Melissa Officinalis Spagyric Elixir

Melissa officinalis

Lemonbalm is ruled by Jupiter. The Guru (The sanskrit name for Jupiter is Guru) of our solarsystem. I have prepared this spagyric tincture on thursdays.

The teachings of Lemonbalm is to live in joy and approaching life in a childlike wonder, percieving life how it really is beyond psychological conditioning. This is the key that unlocks the door to the garden of wisdom, the guiding light of Nature.

Lemonbalm is calming to the mind, uplifting to the spirit and opens the heart.

This spagyric tincture is good for those who tend to take life too seriously.

The spagyric Tincture can be ordered by writing to me at : turtleok@hotmail.com

It containins the spirit (tincture) soul (essential oil) and body (calcinated and purified, through fire and water, mineral salts ) of Melissa Officinalis.

 Distilling the essential oil and hydrosol of Melissa Officinalis
 

Spagyric Elixir of Wild Rose

Elixir of Wild Rose

This is one of the most profound Spagyric Tinctures I have made. It is the secret of the heart. A rose is a rose is a rose.

First and all the Rose is a healer for the Heart.

It evokes beauty, openness and gentleness. The petals unfolding at it´s centre just as our hearts unfold in spiritual awakening.

When I prepare a Spagyric Elixir with Rose I always add a thorn, which is the protection of this flower.

Through our own trials and experiences of love or lack of love we construct various forms of protection around the sacred chambers of our hearts. For as blissful, radiant and enlightening it can be to open the heart as dark, painful and saddening it is when the heart is closed or hurt.

The medicine of the Rose is healing to the emotional heart as well as a remedy for the physical circulatory system. It is a cardio-tonic.

Rose is also a brain-tonic known to be a medhya in Ayurveda , that is, it enhances  dhi dritti smriti. These are the 3 primary functions of the brain for the actions of registering, storing and recalling knowledge and information. When they are operating in a balanced and coordinated manner, the brain is in a stress-free state of bliss.

Here is some more information of the Rose from the Ayurvedic perspective:

Uplifts spiritually: A unique property rose has is called “Som Nasya Janana.” This means that rose creates good coordination between the mind and Satwa, the light of the soul, so it’s an instant bliss generator!

Strengthens the stomach: according to Ayurveda, rose is balakarika, meaning it strengthens the stomach, intestine and liver organ systems. Bala means strength. In addition, due to its deepana properties, it balances appetite. It is also pachana – it enhances overall metabolism.

Balances the metabolism: consuming rose petal products is particularly beneficial when people have high pitta and high vata imbalances. These imbalances are also usually associated with low agni or low metabolic fire in the stomach and tissues. Low agni results in toxic build-up, weight gain, body aches and pains, etc. Eating rose will pacify these two doshas and help reset the physiology on its way to blissful balance.

Did you know that a rose not only pacifies your sadhak pitta – even as it balances your sadhak agni – but also carries a “somnasya jana” or bliss-enhancing property in its aroma? These properties bestow upon rose its supreme position in the flower kingdom.  This is probably why our hearts open wide to love when we see or smell a rose, or when we eat its petals.

In Ayurveda, we know that sadhak pitta is the pitta subdosha that governs the emotions in the heart. It is aided by sadhak agni, the metabolic principle, sitting in the heart, that helps us “digest” and “process” emotions and thoughts. When sadhak pitta and sadhak agni are out of balance, we will tend to feel down and blue, unable to appreciate or enjoy anything. We may try hard as we can to chase away the blues, mentally listing things we know we are grateful for, our heart will not follow suit and allow us the liberating feeling of gratitude unless we balance sadhak pitta and re-ignite sadhak agni.

