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Ametrine -
Yarrow Essence
Affirmation - Love, Good Fortune & Life Abundant Are My Birthright
This essence was produced and given to Morningstar by Healer Elly van
Ekelenburg of The Netherlands and we are extremely grateful to her,
both for her wonderful gift of this essence as well as the healing and
support it has brought into my own life.
Here is Elly's account of the production of this essence told in her
own word and there will be pictures coming soon:
Ametrine was a mineral that was dear to me for a long time. I worked
with a piece even in my practice and I have a beautiful heart-shape
polished one.
During this time I was dealing with a severe gastritis and colon
spasm, due to a situation on my job, dealing with a very verbal
abusive, aggressive female colleague. My intuition told me maybe there
was an essence calling to be prepared to help me in this process. And
as Dr. Bach was looking in Nature to find the help he needed I also
did and found my Ametrine as a rough piece. On a sunny Monday morning
(28-06-04) I was called to prepare the essence.
I did prepare myself, the garden and the rocks, doing a cleaning
ceremony with sage, aura-spray and asked the Great Spirit of Essences,
the four Winds, Mother Earth and Grandfather Sky to help me prepare
the essence.
Some minutes after the crystal bowl with the minerals and spring water
was placed in the sun I saw a Toad walking slowly trough the garden.
It was special seeing this toad as usual they hide during daylight and
want to live hidden.
I looked up the meaning of meeting a Toad and found in Working with
animal Spirits:
* connection to the altered states of consciousness
* symbol of the Earth
* camouflaging poison
* changing luck
* long life.
Well, these positive energies were most welcome.
The essence was in the garden for some hours and just before it
started to rain I decided to bring the essence inside. I only added a
little bit of alcohol in it because I sensed there would come another
part to be done the next day. And there was. Bringing back the essence
in the bowl into the garden several Yarrow flowers were asking to be
part of the new essence. So I added yarrow flowers to the bowl with
the rocks. One yarrow even was bend down itself to the bowl so this
flower was able to be part of the process without being picked. This
means the qualities of the flower were expanded with the connection
with the roots of the flower and Mother Earth.
A beautiful caterpillar was crawling near, chased by our cat Smiley. I
managed to bring the caterpillar on a safe place. She was injured a
little from Smiley's claws but I asked the Yarrow to help this heal.
Butterfly/Caterpillar's wisdom:
* the power of whirlwind
* reincarnation
* transformation
* magic
After some hours the essence was ready. I did the usual ceremonies,
thanking all elements for their assistance and made stock bottles.
Meditating with the essences brought the following key-words:
Rest
Space
Insight
Protection.
Strength
The essence provides a time of needed rest, the space for yourself to
get rest and calmness. This needed condition helps to bring insight in
the problem one is working with. The Yarrow helps building a shield of
protection to make the necessary steps that are needed to heal.
People reported from one week research: rest, an unexpected solution
of a problem, protection, more space in the chest region and the solar
plexus being cleaned and reloaded, power and strength to step right
into a situation to solve a problem. For people around me the essence
brought immediate relief and calmness. For myself it seemed to take a
longer time but now I know that time was needed . It brought much more
insight in the problem/medical condition I was working on. Even
sometimes the situation I was in felt to even grow more difficult then
it was before but this only was a condition to prepare a better
opportunity for me to gain strength.
And after talks with the management of my work I even felt worse
because the offered options to clear the situation with my colleague
made me upset so very much.. The option was to do an official
complaint about her. I felt this was very unfair to her, because after
all those months that my boss knew about the problem and did not do
anything to solve the problem she would be confronted with an official
complaint. The management, knowing about the behavior of the
colleague, even decided not to talk to her to prevent escalation of
the problems. I asked them why in heaven's name they expected from me
to be able to talk to her when even they did not do. This made me feel
angry, disappointed and very unsatisfied towards the management. This
anger and negative feeling suddenly changed in a very firm decision:
Doing a complaint, behind her back was not fair, and was not my way to
solve the problem. So I spoke out loud to myself: If you do not talk
to her I will do it myself.
