigma. I may seem as ephemeral as a butterfly moving through your inner garden, but trust me, you will be glad you visited with me.<\/p>\n

I AM the sparkle of creation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cape Sorrel<\/strong> from Prevali, Crete Oxalis pes-caprae \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Support to handle too much data<\/p>\n

I help quiet the clamor of too much data coming at you. I help you calm yourselves, get centered and sort the data with the least amount of fuss and the most clarity possible.<\/p>\n

Amidst turbulent change and in a sea of too much data, I AM calm.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cretan Viper Grass<\/strong> from Prevali, Crete- Scorzonera cretica \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Fearless and bold expression of our true selves<\/p>\n

Cultural shifts come not from the top of hierarchical structures but from the actions of individuals. What begins as a few flashes of light in the dark or the actions of a few individuals grows to fill the whole sky with light. This Flower, endemic to Crete, encourages us to express our unique selves fearlessly and with confidence. It knows that each of us makes a difference and is a vital part of a reborn way of being for humankind.<\/p>\n

I AM the true expression of myself, and in this self-expression, I heal all creation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Crown Daisy<\/strong> from Kaliviani, Crete- Chrysanthemum coronarium\u00a0<\/em>Knowing the infinite sunshine of Divinity is within us<\/p>\n

Patriarchy is a system of authority in which we are told that Divinity is outside ourselves. Our journey right now is to remember the wellspring of all goodness and light is within us, and that Divinity has an internal source within each of us. In this age of alternative facts, it is vital for us to have our own inner experience of Divinity. Knowing truth is different than being told \u201ctruth\u201d by something outside ourselves. This Essence opens us to experience ourselves as inseparable from Divinity. It encourages us to live from this truth and from all truths that flow from within us.<\/p>\n

When a child is born, the crown of the head comes first. So it is that our crowns experience the light of the sun first. This is a moment not of receiving something we do not have, but of the sun reminding us of our own inner sunshine. Throughout our lives when we lift our smiling heads to the sun, we smile from our own sunshine not because the sun is outside of us and we are taking back something we lack.<\/p>\n

On another note, Crown Daisy helps us experience the song and dance that lives within us. You may find yourself singing and dancing after working with this Flower Essence friend!<\/p>\n

I AM one with Goddess.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dittany from Crete<\/strong>– Please read the beginning of this blog<\/p>\n

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Earth Smoke<\/strong> from Prevali, Crete- Fumaria agraria \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Responding to events and our emotions with clarity and balance<\/p>\n

Earth Smoke Flower Essence supports us to see clearly during complex events and emotional times, then to find our way forward with composed action. It cuts through smoky, uncertain times so we have a clear vision of our circumstances, but it also supports us to act from this vision in a grounded and wise way.<\/p>\n

When we feel swamped by too much emotion, Earth Smoke helps us make decisions, because it helps open up a space between feeling our feelings and moving forward in action. This space helps us when we get very fired up by emotions as well as when we get swamped by them. Be it too much heat or too much water, Earth Smoke helps us settle down and find calm. From this place we can proceed calmly and clearly.<\/p>\n

I AM calm in my response to any situation. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Hairy Thorny Broom<\/strong> from Stavros, Crete- Calycotone villos \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Supports us to nourish and protect our inner bee so that it flourishes and grows<\/p>\n

The honeybees love this Flower with a passion. I imagine the ancient peoples of Crete loved this Flower too, because they loved bees. In fact they often depicted the Goddess as Potnia or \u201cPure Mother Bee\u201d and priestesses were called Melissas, their word for bees.<\/p>\n

Just as the ancient people of Crete lived in a matriarchal culture of equality, consensus, generosity and loving kindness, so too bees live in a matriarchy of complete selflessness in which everything is done for the wellbeing of the hive. One of this Flower Essence\u2019s gifts is to help us live like a honeybee.<\/p>\n

