This one is frankincense but there are others, like jewelweed and lavender
Next , there must be a cedar wood, frankincense and vetiver for pain relief..I will try:)
Monday, August 12, 2013
managing my local business
People around ask me for soap now. My daughter's friend asked if she could have some soap:)...
Course she did. Once you get the clean, smooth sweep of the finest layer of beautiful essential oils gliding on you and making you feel good and your skin happy, you don't want to not have them. People come and use my washroom... and I have a creamy patchouli soap in there right now sitting on a clay soap dish that Sarah made next to some cream I whipped up with sandalwood in it..I am sure someone snooped and opened a jar to smell..
Dude. natural skin care is where its at!
This is true 100% of the time..using an oil such as frankincense is something your brain with all its neurons and whatnot, will make new cells and lighten up areas unperceived. These are particles which have yet to be discovered...
And that is just one oil. Imagine when working with all of them?
One can now see that it is of utmost, yes I said utmost:) importance that we choose vendors of oils who are also artists and are of right mind. I am thinking organic whenever possible. But when it comes to ancient practice of collecting resins off of trees, you are talking about someone who must have reverance for his trees. I would think so anyhow.
As far as local go, they will say, " I need some soap momma", and then weeks go by as I wait for money..
Do I simply deliver soap and expect payment..that seems like kind of vague..I do not really like hauling product with a vague notion on if it should be now or later.
I get it, we are all busy, but I, myself must become more diligent..besides, it is what it is..
I will not deliver products like some gypsy, you want, come to me honey, with money"))
Money is so weird yo..
Yesterday, I confided to a customer that I make my own soap..
She talked the whole time...
"I really love that one lady's soap at the farmers market, but it's four dollars"
She wanted really cheap soap but natural:))
"how much is your soap, will you sell me some?"
My soap is nine dollars, I told her..
"wow"
"Well some of us like nice things and wonderful oils are exquisitely expensive..."
She bought the soap made in Israel, that is three for six dollars..I gave her the one with shea butter, I do not think that the vanilla scent is real..but I must get off of my soap box..who am I the ketone police?
I hope that she goes back to the girl at the market and splurges on herself.
I mean really, it is four dollars, what is she going to save the world with four dollars?
I learned something from Clara at Zerbos's years ago..."Practice what you are worth" she said to me.
Thank you, have a wonderful day xo
Saturday, August 10, 2013
chypre in the woods
labbdanum
bergamot
lime
rose one drop in the whole blend
sandalwood
templin fir
cedarwood
frankincense
oakmoss
patchouli
vetiver
balsam fir
black spruce
looking for a nice tenacious scent for your day?
One which you can apply over you moisture cream and not mess up the scent which you started with?
One which heats up and changes and elevates you to a higher consciousness?
Try this blend..
more layers than what is usual for me..but sometimes I do a nice job at blending..
I took ideas from White Lotus and mixed oils from many sources..
I am very pleased with this..I hope those of you who have had one, are enjoying its wonderful grounding energy..
xoxo
being in receiving
Is there a difference between taking and receiving?
There must be. Otherwise we wouldn't feel such guilt over getting.
Capricorn Moon wants to pay back some how as if life is in trading things..to make things right.
Libra Sun says, "oh, how nice, I am loved.."
Scorpio takes money for granted and loves her little games, in secret where she beats everyone..money is no object! She'll give you the shirt off her back and maybe later take yours..ha ha ha..be nice, I am kidding:)
Sagittarius wants to prove she is a capable person..
She is chill and relaxed about money herself to meet her own needs..most of the time..she has no problem spending it and accepting she can sort through details all day..focus and say, "thank you"
Listen, all I am saying is for us to be accepting and not just taking so if that means giving something to someone you love, then so be it, give it. If you have it, give it!
that is how it works for me..
And give to yourself. I think accepting a gift from myself is so wonderful! Do I ask myself if that money could have been better spent on clothes or more food for my children? Rarely! i will spend all the money on them, my children..
