Flowers That Heal: Aromas, Herbs, Essences and Other Secrets of the Fairies

349 Pages·2002·2.34 MB·English

by  Judy Griffin

OTHER BOOKS BY JUDY GRIFFIN, Ph.D.
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The information in this book is not meant to diagnose or treat disease. The recipes are not
substitutes for medication. Please consult with a healthcare provider.
Flowers that Heal
Copyright © 2002 Judy Griffin, Ph.D.
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ISBN: 1931044-35-X
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002104651
This book is dedicated to all the winged heroes of the garden,
and the grandmother I haven’t met, Carmella Monzo DiTorrice.
May she grow in peace with the fairies she wanted to write about.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER 1:THE BEGINNING
The World According To Fairies and Flowers
CHAPTER 2:A FAIRY FEAST
Nutritious Recipes for Health-Conscious Fairies
CHAPTER 3: OPERATION FAIRY STORM
Physical and Mental Stress Reducers
CHAPTER 4:AROMAFAIRAPY
Blending Essential Oils
CHAPTER 5: PET SCENTS
Aromatherapy and Herbs for Animals
CHAPTER 6:THE AESTHETIC GARDEN
Flower Arranging and Tea Ceremonies
CHAPTER 7: PREPARATION TIME
Teas, Tonics, and Fairy Food
CHAPTER 8:A FAIRY WEDDING
A Celebration of Love
CHAPTER 9: FLORA’S DREAM
Empowering the Chakras
CHAPTER 10:THE VISIT
Discovering the Subtle Body
CHAPTER 11:THE JOURNEY
Into the Garden of Beauty
CHAPTER 12: FREEING THE PERSONALITY
Herbs and Flowers For Different Personality Types
CHAPTER 13: SUBTLE BODY HEALING
Flower Essences and Herbal Tonics
CHAPTER 14: FAIRY POTIONS
Combining Herbs, Essential Oils, and Flower Essences for Optimal Health
CHAPTER 15:THE WAY HOME
History, Legend, and Lore
CHAPTER 16: MYSTERIOUS ORIGINS
Healing with Antique Roses
Epilogue
Supplier List
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Preface
Iremember the time when I was a child: the whole world was alive and
glowing. Trees, plants and their flowers were my friends who danced with me
in the moonlight and sparkled with dew in the sunlight. The flowers bloomed
just for me and communicated special messages that made me giggle with
delight. Plants were as real to me as people. I called them each by a special name
and told them all my troubles as I reached over to sniff their beautiful fragrances
and gaze at their dazzling colors.
I instinctively knew that flowers could “see” us and understand how I felt and
what I was thinking about. Every flower was infinitely compassionate and
loving, for flowers know nothing of destruction, brutality, or even judgment.
They are part of a unique communication exuded throughout creation that
sounds like a very high-pitched hum. Their song has rhythm that is pleasantly
warm and jolly. I can remember dancing to their music and feeling as light as a
fairy.
Then, my time with the flowers grew shorter. I hardly had time to stop and
talk to anyone. I was always in a hurry, and the flowers had little to say. Then
came a time when the flowers grew silent and without emotion. I would often
wonder if the flowers still sang.
I began to rediscover the world of Mother Nature’s flower essences, herbs,
and essential oils while suffering from Crohn’s disease. I had recently been
diagnosed with cancer. I was scared, in pain, and in need of support. My answer
to prayer was an inner message to work with flowers. All I really wanted was to
get out of pain, but I made a promise to share everything I learned with others.
Immediately afterwards, every time I walked near a plant, I received the
information that I now share with you in the following pages. For more than
eighteen years, much of this information has been researched and proven in
clinics and private medical practices worldwide.
For every impossible or incurable situation, there is a flower essence to help
us bloom. Flowers not only correct the imbalance in the personality’s needs and
expectations, but they also support us by opening our hearts.
When I work in my gardens, I enter a world where flowers talk and nature
sings. I choose flowers that bloom even under stress from an inner joy, which
expresses the wonders of Nature.
Each flower has a unique message and healing quality that can be captured
into an essence at the peak time of its bloom. The energy of the flowers becomes
available as the bloom opens fully. The best essences are made from flowers that
are disease free, perfectly shaped, and that emit the most auric light from the
center. They should be organically grown in seasons, nurtured, and chosen from
an abundance of full blooms. Most of the blooms should be left untouched,
attracting beneficial insects such as bees, wasps, and butterflies. The balance of
Nature should be left undisturbed.
I have discovered that the experience of gardening is well worth the time and
effort. Flowering plants are wonderful teachers and have taught me many songs
and tunes I have heard only in gardens. The flowers also speak from the heart of
all creation. They communicate the sadness they see in our eyes and catalyze the
potential of what we are yet to be. They heal wounds from the deepest part of the
psyche, reminding us with their beauty that all true healing comes from the
heart.
During the past twenty years, I have worked therapeutically with flower
essences, essential oils, herbs, and nutrition as a clinical herbalist, aromathera-
pist, teacher, counselor, and international lecturer. Certified in Texas as a
horticulturist, I organically grow and produce quality products. I have learned
that plants grown in the adverse climatic conditions of my environment enhance
the immune response of the flowers, forcing them to bloom under stress just as
we who thrive to achieve self-actualization do. As we search within for
understanding and wisdom, Mother Nature will nurture us with the healing
quality of homegrown plants and flowers.
Flower essences and essential oils have been an integral part of traditional
healing since ancient times and are making their way into modern medicine as
an adjunct to pharmaceuticals.
What is most important in healing from the heart is that we take responsibility
for individual health and seek support on every level. Health includes taking
responsibility for our own emotions, feelings, creativity, and expression. An
integrated personality will then receive illumination from the spirit to express the
heart’s desire and to share all the treasures of the heart.
Introduction
Mother Nature’s Flower Fairies invite you to enter a world in miniature
where flowers heal and fairies rule. Since the beginning of the Land of
Thyme, fairies have learned to use flowers for every type of healing: for people,
pets, knights in shining armor, and yes, even for fairies. Flowers have a universal
charm that opens the heart of those who grow, receive, and admire them. Their
aroma, color, shape, and texture integrate all the senses into a rainbow of
emotional splendor known to every fairy as “healing from the heart.”
Healing from the heart comes from a place deep within composed of all-
embracing love. It shines like a light reflecting eternal peace and illumination of
the spirit. This unconditional love is nurtured by good deeds and developed
through compassion. There are no limitations, and every living being will be
blessed through participation.
Mother Nature’s Flower Fairies live their lives wrapped in the security of
loving acceptance. They experience every moment of life knowing and
experiencing the love that continually creates through Nature. By stepping into
their world we can learn how to bring love into ours. We’ll find fairies of every
nature, size, and shape, each developing their character by utilizing their talents
and learning to create new ones. They live in the Land of Thyme, a community
where every being is accepted just the way they are: big, little, overweight, or
hyperactive. Fairies, beneficial insects, gods, and Mother Nature herself are
appreciated as equals. Creative change sprouts from this type of love, as the
community evolves and develops to a higher level. The fairies change and blend
into a community integrated by work, play, and self-development.
What do Flower Fairies possibly need to learn? They already understand how
flowers grow and make every garden magical, but they are still learning how to
take care of their health through relaxation techniques, “aromafairapy,” herbs,
color and chakra balancing, diet, exercise, and making the world ever more
beautiful with the artistic, healing uses of flowers. Everyone living in the Land
of Thyme will experience healing from the heart.
As you read this fairy tale, healing from the heart will begin for you as it did
for me twenty years ago. As a result, you will experience the healing power of