In life, many times even though things maybe be going great or smooth, if our sadhak pitta is aggravated due to external circumstances – stress from work; sleep deprivation; a fatigued overworked physiology; family pressures; etc, we may feel down and lack the readiness to tackle a new day, or our projects, with zest. Things can be even more challenging in conjugal life, if one partner’s sadhak pitta is off and the other just can’t understand why he or she is not able to enjoy or appreciate…

  Aggravation of sadhak pitta is common. When sadhak pitta is aggravated, our outlook on life will remain grim and grey despite our best mental and other efforts. Or we may just not feel up to anything. Sadhak pitta aggravation takes the spark out of life.

Nurtures and Supports Beautiful Skin. When taken internally, it purifies the sweat of hot acidic toxins that cause harm on the surface of the skin when a person sweats.

Supports everlasting youth: Rose is also known by the name “taruni” – ever young. Because it pacifies pitta dosha, soothes our emotions, supports the metabolic fires, aids in elimination, and acts as a youthelixir for the heart – it is commonly known to help keep us younger and healthier.

I have prepared  the Spagyric Elixir of Wild Rose on fridays, the day of the week governed by planet Venus. Venus stands for love, beauty, creativity and relationships.

I have made a Formula for Healing the Emotional Heart. It is especially good for those with a broken heart , or recovering after a traumatic experience.

Both the Spagyric Tincture of the Wild Rose

Containing the spirit (tinctture) soul (essential oil) and body (calcinated and purified, through fire and water, mineral salts ) of the Wild Rose

And the Healing the Emotional Heart

Containing the spirit (tinctture) soul (essential oil) and body (calcinated and purified, through fire and water, mineral salts ) of  Wild Rose, Lemon Balm and Yarrow

Can be ordered by writing me : turtleok@hotmail.com

10 ml costs 150 kr + shipping

Spagyric Elixirs for sale

Here is  a little list of some of the spagyric tinctures I have for sale.
You can read about most of them in previous posts.

Singular ones:

Sambucus Nigra (Elder)
Verbascum Thapsus (Mullein)
Equistum Arvense (Horsetail)
Hypericum Perforatum (St Johns Wort)
Epilobium Angustifolium  (Fireweed)
Angelica Archangelica
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary)
Withania Somnifera (Ashwagandharoot)
Alchemilla Vulgaris (Lady´s Mantle)
Artemisia Vulgaris  (Mugwort)
Galium Aparine (Cleavers)
Urtica Dioica (Nettle)
Oregano Officinalis (Oregano)
Salvia Officinalis (Sage)
Passiflora Incarnata  (Passionflower)
Ginkgo Biloba
Melissa Officinalis (Lemon Balm)
Rosa Acicularis (Wild Rose)
Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow)
Thymus Officinalis (Thyme)
Guayusa (Doubble Tincture ,extraction in water and alcohol)
Chaga (Doubble Tincture ,extraction in water and alcohol)
Aloysia Citrodora (Lemon Verbena)
Ocimum Sanctum (Holy Basil, Tulsi)
Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)
Viola riviniana (Wood Violet) 


Formulas:
Sleep
Dream Recall
Stop Smoking Support
Elementals (Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Ether/Space)
The Quintessence
The Way of the Heart
Love
Calming
Light in the Dark (SAD, melancholia)
Travel
Meditation
The 7 chakras

Just e-mail me to ask more and order.
turtleok@hotmail.com

                                                                 As Above So Below

Passiflora Incarnata Spagyric Elixir

PASSIFLORA INCARNATA
Passionflower was discovered by Spanish Jesuits in Peru in the 17th century and brought back to Europe. Of course this was not the discovery of this magical plant, the Peruvians used the flower as a sedative long before the Jesuits came there. Once it spread to Europe, it was used to treat restlessness and agitation, along with other ailments like indigestion and seizures. Today, it’s commonly used to treat anxiety.
The Spagyrisist and Alchemist talk of the Signature of a plant. SignNature, Signs of Nature. Nature communicates with us through signs, colors, shapes etc.
Purple and white coloration often has to do with the nervoussystem, the crownchakra .
Another signature is the spiraling little tendrils and that passionflowers are vines growing in upward spirals. . Passionflower is excellent to help the mind from going in loops. Very good for people that lie awake thinking in loops, unable to mellow down enough to relax and fall asleep. Repetitive and compulsive thoughts. I have used it in formulas for OCD that according to the ones that tried it work.
This spiralling signature can also be connected to the planet Uranus who travels in a spiraling orbit . The sign Aquarius is ruled by this Planet that emanates a truly electrical energy .
An overly busy mind can lead to tension and anxiety if it spirals out of control.
Passionflower is your friend if this is the case, to move down into intuition, down into the body if you are too much up in the mind for your own good.