There is always enough for us to get what we want and I usually want things.
I want a pound of distilled frankincense and I hear told by some reputable sources that Mysore sandalwood is being sold as real, the real thing..
Dang man, what if it is true??
I remember I had 16 ounces from Trigve at enfleurage, once! sigh...Trigve..what kind of awesome name is that for a world traveling aromatherapist!?
She had some of the finest oils I have ever had the pleasure of using:)
enfleurage
I really haven't bought anything there lately because, well, one never gets to talk to Trigve any more, do they?
Plus..I am using huge amounts of oils, and five mls here and there is not practical..but still, her myrrh and her green lemon were out of this world. I remember one time, she sold me some frankincense and myrrh resins which were in chunks as big as my fist!
Thank you Trigve, for making the 1990's glorious!!
I like it when a business is small enough to treat you like the friend you have always been to them as a patron of their wares..At the very least that is what I strive for mine..
How do we become more serene in our daily "accepting" of goodness?
I think it is just by saying thank you:) each time:) thank you for even the smallest thing..it is going to be a nice day.
Aries says, "thank you, may I have anothah?"
Taurus, "that was delicious, now come here..:)
Gemini, "thanks, momma"
Cancer, "lovely, I needed this:)"
Leo, "this looks good on me, thank you"
Virgo, trying not to feel guilty, "thank you" and then already having had plans to devour this treat, moves off in a little corner and partitions off each section to analyze exactly where it'll be used and how, of course..there are ins and outs an what have yous..
Libra, surprised and gratefully, saying, "thank you"
Aquarius, looks great and loves her space, saying "thank you"
Pisces feeling the most gratitude whilst giving..
Have I missed anyone?
There must be. Otherwise we wouldn't feel such guilt over getting.
Capricorn Moon wants to pay back some how as if life is in trading things..to make things right.
Libra Sun says, "oh, how nice, I am loved.."
Scorpio takes money for granted and loves her little games, in secret where she beats everyone..money is no object! She'll give you the shirt off her back and maybe later take yours..ha ha ha..be nice, I am kidding:)
Sagittarius wants to prove she is a capable person..
She is chill and relaxed about money herself to meet her own needs..most of the time..she has no problem spending it and accepting she can sort through details all day..focus and say, "thank you"
Listen, all I am saying is for us to be accepting and not just taking so if that means giving something to someone you love, then so be it, give it. If you have it, give it!
that is how it works for me..
And give to yourself. I think accepting a gift from myself is so wonderful! Do I ask myself if that money could have been better spent on clothes or more food for my children? Rarely! i will spend all the money on them, my children..
There is always enough for us to get what we want and I usually want things.
I want a pound of distilled frankincense and I hear told by some reputable sources that Mysore sandalwood is being sold as real, the real thing..
Dang man, what if it is true??
I remember I had 16 ounces from Trigve at enfleurage, once! sigh...Trigve..what kind of awesome name is that for a world traveling aromatherapist!?
She had some of the finest oils I have ever had the pleasure of using:)
enfleurage
I really haven't bought anything there lately because, well, one never gets to talk to Trigve any more, do they?
Plus..I am using huge amounts of oils, and five mls here and there is not practical..but still, her myrrh and her green lemon were out of this world. I remember one time, she sold me some frankincense and myrrh resins which were in chunks as big as my fist!
Thank you Trigve, for making the 1990's glorious!!
I like it when a business is small enough to treat you like the friend you have always been to them as a patron of their wares..At the very least that is what I strive for mine..
How do we become more serene in our daily "accepting" of goodness?
I think it is just by saying thank you:) each time:) thank you for even the smallest thing..it is going to be a nice day.
Aries says, "thank you, may I have anothah?"
