MAKING YOUR OWN ESSENCES

If you really feel inspired, and wish to make your own essences, try my booklet What Are Flower Essences? ($5.00), or introductory essence tape ($5.00) which outlines the whole procedure for you. I have found that it is often the little wild flower that springs up under my front steps that is the one I really need right now! Once you start working with the Nature Kingdom, they will constantly find ways to get your attention and work with you. This is one of the most rewarding parts of working with essences. Communicating with Nature. If you do start making essences and have questions, please contact me at taliloquay@earthlink.net.

Very briefly, flower essences "capture" the vibrations of a flower or gemstone in pure water. The vibrations are then "set" into the water using sunlight, and preserved by adding brandy (or sometimes vinegar or other substances). It is important to create a relationship with the Nature Kingdom before doing this. Normally when a flower is picked, the life force of that flower goes directly back into the plant. When making essences you want that life force to be infused in the water; so you let the Nature Kingdom know what you are doing. Also, if you wish to find out directly what that essence will do for you and for humans in general, it is good to ground and center yourself, and ask to speak with the Deva of that flower. Devas hold the pattern of each particular plant. A Deva of Iris will be the Deva of ALL Irises around the world. Nature Spirits are also useful to commune with; they are more local. The Nature Spirits of your land, or the land that the plant is on, will be different from those of Irises elsewhere. Nature Spirits, or "sprites" as they sometimes like to be called, are responsible for the care of the plant; they can tell you what the plant needs in order to thrive, and what your particular plant needs, if it is not thriving.

Other good (and more extensive) references on making flower essences:

1) Gurudas, Flower Essences and Vibrational Healing. Cassandra Press, Boulder, CO. Also Gem Elixirs and Vibrational Healing, Vols. I & II. These are out of print, but search the net for used books [i.e. bookfinder.com, etc] They are well worth it! These contain much esoteric lore around the origin and use of essences, from Lemurian times onwards.

2) Machaelle Small Wright, Flower Essences. Perelandra Ltd., Warrenton, VA. A practical down-to-earth method of making and using flower essences, focusing on her particular ones.

3) Edward Bach. Any of his original writings. There is a Collected Writings of Edward Bach, edited by Julian Barnard, Ashgrove Publishing, London & Bath. It is good to read Bach's own writings to get a flavor of the man and his vision. The other books will be more useful in learning the actual methods of making essences, but this in invaluable for the reasoning and spirit behind WHY you will want to make and use essences. The first chapters are the most recent of Bach's writings, containing his final conclusions about the various flowers he was using; but the other chapters show the progression of his thought, from that of a homeopathic physician to that of the first flower essence practitioner since Atlantean times (as far as we know)

STORING ESSENCES

Store your essences in a clean, not brightly-lit place. Clean and charge some quartz crystals to keep your essences clean and protect them from outside vibrations, and put these around the place in which the essences are stored. Clean these crystals regularly.

If the dropper of the essence bottle touches anything other than the sterile bottle that you are making up, then wash the dropper in soap and water and pour boiling water over it, to return it to a sterile condition before putting it back into the original bottle.

BRANDY OR VINEGAR? Essences preserved with brandy will last indefinitely if stored in a vibrationally clean place; it is good to wipe them down with salt water once in awhile and to clear the crystals you have guarding them regularly. Essences preserved in vinegar can last up to two years; the vinegar tends to dissolve dropper caps, however.

MAKING ESSENCES FROM POISONOUS PLANTS AND GEMSTONES

Some plants are not safe for human consumption. Some gemstones partially dissolve in water, or leave poisonous residues when soaked in water. When dealing with plants, you may make the essence in the usual way, seal it in a clear glass jar, and put that jar into a bowl of pure water in the sun for 3 hours. Ask the deva of the plant and your local nature sprites to transfer the vibrations of that flower that are useful (and not harmful to humans) into the bowl of water surrounding the container of possibly poisonous essence.

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TALILOQUAY FLOWER ESSENCES & GEM ELIXIRS