“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
Or Ancient Wisdom? I burn sage. Most indigenous people smudge with sage. Shamans use sage. My 20 year old sage bush died a couple of years back after a nasty winter! I will get a new one as and when. Sage is a Sacred Herb. The clue is in the name (?)
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Neurologist Flaherty explores the drive to write, what sparks it, and what extinguishes it. She offers a brave and compelling account of the role of emotion and the ways in which neurological and mood disorders can lead to meagre–or prodigious–creative output. And there was I hoping for an easy day!!!
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No. Not that one. This one… Dr Edward Bach “…the thirty-eight herbs heal gently and surely, and as there are no poisonous plants amongst them there is no fear of ill effects from overdoses or incorrect prescriptions.” – Nora Weeks, The Medical Discoveries of Edward Bach, Physician Having a bad day? Nervous? Scared? […]
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WikiKnowsEverything : Ouroboros “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” Revelation 22:13 Take your pick. Ouroboros or Infinity. Me’h. One and the same!
Read MoreA lovely watch, in and of itself, but… …it’s the location and the flag that caught my attention!!
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I’d promise this’ll be the last aromatherapy book but….who knows? I’ve never owned a Medical Dictionary in my life. This is my “help, please” source. Valerie has two other books that sit, well-thumbed, on my shelves.
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When my animals are sick, this is my GO TO book. From Amazon : £274 ????? That is OUTRAGEOUS. Criminal. Go secondhand! This book describes how animals have an innate ability to forage for plant and mineral extracts, in order to look after their own emotional and physical health. This […]
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Again with the books. Sheesh! The majority of my life, I have been fascinated by aromatherapy. I have this book. And Gattefosse’s and many, many more. The bold words below are important. Why? Well… I’ve a sneaky feeling that plants and fragrance and their true importance were very well known LONG before the 19th century. Ever […]
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This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves’s vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a scholar-poet’s quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations between man and woman, and […]
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Okeydokey. It must be a book recommendation day today. Last year I wrote a little sentence about the Hero’s Journey being fitted from the outside in. I still sort of agree with that but, having learned a few new things, I’ve realised that out or in or upside down, The Hero’s Journey is as old […]
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…this book has been a go-to of mine for several years. A lovely “ology.” Despite the chronology, (!!) it is a goldmine of history, myth and legend. I’ve just checked Amazon. £50? Go secondhand. Especially if you cover it with post-its and hand-written notes and exclamation marks in red/black/blue biro… like me :o) Or visit […]
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Q : Where d’ya want to eat? A : That great Lebanese place right next to the fountains. They do fabby Hummus. Q : WTF? Again? A : Oh YES. F1RST FAVE S3COND Fave, Sarah Brightman and the amazing Andrea Bocelli : But if they played this….Danced the Night Away :o) […]
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