Taurus, "that was delicious, now come here..:)
Gemini, "thanks, momma"
Cancer, "lovely, I needed this:)"
Leo, "this looks good on me, thank you"
Virgo, trying not to feel guilty, "thank you" and then already having had plans to devour this treat, moves off in a little corner and partitions off each section to analyze exactly where it'll be used and how, of course..there are ins and outs an what have yous..
Libra, surprised and gratefully, saying, "thank you"
Aquarius, looks great and loves her space, saying "thank you"
Pisces feeling the most gratitude whilst giving..
Have I missed anyone?
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
making
Jewelweed Balm
with organic calendula infusion and jewelweed extract
the oils will be simply og olive
organic calendulas from the garden infused in the olive oil
beeswax
jewelweed extract
organic lavender oil (Bulgarian)
(they say jewelweed helps with poison ivy, I have never tried it and so I cannot say for sure, all I know is I have been wanting to make this for a long time)
Organic Calendula Lavender Balm
with organic calendula extract and organic lavender oil made with beeswax
(simple and perfect for any reason which lavender would be helpful0))
Organic Calendula Balm
with steam distilled frankincense
and organic calendula infusion in organic olive oil
(who wouldn't want a rich frankincense balm handy when something serious needs tending to...head, shoulders, knees and toes are all about frankincense)
with organic calendula infusion and jewelweed extract
the oils will be simply og olive
organic calendulas from the garden infused in the olive oil
beeswax
jewelweed extract
organic lavender oil (Bulgarian)
(they say jewelweed helps with poison ivy, I have never tried it and so I cannot say for sure, all I know is I have been wanting to make this for a long time)
Organic Calendula Lavender Balm
with organic calendula extract and organic lavender oil made with beeswax
(simple and perfect for any reason which lavender would be helpful0))
Organic Calendula Balm
with steam distilled frankincense
and organic calendula infusion in organic olive oil
(who wouldn't want a rich frankincense balm handy when something serious needs tending to...head, shoulders, knees and toes are all about frankincense)
new moon
in Leo in August right now:)
If there were a time of year when you could take all the adoration, all the confidence and self love and squeeze it in a few glorious days, it would be now. (how about all the time too!!) The new Moon in Leo, you, me the whole thing.. expressing appreciation for our awesomeness!
Think about how amazing you are. think that what ever you present to your peers will be loved and admired for its art and creativity. think boons, gifts and new ideas coming to you.
Think about reading a new book and speculating as to the outcome and being pleasantly surprised by everything..that comes with your expectations.
Open your heart to love, and contentment. Open your heart and mind to the best things and know you are already there, having everything you wanted at your feet, energy flowing through your fingertips and spreading sparkling joy to all.
xoxoxoo
one drop rose on your heart
one drop sandalwood on your third eye
one drop frankincense at your tops of both feet
apply and be open to love, grace and wisdom/confidence
If there were a time of year when you could take all the adoration, all the confidence and self love and squeeze it in a few glorious days, it would be now. (how about all the time too!!) The new Moon in Leo, you, me the whole thing.. expressing appreciation for our awesomeness!
Think about how amazing you are. think that what ever you present to your peers will be loved and admired for its art and creativity. think boons, gifts and new ideas coming to you.
Think about reading a new book and speculating as to the outcome and being pleasantly surprised by everything..that comes with your expectations.
Open your heart to love, and contentment. Open your heart and mind to the best things and know you are already there, having everything you wanted at your feet, energy flowing through your fingertips and spreading sparkling joy to all.
xoxoxoo
one drop rose on your heart
one drop sandalwood on your third eye
one drop frankincense at your tops of both feet
apply and be open to love, grace and wisdom/confidence
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
the in crowd
who cares, you attract who you are anyhow!
Look at psychics and fortune tellers for example, the ones I've seen are overweight and look unhealthy..open all day to others woes, they allow for a certain absorption of energies. With Uranus retrograde the "in" crowd may surprise you. I would still say to keep your cool and do not stand out right now. There is always someone slick around to wowz us and makes us question our own pizazz..
