Essences are very easy to make. There's no trick to it, and you don't have to 'talk' to plants to make it--though it helps. :)
The more you make essences, the more you work with plants, the more you learn to communicate with them. But I tell beginners to just go with whatever flower they are drawn to. Go outside and notice the plants, the flowers. See which one you are drawn to. Then ask the plant if it wants to be an essence for you. I've always gotten a yes except one time--and that wasn't a no, it was a 'wait'. I had to wait a whole year, so there must have been something the plant wanted to do before working as an essence. Plants LOVE to work with people. Anyway--ask if it is ok to take some flowers to make an essence. You will feel a yes or no, a positive or negative feeling inside you. If you get a positive feeling you then ask how many flowers you will need. The first number that pops into your head will be how many. Don't second guess yourself. Normally I usually get 3 or 4, but sometimes it has been 6 and sometimes only 1. Now, you need a small jar, like a baby food jar. You can make as much of an essence as you want, but since you literally use drops of the mother tincture and then drops of the stock bottle, a little goes a long way. Making even a half cup of essence will last you and your family a lifetime. So, small jar with good water. Well water, spring water or distilled water. A pair of scissors, a lid for the jar, a small strainer. Fill the jar half way with water (leaving room for alcohol as a preservative). Ask the plant how many flowers. When you get the number take the scissors and clip that many flowers into the lid of the jar. I do this so as not to touch the flowers, trying to keep 'me' out of the essence--though of course the energy of the maker does get in. Once the flowers are clipped into the lid, tilt them into the jar of water. Set the jar in the sun, lid off. I rarely have bugs get in. I think the energy is too strong. I pick a spot that is 'bare' to set the jar. I use a tree stump, but you can use a sidewalk, or a driveway. If you set it on the ground or in other plants you will pick up that energy. I place my hands around the jar, not touching it, and say a prayer asking the light of the sun to place the energy of the plant into the water so that all who partake of the essence will be healed. You will feel the energy stop flowing from your hands, so stop then. Leave the jar sitting in the sun for however long you like. I learned that the summer south texas sun will evaporate a LOT of water in just 2 hours, lol, so I usually try to do mine in the morning. Sometimes it sits for an hour, sometimes 2 or 3. When you feel the essence is ready, bring it in. strain out the flowers and put the water back into the jar. Now add the same amount of alcohol (I use vodka but traditional is brandy, use what you like) as you have water. If you have a quarter cup water add a quarter cup alcohol. Label this as your mother tincture, with the name of the flower. Sit with this and after a while you'll get what this essences is for. Or just take it and see what happens. To make your dosage bottle you take your mother tincture, get another bottle with half water, half alcohol. Ask the mother essence how many drops you need to make the stock bottle. The number that pops into your head is right. Place that many drops of essence into the new bottle, label it as your stock bottle and put the flower name on it. Now from the stock bottle, you will make your dosage bottle. Take a dropper bottle, fill with half water, half alcohol. Ask the stock bottle how many drops you need to put into the dosage bottle. Now you have your essence! You can see that you need very little of the mother essence because you use just drops of that to make a stock bottle and then drops of the stock to make your dosage bottle. Any questions--just ask. Samala, Renee -----Original Message----- Would you share how you make the essences? Thanks. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