Then I went for a long walk, to clean my negative energies, ask for
some help from "above" and coming home me decision even was stronger.
I phoned my boss, told him what I liked to do: talking to her myself.
He really was frightened everything would go a wrong way. I was not. I
asked her to come to my house to talk to with me. She said yes.
We had a two hour talk. I started telling her I would be completely
honest about everything. I was, telling her everything that had hurt
me so many times and such a long time. When she asked me why did not
you tell me before I answered: I was not able to, I was not strong
enough, you were verbal to strong, abusive and dominant. Also I told
her that I did not take the option of the management to make an
official complaint because I think this was not fair to her. I asked
to respect my honesty. She said she did and was very glad I chose the
way talking to her straightly. After some time we decided to make some
agreements for the future. She even was willing to have a third person
helping us when needed. It was a very good talk and I was so glad I
followed my intuition and my heart. The essence helped me to choose
the most difficult way, to confront my problem myself. But it feels
the most fair towards myself and others and it brought very much peace
in my Soul. So Ametrine/Yarrow also makes you strong to confront
problems in the most honest way, without hiding behind others or
searching for very complicated ways that seem to be safe in the first
place.
The Amethyst part of the rock is helping to get insight. The Citrine
part of Ametrine helps the Solar Plexus, feeling calm and quiet. And
developing power that is needed for action. Your heart is in the
middle between those two. The Yarrow helps you feel protected and
handle from out your Heart and Soul and by being protected you get in
inner source of strength.
This essence will help to have the courage to pick up the problem and
walk right into the heart of the matter you are dealing with. It helps
you to make you straight and honest towards yourself and others. And
doing this you will be protected by a very Cosmic Source and your
Higher Self.
On the spot were the essence bowl was placed now a bunch of Self Heal
flowers is blossoming. Like also this flower shows: the essence helps
you heal.
Elly van Ekelenberg
My own experience with this essence has been one of profound healing
and support after a serious health crises as well as well as opening
of my mind to new possibilities, new ways of thinking, allowing higher
concepts to filter through much more easily. I feel much more at peace
within my own life, trusting where my guidance is leading me and
knowing that the Universe is always seeking to give me and everyone
else, all the good that we can envision and even more. It has pulled
me back onto my sacred path, the one I know is really right for me!
And through it all, there has been more blessings and good fortune
than I can count, truly this is a most remarkable essence from a
highly gifted teacher and healer and we are so honored to be able to
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Hawkweed
Medicine Essence
This is the second essence produced and given to Morningstar by Healer
Elly van Ekelenburg of The Netherlands. We are delighted to be able to
share this wonderful gift with you!
Here is Elly's account of the production of this essence told in her
own words and we hope to be able to include some pictures as well
soon.
The story of the preparation of Hawkweed medicine is full of miracles
and unexpected events. Last year, 2004, the flower was calling to be
prepared but also I had to wait until 2005 for some reason. Not
knowing at that time Lynx would visit the Netherlands. Of course we
had a wonderful time and during some of the last days of her stay we
prepared the Hawkweed essence. Some days before two of our very dear
friends had asked for healing for different reasons and the essence
was on this level being prepared working very strongly already.
Both Lynx and I had a feeling that the bowl needed some more time in
our camping garden. After Lynx left, I went back, had a night sleep
and had a weird dream. A fetish that looked like a white snake, which
I got from one of those friends and was part of another healing
session, did slowly bite a cat in her ear. The cat died in peace and
it was okay. Waking up from this dream I thought: the essence! I stood
up in the very early morning, went to the bowl and saw the water of
the essence was brackish and died. I did a thank you-ceremony and
buried the essence on s special place. Coming home I got two mails
from my friends that the healing they asked for had taken place and I
was very surprised to hear that. But it perfectly fitted to the birth
and dying if the essence. I knew there would be another time to
prepare the essence.