Another gift of this plant is to help us find an appropriate and evolving balance of boundaries. Hairy Thorny Bloom is covered in large thorns that protect the Flowers so they don\u2019t get eaten by a passing goat. The original matriarchal Minoan civilization had no defenses or weaponry. In fact, they used all their precious metals for jewelry. During our own culture\u2019s paradigm shifting journey from warring defensiveness to a selfless, generous, egalitarian civilization, our tender expressions of love will sometimes need to be shared but also protected. This is different than protecting without sharing.<\/p>\n

This Flower Essence shows us the balance of generous giving with appropriate boundaries so we can remain intact to live and share another day. Hopefully this transition of needing to protect ourselves will evolve into a place like ancient Crete where there were no defenses because no one needed them.<\/p>\n

I AM Potnia. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Hairy Yellow Vetchling<\/strong> from Prevali, Crete Vicia hybrida \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Practical wisdom about friendship<\/p>\n

This Flower friend wants to help improve our skills at engaging and untangling gently in friendships. This gentle friend knows how to weave its way through other plants, softly shining its wise face but never dominating. It holds a balance of genuine self-expression and self-effacement. When I asked this dear one how it wanted to help you, Hairy Yellow Vetchling said, \u201c I want to help you feel safe to get to know people if you are shy or retiring or gently pull back without hurting any feelings if you feel in over your head in a friendship. I have a lot of wisdom about this delicate dance and would love to share this with you, just as I was always there for the people of ancient Crete.<\/p>\n

I AM the dance of friendship.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Henbit Deadnettle<\/strong> from Balos, Crete- Lamium amplexicaul\u00a0<\/em>Validation that doing a load of laundry and a sinkful of dishes matters<\/p>\n

Selflessness isn\u2019t always dramatic or flashy. In fact it\u2019s usually not. Henbit Deadnettle shares, \u201cI lift up those in the background who are doing the chores of daily living with no fanfare but much love. You matter. I am a groundcover walked on and dismissed, but I know my value. I want you to know yours. I want you to feel my tender vibration under your feet, lifting you up and reminding you that each thankless, selfless job you do heals the world. Bless you. Know I am with you. You matter. What you do matters. You stitch the world together with your acts of thoughtfulness and love. You are a blessing. I see you.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM infinitely precious.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Large Mediterranean Spurge <\/strong>from Kaliviani, Crete- Euphorbia characias \u00a0<\/em>Integrating the wounds of our emotional journeys into healing stories<\/p>\n

As we rebirth ourselves and our world into a more harmonious, loving and healing co-creation, we will need to embrace our emotional memories of what was. This Flower encourages us to use our emotional battle scars not as reasons to stay defended, but as a vital part of our healing stories. Integrated in this way, our wounds become nourishing to ourselves as well as others. Painful events do not define us but inform us of where we\u2019ve been, both for ourselves to be empowered by and for others to be inspired by.<\/p>\n

This Flower Essence helps us with this journey of owning what we have been through, seeing how it informs what we want to express in our lives and then going forward into full creative expression of who we are.<\/p>\n

I AM the story and I AM the storyteller.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mandrake<\/strong> from Balos, Crete- Mandragora autumnalis \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Rooting us in the right circumstances<\/p>\n

Folklore (and Harry Potter) tell us that if we uproot a Mandrake, it will kill us with its scream. Mandrake sets the record straight, \u201c I am a very vocal plant. I like to help you get to the root of what is bothering you. I will do this by talking to you very loud and clear. You may be skeptical about my gifts, but even if you just put a bottle of my Flower Essence in your pocket, I will help you know what you need to root out, what the root of your problems are and how to either root yourself more fully in a harmonious situation or transplant yourself with ease to a new one.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM mastery of my roots.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mediterranean Mallow<\/strong> from Balos, Crete- Malva cretica \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Finding our beauty within<\/p>\n

