FES International Research Journal Online

As we contemplate the sunflowers ablaze in the August glory of our gardens here at Terra Flora, we recognize the wisdom of Mary Oliver’s poem, quoted above. Indeed, all flowers carry qualities of healing more precious than gold. We invite you to read our newest reports and insights shared with us by practitioners of flower essence therapy from around the world: Spain, Argentina, Greece, Brazil, Canada, Holland, and the United States, including a review of a book by an Asian practitioner.

May the healing light of the flowers continue to inspire you!

The FES Team

Articles

The Soul Connection to Cancer:
How Flower Essence Therapy Can Help

“Flower essences proved to be of great help in making people suffering from cancer feel very much better. Most importantly, they seemed to allow a profound change in the way cancer patients were handling their problems, resulting in much healthier patterns of behavior regarding the type of psychological tensions associated with cancer.” We invite you to read this in-depth thoughtful article by Dr. Marina Angeli, Athens, Greece.

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Expanding on the Work of Dr. Bach
Using the MetaFlora Approach to Healing

In March 2007, Ricardo Mateos, Barcelona, Spain was invited to participate in a seminar on flower essence therapy. He gave a lecture inviting the participants to reflect on the combination of Bach flower essences and the FES Quintessentials, utilizing the MetaFlora approach to healing developed by Patricia Kaminski.

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A Sacred Tribute to Mariposa Lily:
The circle in my soul connecting the Blessed Mother,
Mother Earth and Mariposa Lily

Flower essences have deep archetypal potency – stimulating layers of healing that continue to impact the life biography and cannot be summarized as a single case. These various levels of soul identity are outlined in the MetaFlora approach to flower essence therapy. In this essay, Elly van Ekelenburg of Venray, Holland, explores how the archetypal healing qualities of Mariposa Lily have addressed issues involving her family of origin, her own bodily healing, her vocation as a healer and finally, a deeper understanding of her spiritual identity.

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Flower Essence Therapy and Psychiatric Emergency

Read a case by Argentinian flower essence practitioner, Barbara Espeche, showing the remarkable use of flower essences for a young man labeled “autistic” who was facing a psychiatric emergency. This case especially highlights the healing role of Glassy Hyacinth flower essence.

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Human Papiloma Virus and Body-Soul Healing—
Two Cases Illustrating the Role of Flower Essence Therapy

California practitioner Lorena Solinger presents two detailed case studies illustrating the connection between soul healing and the physical body. Both cases, which were resolved successfully, involved women who were diagnosed with having Human Papiloma Virus (HPV). As these women developed confidence in taking responsibility for their choices and life destinies, they also experienced physical healing from the virus.

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Social Service Programs

Using Flower Essences at Lar Do Nenen (“Babies’ Home”)

This is a report sent to the Flower Essence Society by Suzana Loreto, which has been edited and summarized for publication. The report chronicles her work and research over a two-year span of time with a children’s shelter, Lar Do Nenen, in Recife, Brazil.

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Working with the Children at Project Moendy

Moendy means “to clarify/dawn, to illuminate” in Tupi-Guarani, a language of Brazilian native people. Project Moendy has as its main objective the treatment of children and adolescents who are “at risk,” those who are victims of various types of violence, abandonment and social exclusion, who live(d) on the streets of Recife, Brazil. Read more about the project started by Silvana Lobo.

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Flower Essence Portraits and Plant Studies

The Healing Gesture of Fairy Lantern

We invite you to read about Fairy Lantern as written by Richard Katz: “...we see in the growth habit of the plant itself an expression of the soul qualities addressed by the flower essence. The delicate sensitivity of the blossom is kept in a semi-closed protected space. The blossom never fully opens, never fully raises itself up to the light, never fully matures. ...”

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Spreading Phlox vs Heather –
Affinity vs emotional co-dependency

FES-certified practitioner Rosana Souto, Brazil, writes “Spreading Phlox is one of the research essences of the Flower Essence Society that is experiencing growing popularity in Brazil. Due to the most varied circumstances in which its effects could be noticed in different people’s lives, it has come to be known and sought as the soul mate flower essence or the affinity flower essence for relationships in general.”

Also available in Portuguese translation.

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A New Understanding of Rock Water Flower Essence:
Reviving the Flow of Energy

Read insights written by FES-certified practitioner Barbara Schuster, Ottawa, Canada, on the transformative potential of Rock Water: “If we now consider that spiritually the world is created from thought, as physically it arises from water, we can understand that Rock Water can prepare the way to let the spiritual activity of thinking unfold in the human being.”

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Plant Study: Common Rue

Completion of a plant study is a component of the FES certification program. Read a study of Common Rue done with clarity, attention to details, with great insights, written by Anete Effting, Blumenau, Brazil, 2007 FES Professional Course participant.

Read this study written in Portuguese.

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Book Review

Read a book review of Healing the Family with Bach Flower Remedies by Soo Hwa Yeo: “The book aims at introducing the Bach flower essences as a form of self-help and group family therapy. Readers are exposed to an alternative way of perceiving family life and its many issues and challenges, and taught how to use the 38 flower essences to understand one's own strength and deficiency in the helper role.”

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Class Information

FES Class in Italy
“Advanced Seminar in Flower Essence Application”

This 4-day course taught by Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz with Italian translation will include:

Principles for choosing and combining flower essences
The Four Elements as a Pathway of Plant Perception and Soul Healing
Treating special populations with flower essences

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Ask FES

Recently, I discovered a report listed in the database of the US National Institute of Health; it claimed that the flower remedies failed to demonstrate any effects beyond a placebo response. I am shocked by the result and I wondered if there are any factors that caused the result to be biased against flower remedies? Read more here.

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Editorial staff: Jann Garitty, Patricia Kaminski, Richard Katz,
Sharon Shafran, Jon Enos