fermented heather sacred beverage

It seems that heather has particular psychotropic properties when fermented.

"There is considerable evidence that fermented heather was one of the sacred beverages of the Picts and Celts and an integral part of Druidic sacred life and ceremonies.  Its use is ancient in fermentation...Considered to be the first fermented beverage in the British isles, it has enjoyed wide historical use throughout ancient Druid lands."

"Heather mead, for millennia, was considered to be a uniques fermentation that that produced remarkable effects in those that drank it"

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers
Stephen Harrod Buhner

elder by the brue

The glorious abundance of elders in the summer sunshine along the River Brue near our home in Somerset.

We are using the elder flowers in our recent 'brew' of jun, soon to be released, our favourite flavour so far.  I am very excited to be planning  an elderflower collecting mission tomorrow for the next batch.  My father used to brew his own special elderflower and elderberry wines and beers which were noticeably if mildly psychoactive as well as intoxicating.  He used to give them to us as a remedies for colds too.  On reading Stephen Harrod Buhner's books on Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers this is making sense. Many plants become psychoactive in a good way when fermented.  For most of my life I found it hard to adequately explain to people about the concoctions I grew up on and the impact they had on us.  My father grew up in the Welsh countryside in the 1920's and 1930's, in conditions that we would no longer expect to find in Britain. It is very exciting to be, without even intending to, connecting into my father's legacy of ancient knowledge.

from: http://www.ecoenchantments.co.uk/myogham_elderpage.html
'Both flowers and berries were made into an ointment by boiling in lard and used to cool burns, insect bites or skin wounds and infections. The flower water was used as a skin tonic for brightening the complexion and as an eyewash.

     
   Tonics from the water strained from boiled leaves and flowers or berries, depending on the time of year, were well proven and relied on to help in cases of fevers, flu’s and colds. Because it's a diuretic, this decoction was also used in cases of intestinal inflammation and kidney problems. Many concentrated modern syrups can be bought as cold remedies. Hot elderberry wine, with plenty of sugar is still used for relief of colds and sore throats.'

what plants can teach you

Recognize how the beauty, intricacy and sentience of plants can be a guide to your own awakening and transformation.

A decade ago, the notion that plants respond to their environment in ways that look like conscious behavior, or at least reflect “intelligence,” would be dismissed as fringe. But today this approach is supported by solid science, and that changed perception is transforming how we understand and relate to all of Nature.

Legendary ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna has dedicated his life to exploring the intelligence of plants. He recognizes that the healing potential of plants is far greater than our materialist society acknowledges. In this unique live, interactive video course, Dennis will share with you the many ways we can learn from plants, and the wide range of wisdom they make available to us.

He has invited some of the leading experts in the emerging field of plant intelligence to help you understand, integrate and learn to use the most recent research from this exciting field. They include:


Chris Kilham - Author and educator, Chris is the FOX News Medicine Hunter, is on the Medical Advisory Board of the Dr. Oz Show, and is Explorer in Residence for Naturex, conducting medicinal plant research for the largest botanical extraction company in the world.

Stephen Harrod Buhner - Senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies, he is the award-winning author of 19 books, including, most recently, Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm.

Tony Wright -  Co-author of the underground sensation, Left in the Dark, now being released in a revised edition as Return to the Brain of Eden: Restoring the Connection between Neurochemistry and Consciousness.

Dayna Baumeister - Co-founder and Keystone of Biomimicry 3.8 and The Biomimicry Institute.

Simon G. Powell - Author of The Psilocybin Solution and Darwin’s Unfinished Business: The Self-Organizing Intelligence of Nature.


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