\u201cI contain much wisdom about beauty, both the skin-deep kind and the inner kind. One of my secrets is that I help you switch your focus from applying beauty from without to finding beauty from within. I help those of you who feel less than in the beauty department to experience the imperishable beauty that ever lives within you. This may sound rather far-fetched or perhaps impractical, but moving your understanding of beauty from without to within as I support you to do is surprisingly powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM beauty from within.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pink Catch Fly<\/strong> from Stavros, Crete- Silene colorata \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Freedom from any chains binding your self-expression<\/p>\n

Pink Catchfly tells us, \u201cI am especially helpful for those who have been stifled in their efforts at self actualization. I am particularly helpful in the realm of free expression in the arts, in relationships and in athletic endeavors. I frequently worked with the bull acrobats of Minos so I still carry this energy of flexible, adventurous and vibrant self-expression.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM exuberant and joyful self-expression. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Pink Rock Rose<\/strong> from Stavros, Crete- Cistus creticus \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Living with a generosity of spirit no matter the circumstances.<\/p>\n

After more than 5000 years as a harmonious matriarchy of egalitarian values, Crete suffered 3500 years of invasion by warring tribes, yet the people of Crete have held onto their caring concern for others, treating even strangers with selfless generosity. This gorgeous Flower, endemic to Crete, helps us hold fast to these values of loving care even when we feel under attack. Oftentimes in patriarchy those with generous hearts are seen by others as foolish. This Essence supports these souls to know their love is a pivotal part of humanity\u2019s way forward and their expressions of loving kindness are heroic.<\/p>\n

I AM life giving loving kindness.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Purple Viper\u2019s Bugloss from Crete<\/strong> from Aptera Echium vulgar\u00a0<\/em>Respite and renewal on our journey of divine self-expression<\/p>\n

Divinity flows through us to release us from ego so that we can become an expression of our truest self. Sometimes there are strong winds of resistance to our being true to ourselves. To put it another way, other people\u2019s egos don\u2019t always like it. Sometimes this feedback can leave us weary and in need of a safe harbor to re-group in. This Flower Essence anchors us in the space within us of respite and renewal. Rested, we can joyfully take up our work of expressing our unique selves in the world once again.<\/p>\n

I AM safe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sea Medick<\/strong> from Stavros, Crete- Medicago marina \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Heart health and well-being<\/p>\n

Medicks are traditional medicines. Recently this particular Medick has also been under consideration as a possible crop prospect for places dealing with climate change as it is both drought and saline tolerant.<\/p>\n

Sea Medick explains, \u201cMy Flower Essence helps strengthen your heart in its role as the primary chalice of love and light in your life. I particularly help you find a strong and balanced rhythmic giving and receiving of love and light from your heart. This serves the rhythmic function of your heart as well as the rhythmic flow of your life.<\/p>\n

Echoing my gifts as a plant that is both drought tolerant and able to handle salt water flooding, I will help you through dry spells in your heart\u2019s flow as well as times of many tears flowing. \u00a0I smooth the incoming and outgoing waves of light and love through the vehicle of your heart to make your life a more balanced expression of self.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM the perfect rhythm of my love filled heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thistle from Crete<\/strong> from Stavros- Circium creticum \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Support to find appropriate boundaries then adapt them as circumstances change<\/p>\n

This Thistle, endemic to Crete, tells us, \u201cI help you maintain needed boundaries but also soften them when they are no longer necessary. I am very helpful for those with any kind of PTSD and will help any sentient being through a healing process towards greater ease and feelings of safety in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM safe in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thyme from Crete<\/strong> from Kaliviani Thymus \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>It\u2019s always healing time with thyme<\/p>\n

All Thyme Flower Essences open up the possibility for us to have more time to inhabit our physical beings with a greater experience of vitality and health. When I asked Thyme from Crete how it was different from the Thyme Flower Essence we offer from the gardens here or the Thyme from Omey Island in Ireland, Thyme from Crete explained, \u201cI am a very pure version of the essence of Thyme. I am particularly helpful for those who have burned themselves to a crisp in dramatic fiery times. I help them renew their physical bodies and settle back into their healing bodies with calm and contentment. These other Thyme beloveds focus more on cold and wet conditions. I help most when there has been too much fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM complete healing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Water Wattle<\/strong> from Stavros, Crete- Acacia retinodes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Seeing beyond ego to the God within<\/p>\n