As the whole week was sunny and I had no chance to go to the camping
and I felt a bit impatient and frustrated because the weather would be
cold and rainy during the coming weekend. On my day off on Friday I
asked Hans (my husband) to wake me when the weather was sunny, he
would bring me to the camping before his work. But the sky was cloudy.
And when I stood up after he left the weather was clear!!! So I was
sitting in the garden, the flowers were speaking (we have also
Hawkweed in the home garden) and thought: somebody is making jokes
with me. Now I the time is right and I do not have transportation to
the camping. Hans would be home at 14.00 but that would be to late.
Then a voice came in and said: Henrike (Henrike is my friend on the
camping) I phoned her, hardly could explain WHY I had to go to the
camping but even without knowing the reason she came to pick me up. In
the car I explained what was happening (she knew about the first
Hawkweed essence).
Guess what happened: Henrike told me she had the strangest week ever
on the camping (!!!!!) First the Sweet Williams blossomed, the were
the favorite flowers of her father who had passed over. (A note from
Lynx: Sweet Williams were also the favorite flower of a much beloved
family member who crossed over when I was quite young. And upon my
arrival in Amsterdam, Elly and Hans were waiting to greet me with a
bouquet of Sweet Williams)
When she told me, we were actually riding behind a hearse) she also
told me it would have been her fathers birthday and would like to have
some Sweet Williams from our garden to honor her father. Then she told
all that happened during the week.
The first day, walking with her dog, Bobbie the Boxer she discovered a
woodpecker nest, the same way as Lynx discovered one when the four of
us were walking two weeks ago in another Forest. The woodpecker had
special messages for Lynx at that time. The next day she went back
with her camera but the woodpeckers had flown out and where flying
around her and Bobbie. The following day, in the same Forest she found
owl feathers and owl casts, looked up in the tree and saw an owl nest.
The next day also the owls where gone but: a young deer was appearing
and looking at her and Bobbie!! They stood there for a while and
Bobbie and the deer were playing!!! Isn't that amazing!!! And I was
telling Henrike that the camping was pulling me all week to go there
for the essence. She experienced all those miracles!! Both of us felt
this was part of the essence. I started making preparations for
preparing the new essence. I did a cleansing ceremony with Sage and
cleansed the permanent Medicine Wheel in the camping garden. The
Medicine Wheel is made from lava rocks shaped in a circle, the Four
Directions are pointed by minerals and in the middle of the Medicine
Wheel is a big trunk. On top of it is a hawk statue with a baby hawk
at her feet.
In the Medicine Wheel the Hawkweed flowers are blooming. I also
included items of the three friends: the little statue frog (Lynx)
which Lynx has one also; Annie's snake again (it had to be there to)
and an apricot from Doreen, all items placed them on the trunk next to
the hawk statue. (Annie and Doreen are very close friends of both Elly
and myself). I used the bow technique from the flowers growing in the
Medicine Wheel, as also the "cutting" technique, asking the Hawkweed
flowers that wanted to be in the bowl that are growing in other parts
of the garden. I did move the bowl clockwise in the Medicine Wheel
four times during 4 hours, so the bowl followed the sunlight as also
the four Directions.
When the bowl was placed five minutes in the east-south direction I
heard a lot of noise: lots of cows where coming near to watch to
process!! It was the first day the cows where in the meadow closest to
the camping and just came to join the process! At 16.30 the essence
was ready and I did the finishing ceremony. I felt it needed some more
sunshine but my guides will tell me when needed. (the coming week will
be nice weather and in the home garden there also grow Hawkweed
flowers with more sunlight and, if needed and guided for, I can ask
the sun to make the essence even more strong and powerful) Also I got
a message to name the essence" Hawkweed Medicine. It carries the
energy of the Hawkweed flowered and the Medicine Wheel. The day after
preparing the essence something very wonderful happened and I just
feel and know this is so much part of the essence (the bottles were on
a quiet place in the cabin): I was working in the garden, looked to
the meadow where the cow were arriving agian. Then my eye caught a
specific cow that had something under her tail that did not look like
p.. or p... I went nearby and saw: I little cow will be born!!!!!
