How to Make a Solar or Lunar Flower Essence
Choosing Your Flower: Follow Your Heart
Selecting a flower essence can be as simple as picking the one that calls to you. Maybe it’s a bloom in your garden that you’ve always felt drawn to, or perhaps a flower from a list of corresponding energies that resonates with your current emotional state. Trust your intuition—it’s a powerful guide in this magical process.
Flower essences are wonderfully safe and non-toxic. They contain only small traces of the actual flower, having no direct impact on the body’s biochemistry, which makes them gentle yet profoundly effective. However, it’s essential to approach this practice with care and respect. Only harvest flowers from plants you’ve positively identified and know to be safe for consumption.
The Perfect Day for Harvesting: Sun and Sky in Harmony
To capture the essence of your chosen flower, you need a clear, sunny day (or night) with no clouds in sight. The purity of the sunlight or moonlight is crucial as it infuses the water with the flower’s vibrational energy. There’s something magical about aligning with the sun’s energy—its warmth and light are the perfect catalysts for your flower essence. Likewise, the healing glow of the moon can add lunar wisdom to your floar potion.
The Ritual: Presence and Intention
Preparing a flower essence is a deeply magical experience. It calls for you to be fully present, to tune into your mind, body, and spirit. This is your moment to connect with the flower, to infuse the water with your good intentions. Feel the energy flow through you as you work—this connection is the heart of your flower essence.
When it comes to harvesting the flowers, try your best not to touch the blossoms directly. You can use a leaf from the plant to cover your fingers, allowing you to pluck the flowers gently without interfering with their delicate energy. Avoid using clippers or tools if possible, and if you prefer, gloves are perfectly okay.
Creating Your Essence: A Step-by-Step Guide
Preparation: On your chosen clear, sunny day, gather a glass bowl and fill it with pure spring water. This water will capture the essence of your flower.
Harvesting: Using a leaf or gloves, gently pluck the flowers you’ve chosen. Be mindful and present, appreciating the beauty and energy of each bloom.
Infusion: Place the flowers in the bowl of water. Let them float on the surface, basking in the sunlight. Allow them to infuse for three to four hours, absorbing the sun’s energy and transferring their essence into the water.
Completion: After the infusion period, remove the flowers from the water. Transfer the infused water to a glass bottle, adding an equal amount of brandy to preserve the essence. This mixture is your mother essence.
Dosage: To create a dosage bottle, take a small amount of the mother essence and dilute it with a bit of brandy. This is the essence you’ll use for your healing and transformation.
Step Into The Circle & Embrace Your Inner Magick
Develop a practice that flows with everyday life by living with the seasons and the moon. Join the Naturally Modern Witch Coven now.
About the Author
Lacey is a modern witch living by the seasons and the moon. She is dedicated to helping you develop a practice that flows with everyday life. Read more about her here.