Patriarchy makes a god of the ego even though it is a false construct. Now is the time to dissolve our egos and our allegiance to the false selves of anyone else\u2019s ego. Now is the time to ground in our Divine self-identity and our equality in Divine oneness. This Flower is endemic to Crete and reflects the ancient Cretan values of oneness in Divine identity. It has many circular blossoms of yellow, all of equal size. Water Wattle explains, \u201cI help you cut through the ego mask and perceive the true self and Divine identity of anyone you are talking to. If someone engages you from his or her ego, I help you see beyond this illusory self to the real self behind the ego projection.<\/p>\n

I AM indivisible with my Divine self, and in Divine oneness I connect to the Divine self of others. <\/em><\/p>\n

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White Hedge Nettle <\/strong>from Preveli, Crete- Prasium majus \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Clear\u00a0retrieval of all spiritual guidance imparted during sleep<\/p>\n

This Flower Essence supports us to hear our inner guidance clearly during our night\u2019s sleep then bring this guidance forward to full consciousness in the morning.<\/p>\n

I AM the clear retrieval of all spiritual guidance I receive while I sleep. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Winter Savory<\/strong> from Prevali, Crete- Satureja thymbra \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Support for the awakening power of epiphanies<\/p>\n

Winter Savory is a strong pungent herb associated with the satyrs of mythology who were described as half men and half goat with horse tales. The satyrs were companions of Dionysus. He is best remembered as the Greek god of wine, woman and song, however Dionysus was also the god of epiphany. Epiphany is defined as a sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something or an illuminating discovery or realization.<\/p>\n

Winter Savory\u2019s link to epiphany reveals its true purpose. In patriarchy, the values are imposed from without and through constant reinforcement these values constrain and limit everyone\u2019s belief systems. We awaken from patriarchy and patriarchal values to be set free to be our true selves in individual moments of epiphany.<\/p>\n

Immersed in a collective culture we have dreamed of patriarchy as the collective dream for learning\u2019s sake, but it is time to awaken from this collective dream. To begin with we awaken as individuals, but we are not separate, so each individual awakening helps everyone else.<\/p>\n

Winter Savory helps us welcome epiphanies as the experience that wakes us up. Epiphanies are vivid. They surprise us. They stay with us. They are always benign in their gifts. The herb Winter Savory is vivid and pungent. It surprises us with its intensity and lingers on the air when we rub its leaves. As a Flower Essence it wakes us sweetly but firmly. It works with synchronicity to frame the epiphanies in our lives so we respect them as our Divinity calling to wake us up from within us.<\/p>\n

Language can\u2019t really grasp epiphany nor can I describe this Essence, but it is a force to be reckoned with and embraced. It lives to serve the light within us.<\/p>\n

I AM awake to my true self. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Yellow Mullein from Crete<\/strong> Aptera- Verbascum macrurum \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Yes! It\u2019s really happening! We are healing!<\/p>\n

This powerhouse untangles us from the snares of anything that tells us we can\u2019t sink into a palpable enduring experience of our evolving perfection. Anywhere Mullein expresses itself it proclaims, \u201cYES WE CAN.\u201d In Crete is says, \u201cYES WE DID! YES WE CAN! YES WE WILL AGAIN. IT IS DONE!\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM my Divine purpose made manifest.<\/em><\/p>\n

These wonderful Flower Essence friends from Crete are ready when you are. \u00a0To order, email us or find them in the Mediterranean Collection on the website. I thank Miriah and Ben from the bottom of my heart for bringing these Flower Essences to the Green Hope Farm community.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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