You will see in some a certain desperate anxiousness which stems from control issues that need to be addressed, and you'll see sudden flashes of insight and crazy raw shakti realities down from the pit of your stomach....
look deeply there at the base of your spine where all your beginnings lie.
A healer woman, came the other day, a homeopath to boot. She brought her business card in order to promote her new office of homeopathy. She was pretty with nice very light complexion and heavy and tall at the same time. She looked like she had a huge brain, like her forehead was too full in the front..full and round..
After she left, one of the vitamin reps said quietly, that clearly she has things to work on before she can help others..
so true, but she may have had a gift unseen to help a few people..and yes she still has things to work on, but the vitamin rep has a bit competitive defensive disdain for her upon sight, that he automatically went in his Cancer cave and said it when you could only see two little eyes out of the sand of his persona. heh,
he is lovely!
People judge one another, what can we do?
Some of us have the ability to observe and not judge too hastily, and others do not..we are not saints, we are humans learning to become and know what we are..but on the other hand..
Just sayin'...
Hey man, if you snap at me and your lip sneers, that is the last thing I'll ever remember about you, I'll walk away because I am a Libra, I will remember a faint picture of you for eternity, that is Scorpio in me..I am not a saint for gosh's sakes..you?
Let's face it, we work, we are always in contact with many people. I am, all day. About a million of them a year..(just guessing:))) people in my face all day talking about their ailments, what doctor oz said, their most private body functions, more and more wanting to go all natural with skin care..Yeiiyaa!!
I always give them probiotics and food based vitamins and ask them why they can't sleep. Why? Sleeping is so nice!
Then they tell me. Awe!!
Pisces folks, your mind may be too active and creating scenarios that are not true and based on your desire to control everyone because we all know that you are right in the end:)
Aries, you are very attached to some things. You will have to change and let yourself give up.
You have immersed yourself for too many years in your militant view of your life and your church. (whatever dogma it may be)
Not everything is written in stone. I feel like Aries men go through a thing where they are inconsolable over past events, dwelling on things that cannot be changed. Your will is not other's will. I'll never be.
I suppose that goes for all of us:)
xo
Look at psychics and fortune tellers for example, the ones I've seen are overweight and look unhealthy..open all day to others woes, they allow for a certain absorption of energies. With Uranus retrograde the "in" crowd may surprise you. I would still say to keep your cool and do not stand out right now. There is always someone slick around to wowz us and makes us question our own pizazz..
You will see in some a certain desperate anxiousness which stems from control issues that need to be addressed, and you'll see sudden flashes of insight and crazy raw shakti realities down from the pit of your stomach....
look deeply there at the base of your spine where all your beginnings lie.
A healer woman, came the other day, a homeopath to boot. She brought her business card in order to promote her new office of homeopathy. She was pretty with nice very light complexion and heavy and tall at the same time. She looked like she had a huge brain, like her forehead was too full in the front..full and round..
After she left, one of the vitamin reps said quietly, that clearly she has things to work on before she can help others..
so true, but she may have had a gift unseen to help a few people..and yes she still has things to work on, but the vitamin rep has a bit competitive defensive disdain for her upon sight, that he automatically went in his Cancer cave and said it when you could only see two little eyes out of the sand of his persona. heh,
he is lovely!
People judge one another, what can we do?
Some of us have the ability to observe and not judge too hastily, and others do not..we are not saints, we are humans learning to become and know what we are..but on the other hand..
Just sayin'...
Hey man, if you snap at me and your lip sneers, that is the last thing I'll ever remember about you, I'll walk away because I am a Libra, I will remember a faint picture of you for eternity, that is Scorpio in me..I am not a saint for gosh's sakes..you?
Let's face it, we work, we are always in contact with many people. I am, all day. About a million of them a year..(just guessing:))) people in my face all day talking about their ailments, what doctor oz said, their most private body functions, more and more wanting to go all natural with skin care..Yeiiyaa!!