Running over to Henrike who knows the farmer better then we do, called
him to tell him and he arrived through the meadow to our place. He
carried a tool that could be used when needed. I talked (in my mind)
to the mother cow and said: you can do the delivery yourself!! And so
she did!! The farmer only had to help the last seconds. A calf was
born: very black, only two longs white socks on her back paws (!) two
little white socks on her front paws, a white belly and: a white spot
on her forehead in the shape of a heart!!!!! Then the farmer asked my
name. He explained that in some cases cows get names (usual they only
get numbers) and he wanted to give this cow my name. The official name
of the little cow is: Elly 9500!! Is not that a miracle??!!!
The birth of this calve is so much related to the birth of the
Hawkweed Medicine essence. Also I felt this all was so much a part of
the birth of the essence!! The next morning the young Redstarts flew
out of the nest, that is very nearby our cabin and the meadow. (Lynx's
note - The Redstarts are rare birds in Holland and a bonded pair had
taken up residence in a bird house that Elly and Han's have on their
propertywhile I was there. It was amazing to just sit and watch all
their activity!) The Redstarts do have the same color red-orange as
the flower Hawkweed has. And orange is an earthly and grounding color
as it is solar-plexus energy to bring form and materializes your life,
actions, creativity and wishes. Wednesday Spirit called me to put the
bowl in ur home garden with some Hawkweed flowers to get more Sun
Energy to it to make it an ever stronger essence. I know Lynx was with
me in Spirit during that time, probably dreaming about Holland,
working in the garden with the essence.
Hawkweed flower: It is an annual plant, with a rosette of hairy leaves
on the ground, some leaves growing along the stamen to the flower. The
stamen is very long, reaching up to the sky and the orange flower is
on top if this stamen.
Qualities, as experienced until now: (started last year)
Helping to get an overview in your situation, problem, illness.
Being able to look, focus like a hawk from the sky above to the
situation you are dealing with, to get more insight in the whole
problem, situation.
The long stamen feels like Kundalini energy and helps you to get those
insights right trough your spine into your mind and body and get help
to change whatever needs to be changed to heal or transform a
situation.
The color orange will help to materialize what is needed to take steps
for transformation.
The qualities of the medicine wheel will help to get Earth and Spirit
benefits from the Four Directions to be healed in every way needed.
And as the Medicine Wheel is on the ground the energy will help to
ground the Healing Power.
As many animals where involved in the process Hawkweed Medicine also
carries a quality of communication with other people. While looking at
your healing process from above it tells us to talk to other people
about what you are working on, telling them from your heart.
if something is bordering you and ask others for support, when needed.
The essence is also helpful for healers: giving us a quality of being
able, when having permission, to overview a clients situation and
therefor being able to help heal on a "deeper and higher level".
Elly van Ekelenberg
As with the Ametrine/ Yarrow Essence, this truly is a most remarkable
essence from a highly gifted teacher and healer and we are so honoured
to be able to offer it through our site!
If you would like to know more about Elly's work or if you would
prefer to order this essence directly from her, please email us and we
shall email you her contact details.
Hawkweed Medicine Essence
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Cuckoo Flower
Essence
This is the third essence produced and given to Morningstar by Healer
Elly van Ekelenburg of The Netherlands. We are delighted to be able to
share this wonderful gift with you!
Here is Elly's account of the production of this essence told in her
own words and we hope to be able to include some pictures as well
soon.
Cuckooflower is a tall, 60 cm (2 feet). high flower that grows in many
parts of the world. The flower blooms May in several varieties of
pink. The plant has a hairy stem and leaves and five petals that are
double ones. It is an annual flower and does have seeds that will form
next years flowers.
