LATIN: Orthocarpus purpurascens

GOOD FOR: The victim essence. For 'victims' with codependent behavior and releasing it. For 'poor me' attitude.

DID YOU KNOW:

To say the least, you are a mental giant. You think a lot--maybe too much. Your mind is sharp, curious, quick to jump and make up your mind about something. You do very well in academic surroundings. And you're good at memorizing things. Able to learn in classroom situations, you are a "book learner" type. Verbal by nature, you can communicate well in speaking as well as writing. Your world consists of using logic and rationalization. A prove-it-to-me kind of person.

THE HEALTHY YOU:

You're a gut-hunch kind of person whether you realize it or not. A lot of your decisions are based upon primal instinct which may or may not even tweak you consciously. However, you're a wonderful amalgam of rational mind (left brain) and right brain (instincts and intuition) IF you want to be. If you are truly in balance, you become very "whole-brained", utilizing both hemispheres of your brain to a very high degree. Not only can you know the answer to an Algebra problem before doing the math on it, you can also do the math to prove how you know the answer! That's a pretty neat trick!

THE UNHEALTHY YOU:

Insomnia can dog your heels because you are the one that gets the "gerbil running on the wheel" at night, and you can't shut off your thoughts. They just keep rolling along even though you'd like some sleep! You can get dogged, stuck and very stiff-necked about your belief system. Worse, you will be arrogant about it and you're right and the rest of the world is wrong. It's "my way or no way...." kind of blinders-on attitude. The old saying: You are cut off from the neck down, implies that you allow your logic and rational to rule you and you suppress your emotions--not a good thing in the long run!

OTHER:

PROVING: OWLS CLOVER by Eileen Nauman

Copyright Eileen Nauman, 1995 - 2004
All Rights Reserved

STAGE 2

May, 1995

NICKNAME: Codependent essence

PLANE OF EXPRESSION: emotional/mental

NEGATIVE QUALITIES: victim's mentality, spousal abuse victim, can't disconnect from a situation where the person is the victim, unable to see the dark side qualities of the abuser, the dysfunctional family situation or a work/relationship situation which is manipulating or using the individual with or without their knowledge, people who are parasites, who cling to others or use them (consciously or unconsciously), psychic vampires who steal energy from others.

POSITIVE QUALITIES: The ability to perceive or see a negative relationship with another person, the strength to break a victim/abuser relationship and walk away to get a fresh start, the perception to see our own dark shadow side and the part we've played in a negative relationship, the strength to leave an abusive relationship/family situation, clear, intuitive knowing and the strength to follow it, enjoyment of more physical activity, feeling safe and secure within ourselves and not relying on a person or situation outside ourselves to support us, spotlight of perception to identify what is causing us to be in a victim's mode and to walk away from it.

PHYSICALLY ADDRESSES: unknown at this time

PRIMARY CHAKRA: Brow, Solar Plexus

SECONDARY CHAKRA: Root

COMMENTARY: This will be one of the most powerful of the "codependent" type of essences, because it is a parasitic plant in the first place. When we found the Owls Clover, what surrounded it was the Scorpionweed, which is the Abuser essence! There was an obvious "dance" that was going on between these two Sonoran desert plants.

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: Pulsatilla, because leans on or depends so much on others, Bartya Carb., for the same reasons, Calc. Carb and Calc. Phos. because family means so much to them and they have a tougher time than most breaking negative, dysfunctional ties with them, when necessary.

ASTROLOGICAL: Moon with hard aspects, Neptune, Cancer, Virgo and Pisces.

PROVER'S SYMPTOMS:

RB (female):
1. Vision of pretty, dainty flowers, pink, gently blowing in the breeze. Very soothing and gentle. Taste: very light and delicate.

2. Feeling safe and gentle with security. Light, not heavy.

3. This week started by having diarrhea which I haven't had for many months. I'm under a lot of stress this week, selling my house, so it could be that instead of the essence.

PD (female):
1. Felt relaxed, mellow and somewhat more paranoid at times (like a dark force was after me).
2. Highlighted my relationship with stepson and confronting his darkness--had to work hard not give it power an not give in to dark side issues. Felt as if a flashlight searching in the dark for something unknown.