I always give them probiotics and food based vitamins and ask them why they can't sleep. Why? Sleeping is so nice!
Then they tell me. Awe!!
Pisces folks, your mind may be too active and creating scenarios that are not true and based on your desire to control everyone because we all know that you are right in the end:)
Aries, you are very attached to some things. You will have to change and let yourself give up.
You have immersed yourself for too many years in your militant view of your life and your church. (whatever dogma it may be)
Not everything is written in stone. I feel like Aries men go through a thing where they are inconsolable over past events, dwelling on things that cannot be changed. Your will is not other's will. I'll never be.
I suppose that goes for all of us:)
xo
Monday, August 5, 2013
feel the push
(that's what he said)))
August is rough. Becoming aware of school coming up, documents to organize and teachers to talk with, is rough..work, is busier than ever and it is rough too..Mercury finally out of the shadow setup zone making things move faster...
sound about like what is up?
You know what makes me sad and I cried? When Robin Hood died in the BBC series at the end of the show! What a sad death that was!! I cried till midnight! The other stuff, well, life yo!
Kids, work, family, parents!! Oye..It'll never stop..but fantasy keeps us interested. At least it does me. I love a good funny story or something wonderful like Robin Hood dying at the end of the show, Like I think Buffy should have stayed dead at the end of the fifth season instead they brought her back for two more seasons only to make her work in a burger joint and loosing her power in all that mundane misery..
I loved Buffy, I love Joss Whedon and I love the BBC!
How about the new doctor? Anyone a fan of Dr Who?
Hey man, you have to have some sort of diversion from reality, don't you?
Would you be a companion to the doctor?
Hells to the yes, I would!!!!
August is rough. Becoming aware of school coming up, documents to organize and teachers to talk with, is rough..work, is busier than ever and it is rough too..Mercury finally out of the shadow setup zone making things move faster...
sound about like what is up?
You know what makes me sad and I cried? When Robin Hood died in the BBC series at the end of the show! What a sad death that was!! I cried till midnight! The other stuff, well, life yo!
Kids, work, family, parents!! Oye..It'll never stop..but fantasy keeps us interested. At least it does me. I love a good funny story or something wonderful like Robin Hood dying at the end of the show, Like I think Buffy should have stayed dead at the end of the fifth season instead they brought her back for two more seasons only to make her work in a burger joint and loosing her power in all that mundane misery..
I loved Buffy, I love Joss Whedon and I love the BBC!
How about the new doctor? Anyone a fan of Dr Who?
Hey man, you have to have some sort of diversion from reality, don't you?
Would you be a companion to the doctor?
Hells to the yes, I would!!!!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
the garden now
dreams
All I do is dream weird dreams lately so I decided to see what Neptune was up to.
Neptune is at her best in Pisces and here she is.. right now at this time in Pisces and she hasn't been in this area in space for a really long time.
The last time this happened was 1848!
The gold rush, mass hysteria.... (dr oz)??
During 1848, there were many social issues being fought for and begun. I like to think that my dreams are a result of me, thinking about my daily life in cosmic colors where my shakti wakes up new fresh ideas and also instinctively allows to me understand a warning from with in.
I like to be a part of this Neptune Pisces that looks at the deeper meaning of our lives as a mother and woman and a friend to all..yea!
Look at some of the awesome stuff that came as a result of Neptune in Pisces;
like the first homeopathic school and the first women's movement and first gas lights at the white house..
And.. all sorts of countries and governments taking over places on earth. Pisces can be a coltrol freak and mean sometimes, I see that..put Pluto in Aries (1848) and you have violence, put Pluto in Capricorn,(2013) you have wisdom and a littlebit hurt fealings and a time where having had lived and faced the hard knocks of life, nothing on a mundane level which is presented before you will be too shocking.
You can handle anything you set your mind to.
Don't be scared, be a woman! Be the man you think you are in your mind!