Some essences I prepared I found during a severe healing period.
Sometimes think that I know why Dr. Bach died in his early fifties. If
he had to experience all the dark sides of the flower essences he
found he had a difficult time. Also I have said several times I will
never make an essence again. But because I do not decide about
essences but Spirit and the essence itself choose, I have no influence
on this.
Finding and preparing only a few essences, three of them were found
and prepared during a difficult time for myself. This time I have and
still have intestinal problems for some months. Knowing that
intestinal have to do with letting go I did work on many levels of
this subject. The main item of my letting go is: time. Feeling I do
not have enough time in my life, especialy for writing about essences.
So I decided to write a book. This book was planned for later: when I
am retired and have more time. But somehow it is needed letting go of
the feeling of lack of time and make an affirmation I do have time. So
I made a start of my book and my health improved somewhat.
Hoping this was it I went on with my life, working on mental and
physical areas. A psychic healer discovered that I am very sensitive
to other peoples energies. Which I did know for a long time but this
energy got stuck in my body which seems another cause of my health
problem. So I tried to find an answer on that. During this
investigation of myself I found a flower in the garden. The flower is
CUCKOFLOWER and I started to meditate with it. As probably everybody
knows the cuckoo bird lies her egg in another birds nest.
Slowly the Cuckooflower gave her healing message: Cuckoo flower helps
to learn not to drop your problems in other people's nest, or mind,
aura or body. As the young cuckoo will throw out the other birds eggs
and youngsters to get feed it will harm other people when we leave our
negative energy with somebody else. Of course it is okay finding help
when you need it, but the problems and the energy of your problems are
your responsibility and not other (human) beings ones. So we have to
learn to take care of our own garbage of our problems. Cuckooflower
helps to look inside yourself and see what you can do to solve your
problem, not blaming others for all that happens to you. This can
happen consciously or unconsciously, but not everybody is aware of
that. And of course our lives can be affected by what others "did" to
us but we are responsible for we do with our own life. And when you
have a good healer he or she will learn you to help yourself, with the
tools he or she offers you, like essences, minerals and Reiki and all
other healing methods Mother Earth offered us. Knowing that there are
people who harm others and can make life difficult, it still is our
responsibility how to deal with ourselves and make steps or
boundaries, trying to make that situation you are in better for you.
Your life is your responsibility.
Another side of the Cuckoflower is that it helps healers to feel more
protected. Knowing that the essence works this way I did not have
proof yet. Yesterday I was talking to a friend, giving her a bottle of
the new essence. On some moment, with the bottle in her hand, she
started talking about a problem she was dealing with. I did sense her
pain and emotions and I took a bottle of Cuckooflower to. Immediately
I sensed an invisible filter between her and me. I could listen to her
without feeling her emotions. So this was my proof for the protecting
quality of the Cuckooflower.
As I also thought the essence has to do with communication on several
levels I asked Lynx to do a short astrology chart. She will write
about her insights also. As this essence is in a test stage probably
new insights of the healing qualities will appear. So far as I worked
with the essence it does show you what old emotions (garbage) that got
stuck in your body and mind can be released. This can be your own
(old) stuff or somebody else's. One of my proofs is that my husband
finally cleaned up his room with 6 boxes of old paperwork (some of the
papers were about old jobs and the emotions attached to them ) and I
am convinced this will work out on a spiritual level cleanings old
emotions from himself and others. This essence will, when using it for
a longer time, reveal more other qualities that have to do with
emotional "trash" that got stuck in mind and body.
Elly van Ekelenberg
This truly is a most remarkable essence from a highly gifted teacher
and healer and we are so honored to be able to offer it through our
site!
If you would like to know more about Elly's work or if you would
prefer to order this essence directly from her, please email us and we
shall email you her contact details.
Cuckoo Flower Essence
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