The world of flower essences involves more than flowers
For three days, I took 3–4 drops of Alaskan Essences Gold elixir (three to four times a day) and to better understand it and its effects on me, I paid attention to anything I noticed and followed where I was led.
First of all, from Alaskan Essences, we get the following indications and healing qualities:
Indications: low self-esteem; weak sense of personal identity; little or no confidence in one’s ability to create; weak or uninspired masculine energies; difficulty manifesting wants and needs into physical reality; comparing one’s accomplishments to others.
Healing Qualities: helps us access and express the highest aspects of our personal identity; brings strength and balance to the 3rd chakra; helps us tap into our inner truth, joy and wisdom as sources for our creative power.
I have also learned that Gold addresses one’s beliefs about one’s own value and works with the Third chakra (Manipura/solar plexus).
Gold speaks to us about the value in being our True Selves and helps us to go beyond the limiting beliefs and filters that may be holding us back in life. This elixir speaks beyond an individual level, too. Helping us to understand that each of us, when living as our True Self, provides value to the whole, and one person’s contribution builds upon another’s. Gold speaks to the idea of abundance, not scarcity. There is enough to go around.
My Own (Initial) Thoughts and Insights
- Gold is an incorruptible metal
- It is often made into chains. Does it fetter us or connect us to something or someone? Maybe a part of ourself; our True Self. Might God being holding the other end of the chain?
- I noticed things, like the new growth on the spider plant in my family room and thought about how much I appreciated that bit of nature, which came into my home as a sprout, sixteen years ago, from one of my daughter’s Girl Scout meetings. When I stepped into the backyard, I looked up and noticed that the leaf buds way up at the top of the beech tree were catching the sunlight and shimmering like gold. It was beautiful, which made me happy in and of itself but also brought happiness about the synchronicity of taking in gold’s energy and then seeing its likeness up in the treetops.
- A number of insights came to mind and helped me with new perspectives on old matters.
Other Aspects of Gold
I thought I’d find Gold profiled in Stone Medicine by Leslie J. Franks, a book based on the principles of classical Chinese medicine (as distinct, apparently, from Traditional Chinese Medicine). It turns out that the book contains no individual profile on Gold, but mention of it is found in the text when a stone’s effect on metal needs to be considered. So, I checked each mention of gold, as listed in the index, and found something rather interesting in the section on Mahoghany Obsidian. Under the Combinations heading, it reads, “When in gold, mahogany obsidian addresses symptoms in the upper region, such as sinus infection. When set in silver, it addresses the symptoms in the lower region, such as delayed menses.” This speaks to me of the mental clarity I’ve been experiencing. What’s more, according to David Dalton, in Advanced Flower Essence Healing, fire is the element associated with the Third Chakra. He writes, “While the water element supports emotions, the fire element supports thinking, planning, and doing. While the water element spreads and diffuses, the fire element gathers, individuates, and integrates.” This lined up with the insights, appreciation, and mental clarity I experienced.
Back to Stone Medicine: in the book’s section on sodalite, Franks notes that the stone does not combine well with metals, and gold is the only one it should be set with. That speaks to me of value that goes more deeply than surface level. Zircon, on the other hand, should not be set in gold, only silver or platinum, because the stone “contains a small amount of radioactivity” and gold picks that up. There I find something significant, namely an amplification of harmful properties. That seems to fit with what I’ve experienced, as at least one of the insights I’ve received has been somewhat painful; extremely important, though, perhaps even the linchpin.
I love this from David Dalton—and it’s commensurate with what I’ve noticed: “In flower essences, fire offers movement when energy is stuck or repressed. This relates to both the emotions and bodily fluids. Stagnation of any type can affect health.”
This leads me back to Jungian analyst Marion Woodman in Leaving My Father’s House: “Without fire, no transformation can take place. No passion ignites matter. No phoenix can rise from no ashes. . . . Striving to wear the gold without sifting the ashes becomes inflation, probably puffed up by a bottle of Scotch or a shot of cocaine. When the high is over, nothing has transformed. No one was there to transform. The infantile ego limply rests in its den until another Scotch or another fix cheats it into an archetypal high, or low. The stolen gold brings momentary escape. Too soon the gift flips into darkness—sullen, vicious, chaotic.”
Does Gold gem elixir speak to you in some way?
In a flower essence consultation, we will discuss the experiences that might be “dulling your shine” and come up with a formulation of flower essences and, possibly, gem elixirs that you will receive by mail along with instructions for taking this mixture of water, preservative (alcohol or glycerin), and the energetic essences of the chosen components. To schedule a virtual visit, please follow this link. Thank you.
Oh, and let’s finish up with a poem: one of mine, written back in 2015, I believe.
Painted Peace
If I could open my chest
—a zipper would work,
snaps, perhaps a button or two—
I’d access my heart each day
and add a fresh coat of peace.I’d keep it in a can
on a shelf in my studio.
It would be nestled
between the soft gel medium
and the Mirage Blue spray paint.Of course, I’d use a natural bristle brush:
sable, maybe.
Expensive, yes, but my heart is worth it.
A gentle shake or two would be enough
to mix the creamy, shimmering liquid
and release the scent
of vanilla or violet or Autumn Damask Rose.Removal of the heart would be the next step.
I’d do it carefully,
turning it over gently in my hands,
inspecting it,
taking note of how well yesterday’s
coat of peace held up.Then I’d apply a new layer,
ensuring complete coverage
and exhaling a word of gratitude
for its quick-drying formula.
Replacing my heart in my chest,
I’d zip on up and breeze through my day.