The comunist menefesto was also presented during that year and the US took Texas from Mexico..although there were planets in Aries that effected this type social control over the masses. then again, look at the higher octave of that with this cycle of Neptune, The US is in Afganastan and for many years in The Middle east..things are shaking up at all times in that region of earth..
In Myth, stars and planets are given human physiological qualities but in reality it is all magnets and gravity.
By all accounts astrology should not work and some astrologers would say, by all accounts it does!
Uranus aspects correlate with sun spots and solar flares..Neptune brings dreams, it always does.
xo
Neptune is at her best in Pisces and here she is.. right now at this time in Pisces and she hasn't been in this area in space for a really long time.
The last time this happened was 1848!
The gold rush, mass hysteria.... (dr oz)??
During 1848, there were many social issues being fought for and begun. I like to think that my dreams are a result of me, thinking about my daily life in cosmic colors where my shakti wakes up new fresh ideas and also instinctively allows to me understand a warning from with in.
I like to be a part of this Neptune Pisces that looks at the deeper meaning of our lives as a mother and woman and a friend to all..yea!
Look at some of the awesome stuff that came as a result of Neptune in Pisces;
like the first homeopathic school and the first women's movement and first gas lights at the white house..
And.. all sorts of countries and governments taking over places on earth. Pisces can be a coltrol freak and mean sometimes, I see that..put Pluto in Aries (1848) and you have violence, put Pluto in Capricorn,(2013) you have wisdom and a littlebit hurt fealings and a time where having had lived and faced the hard knocks of life, nothing on a mundane level which is presented before you will be too shocking.
You can handle anything you set your mind to.
Don't be scared, be a woman! Be the man you think you are in your mind!
The comunist menefesto was also presented during that year and the US took Texas from Mexico..although there were planets in Aries that effected this type social control over the masses. then again, look at the higher octave of that with this cycle of Neptune, The US is in Afganastan and for many years in The Middle east..things are shaking up at all times in that region of earth..
In Myth, stars and planets are given human physiological qualities but in reality it is all magnets and gravity.
By all accounts astrology should not work and some astrologers would say, by all accounts it does!
Uranus aspects correlate with sun spots and solar flares..Neptune brings dreams, it always does.
xo
Saturday, August 3, 2013
The Plantagenets By Dan Jones
What a wonderful writer Dan Jones(:))) is! Such a way to tell a story. It takes me back a thousand years ago, where war, like today, (1000 years later), was about territory, killing pagans or anyone else who wasn't you, separating Jews, oh yea they did it there too and and taking over a town by taking control of all the food and money. In England, and I don't know why the call it merry cuz it seemed pretty awful, but in England, there were thriving villages in between the killing. people like us wanted a calm serene life with nice food and clean water.
I wonder how they took Jesus' teachings and decided they were for war.
"Christ rules, Christ arms, Christ conquers",
they would chant before war.
Basically these guys around the year, 1200, found out that there was a pretty powerful guy, some sultan, Saladin, taking over countries left and right, and so it starts!
It has continued for thousands of years.
I am glad I do not have to wear a cape over my head so that nobody sees how "hot" I am underneath the robe! I mean it could still happen, I suppose. The spread of Islam is still happening on earth.
One religion can be a little more flexible than another. not by much! The Koran is rigid like the old testament. they are similar..
I wonder what would happen if we just all work together and loved each other, the yin the yang and all that.
The weapons during the turn of the millennium, were bows and swords. You get cut with a knife like that and there is 90% chance you will die from infection.
When I cut myself really badly and saw a reason for concern when everything started to swell up, I had lavender oil, salt and hot water and if I needed, antibiotic ointment. During the Persian empire, resins were used to treat infections while northern Europeans were still using leaches and cow dung!
Of course mommas would find herbs to heal their families! They knew a thing or two about plants. women knew, witches, they called them. Why? The more ignorant, the more one believes in supernatural ideas.