DS (female):
1. Dreams are showing more confrontation with others than normal.
2. Emotionally, more detail oriented with my words and communication with others. Humorous. More happiness. Happy and lighthearted emotions dominate. This feeling lasts one hour after taking remedy. By moving her whole body in an energetic way, this triggers the state.
3. Mentally, she has better memory and wants things clear and articulate. Intuitively she has a very clear knowing and retaining of that knowing.
4. Enjoyed physical activity, even just walking, more than usual.
5. Physically

EN (female): (NOTE: these notes were taken from gathering the essence on 3-30-95 and not taking it for a week)
1. Parasitic plant that leaches life-giving nutrients from other, surrounding plants.
2. This plant is a "smart" plant in that it will leach from a stronger, healthier "host" than a weaker one.
3. Psychic vampirism--could be used for those who leach or steal energy from other more vital, stronger people.
4. The ability to look into the darker side of our nature and see how or where we're stealing energy/ideas or whatever, from another person(s).
5. Can't see (they have yellow/purple "eyes" on each plant) themselves in relation to their abuser or the abusive situation in which they've become the victim.
6. The ability to stand on your own two feet and stop being a victim.
7. Might be good for blood disorders where there is a parasite-host relationship in the body?
8. To help a person with victim's mentality break free of a dysfunctional marriage, family or situation--to see it clearly for what it is and make decision with more clarity; the ability to "see" the situation for what it is or is not and how it's harming the individual victim.

ANECDOTAL CASES

CASE #1:

From: ANONYMOUS

Thought you might be interested in posting this during this week on the Athena list. If you choose to, please post anonymously.

Well, there was good news and there was bad news. The bad news: my husband was having trouble playing hard ball, when necessary; staying out of reacting emotionally; staying out of his unconsciousness, when collecting fees for work done/payments due. Even with financial reminders and budget reviews, he continued to have problems in being taken advantage of. Now the good news: I waltz in one day and tell him what we're going to do. I'm holding Owls Clover and Yarrow NE's in my hand. I give him the bottom line on the healing dynamics of natural essences. I tell him why I think it's important to take these particular essences, and I remind him of the practicalities of collecting moneys owed him. Now, his eyes glaze over. He's in over his head. And, he's stressed out because of the current account situation. Yet, still, he says OK. So, I know I'm on the right track. Am glad I'm using Owls Clover together with Yarrow. His lack of boundaries does spill over from the business world into our personal relationship. So, in a nanosecond of compassion, I tell him I'll take the essences with him so that he can be assured of their safety. In the back of my mind, I'm thinking: If we both establish better boundaries, that should make for an interesting, dynamic time. I wanted to see what would happen. I was curious. I was ready to rock 'n roll.

We start the intervention right away, 4 drops 4 times a day. By the third day, he's raising his eyebrows at me and silently wondering when all the magic is going to happen. By the seventh day, he is a true 'doubting thomas'. By the ninth day, he sees me coming and walks in a different direction. He forgets to take his water bottle (w/Owl's Clover) to work. He forgets to bring it home. He's too tired. He just ate. He is RESISTING. And, I ask "Well, are you complete with it?" "No," he says. And, we resume for another day. On day eleven, I approach with the bottle and he yells, "No!", adding laughingly "How's that for boundaries!" To which I reply, laughing "Yes! And how do you like that!" At which point, we're both cracking up at ourselves, shouting our "Yes-No" boundaries, and keep taking the flower essence. Day fourteen, he resists (as usual); I ask (as usual) "Are you done?" He says "Yes." OK, we stop.

From my perspective, there was very little change in my husband's ability to act with the firmness and directness necessary (I think) for clear boundaries. And this lack of substantial change reminded me of the power of intent and belief. He is an admitted skeptic and does not believe in selective alternative medicines, including flower essences. His agreement to take the essences may have been superficial; I took him literally and ran with it! I won't soon forget that intent and belief has to be heartfelt, in integrity with the individual, and empowering. One cannot kid oneself on these issues. You really can't hide from your own personal truth.

I, on the other hand, have been having a wonderful time. I'm the one who didn't think she needed these essences, at least it wasn't a current priority. I'm the one who took the NE's as a consolation. Lucky me! I hadn't noticed much happening until the last two to three days of taking the essence. I felt generally much stronger in the courage of my convictions. I had always thought of boundaries as putting up walls for protection. I found that my boundaries were moveable, flexible and varied. They have allowed me to move through life's experiences with clearer focus of what's appropriate for me, with little or no concern with what others may think. Probably, in a nutshell, I find I'm not getting tangled in other people's games/agendas. It's a new stronger stand in being 'at cause' in my life; not being 'at effect'. I notice the gusto with which I interact with some folks that used to push my victim buttons, and it's a little surprising. I'm noticing strength in places where I was unaware there was any weakness.

I am left with some lingering thoughts. Since partners are shadows for each other, perhaps I saw (literally) in my partner that which was going on in me. Perhaps I, being more receptive, got the healing powers of all the Natural Essences taken by both of us. While he, the nonbeliever, received none. Still wondering about the physics involved . . .