The Wounded Healer
When I was young I went through a psychosis that lead to a period of depression. I had to stay in a mentalhospital for a while. My friends took me to a gardeningstore to get me out on an excursion away from the hospital where i was very unhappy to be. There were many plants and from all of them I picked a passionflower to bring back to the hospital to keep me company. Just to be in the presence of this magical flower helped me get out of this looping state of mind and spiraling energy so I could get out of that hospital. I did not know with my mind that this flower helped the condition I was struggeling with , but obviously my heart knew . Plants come into your life for a reason.
I have prepared a spagyric tincture of this incredible flower on the mercurial wednesdays.
You can order from me by writing to turtleok@hotmail.com
The spagyric elixir contains the tincture and the purified mineralsalts of Passiflora Incarnata and works on the mind, soul and body simultaneously.
10 ml 150 kr + shipping
Do not use if pregnant and consult your doctor if you take prescribed medication.

The Secret Fire

"Fire is at the root and about the root - I mean about the center of all things both visible and invisible. It is in Water, Earth and Air, it´s in minerals, herbs and beasts; it is in men , stars and angels. But originally it is in God Himself; for he is the fountain of heat and fire, and from Him it is derived to the rest of the creatures in a certain stream of sunshine. "
- Dr. John Dee

Last night I  lit a Mullein-torch in the Virgo Full moon.

NEWS

 The new year has begun. I am busy making elixirs as usual but I have more orders nowdays. Thank you everybody that has been supporting me. I have many returning customers and I am very happy that my elixirs have helped customers with insomnia, to stop smoking and many other things.
(To be more independent, love themselves etc. This is the initiatic aspect of spagyrics. Plants are teachers of the soul.)

                                                                       Calcinating
Part of the Spagyric process. The plants that have been macerating in alcohol are not composted. This is what is the main difference between spagyrics and ordinary tinctures. Instead the macerated plants  are burned down to an ash and purified through distilled water or hydrosol of the herb being worked with. Recombined ; the essential oil (the sulfur aspect in Alchemy, the soul ) the tincture (the spirit) and the purified mineralcrystals (referred to as the Salt principle in Alchemy, the body) are the parts of  the  elixir separated and worked on separately and recombined in an exalted form.

Here is the Spagyric Elixir of Rosemary, extracted in this way. Making it a potent remedy working on mind, soul and body simultaneously. This is why Spagyric Tinctures are referred to as Initiatic Plantmedicine.

Solve et Coagula -
To separate and reunite









News for this year is that elixirs from Alchemillas Apotek can be purchased at Yantra Ayurveda in Adelöv.

You can still order directly from me or from my webshop.
Just write me at turtleok@hotmail.com

                                                                 Sleep Spagyric Elixir
can be ordered HERE

Cypress Hydrosol

I have been distilling cypress when the moon was in Sagitarius on the planetary day and hours of Jupiter . Wishing I could transmit the aroma. In one word: Viriditas !
Huge, wise, happy, smoky, uplifting , holy, just like Jupiter-energy. I made a parfumeoil with it that I am very happy with.

Viriditas (Latin, literally "greenness," formerly translated as "viridity"^[1]) is a word meaning vitality, fecundity, lushness, verdure, or growth. It is particularly associated with abbess Hildegard von Bingen, who used it to refer to or symbolize spiritual and physical health, often as a reflection of the divine word or as an aspect of the divine nature.