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I remember distinctly when I discovered the existence of flower essences in this lifetime. I was sitting in bed reading through an A.R.E. book catalog and came across a book called Behaving As If The God in All Life Mattered. The cover art featured a photo of a
human hand gently holding a beautiful tiny rodent. The title and image took my breath away. That was in 1989. Today, this first book by Machelle Small Wright is a classic in the world of flower essences and communication with nature spirits. Then, I just knew that I had to read a book with
such a title and image. At that time I was still a "closet" animal communicator, thinking that my intimate relationship with animals and plants existed only because of having been deeply wounded by humans and feeling alienated from "my own kind." I knew, however, that somehow between the
covers of this book I might find myself in good company. At that time, on-line ordering didn't exist, but I believe it was the first thing I ever ordered by phone in the middle of the night. I could hardly wait to read this book.
When I did, a door opened and memories of lifetimes working with flowers, plants and animals came gently back to me. I was thrilled and felt at home reading about the life of someone else who talked to plants
and fairies. Within months, I attended Machaelle's workshops in Virginia. I was delighted and enchanted to be among the plants and nature spirits at Perelandra and to learn first hand about Machaelle's work. Just a few months after this I took the practitioner's training program at FES in
California where I studied their 103 Quintessentials™ North American Flower Essences, their research essences, and the 38 Bach essences they distribute for HealingHerbs in the UK. Being in the FES gardens, for the first time ever—other than while being in the presence of animals, especially whales and cats—I felt like I belonged on the earth.
My life since then, filled with the normal array of small problems and large crises, has been supported daily with the healing help of flower essences. Years after studying at FES, after I had been working with essences in my animal communication practice for quite some time, I studied at Desert
Alchemy to learn more about the essences of the desert. This has added a very rich, powerful, new dimension to the essences I use and recommend. Studying with Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz at FES and Cynthia Athena Kemp Scherer at Desert Alchemy, in person and through their writings,
has linked me to teachers of great wisdom, not only about flower essences, but about the journey of our souls here on earth. I believe that we are all teachers and students on earth, and that teaching occurs in layers, passed on and on and on. I am honored both to learn from these masters
and to pass on, as much as I can, the genius of their work with the flowers to others. I am very grateful not only to these personal teachers, but to Dr. Edward Bach for re-discovering the essences in modern times and sharing his learnings to the world, to Julian Bernard for carrying it
forth with integrity, to my Lemurian teachers from another time, and for the many other current co-creators of flower essences on the earth. Thank you for devoting your lives to the flowers essences so the rest of us can learn from your bodies of work and find these
profound healers
bottle-ready for our use.
I am also grateful for the exquisite photographs of Richard Katz, co-founder of FES, and Camillo Scherer at Desert Alchemy, which bring the beauty and signature of the flowers alive for those of us who cannot
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