Great Mullein: Clearing the mind of trivial pursuits
Enhancing the ability for one to hear a distinct “inner voice” and strengthens our “inner light”
By noticing this message it means that Great Mullein has come into your life. The spirit of this plant strengths our ability to notice and dispense with negative energies. It helps connect us with our inner voice, with the light of conscience, to help overcome falsity to self and others.
At the Wildcraft Forest we like our Mullein, and we place it in a variety of teas and other products.
The plant migrated here from Asia and Europe and has now naturalized here. It thrives in disturbed soil and acts as a nitrogen fixer and pollinator attractor helping to regenerate an ecosystem which is what it does for the human body during cold and flu season.
We blend it into our unique wild tea blends including our “Moon Editions”.
Great Mullein has been used since ancient times as a remedy for skin, throat and breathing ailments. It has long had a medicinal reputation, especially as an astringent and emollient, as it contains mucilage, several saponins, coumarin and glycosides.
Long ago, Dioscorides recommended it for diseases of the lung and to this day it is widely available in health and herbal stores.
Historically, non-medicinal uses have included dye for fabric; and these tall plants were also dipped in wax to make candles or torches. The seeds are poisonous and were used by fishers in ancient times. They would cast the seeds in small bodies of water to stun fish for harvesting.
Great Mullein was linked to witches, although the relationship remained generally ambiguous, and the plant was also widely held to ward off curses and evil spirits. Mullein is associated with spiritual cleansing, purifying energies, and protection against malevolent forces. Its leaves and dried flowers can be used in rituals to ward off negativity, allowing us to traverse the spiritual realm with courage and clarity. The plant can be a key ingredient within smudges and has long been associated with purging negative energy and illness through its smoke.
As a plant spirit, Mullein clears the mind of trivial pursuits, enhancing the ability for one to hear a distinct “inner voice” and strengthens an individual's moral conscience or “inner light”, which can be empowering against social pressures that hinder one from reaching their potential.
Mullein flowers soaking up the Sun for Wildcraft Forest flower essences.
Here at the Wildcraft Forest, our wildcrafted flower essences are called “Sentience”. As a flower essence the yellow flowers correspond to our third chakra and our emotional relationships within ourselves and other beings. The plant is a beacon for pollinators to return to an area that has been disturbed, ravaged and depressed. So the power of this flower is about facing the trials of emotions linked to depression, fear, abandonment, irritation and sadness - yet it restores by allowing one to release and relax. Mullein helps us to awaken and stir our unconscious minds, which in turn heightens our consciousness and teaches us to live and act according to our inner truths and values. The orange stamens and anthers in the flower refer to our second chakra, our creative and sexual selves, activating feelings of optimism and joy.
Wildcrafters seek to be peaceful warriors and the advocates that seek to protect the natural systems of Planet Earth. We craft a life, mission and occupation that supports wildcrafting ethics and to move those ethics into the wider human population with a devotion dedicated to the liberation of others. Wildcrafters propagate, restore and spread wild habitat and Earth-based teachings into areas of human settlement.
Have I told you that each Wildcraft Forest tea has a message in the bottle? It's a "Message from Mother" and it's often different from bottle to bottle. Sometimes it's the prayer that we use when we make a particular blend, sometimes it's a work of poetry or thoughts about the Earth and Cosmos. Sometimes its random thoughts that I write down as a message.
Whatever the message, it’s unique to you.
We make a wildcrafted tea blend that has Mullein in it, we call it The Moon and it is a blend that is really perfect for an evening of Full Moon watching and calming contemplation. Every single ingredient is hand picked by us and responsibly harvested within the Wildcrafter’s Promise.
We suggest a fire, Moonlight, a starry sky, good conversation and the distant howl of a Coyote.
Our wildcrafted tea (tisane) blends are gathered from the forest and are truly natural and without chemical contamination. Enjoy this wild herbal tea hot, chilled, infused with organic fruit or as a wild cocktail mix.
The Moon Tea Blend is available as a loose tea blend packaged in a wine bottle, which makes for a beautiful gift; and it is also available in bags for easy shipping.
Enjoy the Full Moon perhaps with a cup of wild tisane, visit our farmgate: http://www.wildcraftforestemporium.com/
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