"We are going to kill her, if she floats, she is evil, if she sinks, she is innocent."
Who thinks like that?
"Hey lets make shit up because we are drunk all day and since we are strong and arrogant, well, you had better watch it if we don't like you!"
Look at how easily a man can change when he has a uniform and a gun (police), give a man a gun and he will become the enforcer, he will! Make him a king in a castle, turn him into a god and then beg his forgiveness for killing a dear on his land which he took from you and which you still work so he can eat and go fight in more wars which you pay for!
Ah, taxes! This was a time when taxes were ridiculous. Wars were very expensive even then. How do you think you would feed and pay 15 thousand soldiers? Any way you can scrape up the money, that is how. At one point, the lords and barons said, " no", they were not going to fund yet another war!
Some places on earth were more advanced. Take the American natives before Europeans. They found ways in the woods to help themselves.
I remember as a child instinctively reaching for certain weeds to rub on my itchy bug bites.
That is the rugged and very healthy, plantain herb, by the way:)
Simply smash it up in your hand and rub it on an itchy bug bite. It works. I should make some soap with that!
Why did humans decide that they needed to defend Christ by killing off other humans on earth?
For gold, silly! Lots and lots of gold! Boat fulls of it! And control of the land, for sure!
Some people have said it was because these cultures were heathen, practiced human sacrifices and blood rituals..Europeans in the name of Jesus did the same thing and so did many other civilizations around the planet. And yet, I hear that Christ arms..they killed him too, yo...or almost killed him. I feel like he walked away and perhaps died on a mountain somewhere away from craziness.
Catholics believe that he walked around for 40 days after the Crucifixion. There is only one way that can be true, otherwise he would have shown up a few times and explained that this is not what he was talking about.
He wanted for us to have;
Love
Compassion
Forgiveness
Learning
Making the smallest sacrifices and doing that for love.
I wonder how they took Jesus' teachings and decided they were for war.
"Christ rules, Christ arms, Christ conquers",
they would chant before war.
Basically these guys around the year, 1200, found out that there was a pretty powerful guy, some sultan, Saladin, taking over countries left and right, and so it starts!
It has continued for thousands of years.
I am glad I do not have to wear a cape over my head so that nobody sees how "hot" I am underneath the robe! I mean it could still happen, I suppose. The spread of Islam is still happening on earth.
One religion can be a little more flexible than another. not by much! The Koran is rigid like the old testament. they are similar..
I wonder what would happen if we just all work together and loved each other, the yin the yang and all that.
The weapons during the turn of the millennium, were bows and swords. You get cut with a knife like that and there is 90% chance you will die from infection.
When I cut myself really badly and saw a reason for concern when everything started to swell up, I had lavender oil, salt and hot water and if I needed, antibiotic ointment. During the Persian empire, resins were used to treat infections while northern Europeans were still using leaches and cow dung!
Of course mommas would find herbs to heal their families! They knew a thing or two about plants. women knew, witches, they called them. Why? The more ignorant, the more one believes in supernatural ideas.
"We are going to kill her, if she floats, she is evil, if she sinks, she is innocent."
Who thinks like that?
"Hey lets make shit up because we are drunk all day and since we are strong and arrogant, well, you had better watch it if we don't like you!"
Look at how easily a man can change when he has a uniform and a gun (police), give a man a gun and he will become the enforcer, he will! Make him a king in a castle, turn him into a god and then beg his forgiveness for killing a dear on his land which he took from you and which you still work so he can eat and go fight in more wars which you pay for!
Ah, taxes! This was a time when taxes were ridiculous. Wars were very expensive even then. How do you think you would feed and pay 15 thousand soldiers? Any way you can scrape up the money, that is how. At one point, the lords and barons said, " no", they were not going to fund yet another war!
Some places on earth were more advanced. Take the American natives before Europeans. They found ways in the woods to help themselves.
I remember as a child instinctively reaching for certain weeds to rub on my itchy bug bites.
Simply smash it up in your hand and rub it on an itchy bug bite. It works. I should make some soap with that!
Why did humans decide that they needed to defend Christ by killing off other humans on earth?
For gold, silly! Lots and lots of gold! Boat fulls of it! And control of the land, for sure!
Some people have said it was because these cultures were heathen, practiced human sacrifices and blood rituals..Europeans in the name of Jesus did the same thing and so did many other civilizations around the planet. And yet, I hear that Christ arms..they killed him too, yo...or almost killed him. I feel like he walked away and perhaps died on a mountain somewhere away from craziness.
Catholics believe that he walked around for 40 days after the Crucifixion. There is only one way that can be true, otherwise he would have shown up a few times and explained that this is not what he was talking about.
He wanted for us to have;
Love
Compassion
Forgiveness
Learning
Making the smallest sacrifices and doing that for love.
Friday, August 2, 2013
a dark hermit sort of day
It is a good day to be The Hermit. It is a good day to reckon with your thoughts and plans and say nothing about them. Do not complain or rant or give praise, just think and plan and be a well wisher for yourself and your best happiness.
..be Isis
Today you will nourish yourself and your words should be well chosen and well received by all.
Be royal and be secure that this is the best thing. Demand from your mind and the god within of your divine right. Everything in The Universe belongs to you!
xoxo
..be Isis
Today you will nourish yourself and your words should be well chosen and well received by all.
Be royal and be secure that this is the best thing. Demand from your mind and the god within of your divine right. Everything in The Universe belongs to you!
xoxo
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Calendula Infusion
I cut about three average sized bundles of calendulas and let them dry on linen overnight as to ensure the flowers were free of any watery moisture and then I clipped them at the base and put the flowers in a jar and filled it with olive oil. I then immersed the jar in hot water for two hours. The jar is in a dark cool corner and I already shook it vigorously today and put it back.
I am now waiting for more flowers to open up so I can keep adding fresh flowers to my potion. I want it to smell of summertime. These calendulas are not what I thought they'd be. I expected bright orange flowers and instead I got red apricot colors. They start as maroon colored and then go lighter as they open.
Calendulas are members of the daisy family. They are sweet and sunny in nature. They can withstand a bit of cold where other flowers wilt. They are rich in lutein, a nutrient essential for eye health.
They seem to love being cut and their stems are quite resinous always leaving a sticky sap on my hands when handling them. I will continue to handle them, inhale a deeply as I can, their indescribable scent! I know now why tagets is so special.
Calendulas represent something quite nice spiritually as well.
In folk remedies, this sweet fragrant marigold has been used as a healing skin tonic so gentle as to be a perfect mamma's helper. To anoint your baby after bathing with a nice calendula infused oil, is one of the most magical things, you, as a momma can do.
Calendulla is about using your words to get good results. To listen and to be open to listening.
When they say, "let the sunshine in", they must have been thinking about calendulas!
I am now waiting for more flowers to open up so I can keep adding fresh flowers to my potion. I want it to smell of summertime. These calendulas are not what I thought they'd be. I expected bright orange flowers and instead I got red apricot colors. They start as maroon colored and then go lighter as they open.
Calendulas are members of the daisy family. They are sweet and sunny in nature. They can withstand a bit of cold where other flowers wilt. They are rich in lutein, a nutrient essential for eye health.
They seem to love being cut and their stems are quite resinous always leaving a sticky sap on my hands when handling them. I will continue to handle them, inhale a deeply as I can, their indescribable scent! I know now why tagets is so special.
In folk remedies, this sweet fragrant marigold has been used as a healing skin tonic so gentle as to be a perfect mamma's helper. To anoint your baby after bathing with a nice calendula infused oil, is one of the most magical things, you, as a momma can do.
Calendulla is about using your words to get good results. To listen and to be open to listening.
When they say, "let the sunshine in", they must have been thinking about calendulas!
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