Star of Bethlehem, a tonic for shock —
 
Reach for Star of Bethlehem essence in the time after shock. Shock of the present or even of the past. These luminous flowers bring you back to center and guide the way. They gift the sense of being already whole, already healed.
 
Star of Bethlehem repairs sites of rupture. Their resonance goes directly to—and quiets the spark at the center of—those feelings that erupt in us after a life-altering or unexpected experience. Their frequency miraculously interrupts and neutralizes the activating, numbing, and/or disassociating effects of trauma, grief and devastation, and reweaves those feelings—that electricity—into a sense of unity and inner divinity. 
 
I’ve found that this essence may also be applied topically and is a powerful guide in dreamwork, as the flowers help reweave cellular light/memory, especially at the site of our wounds. Where in your body is the grief or trauma held? Offer drops at the site of the wound. In dreamwork, Star of Bethlehem helps us re-vision our wounds, so that we might release and recompose.
 
An essence I always have in my medicine cabinet, bag, and backpack.
 
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Star of Bethlehem is the very first essence I worked with a little over twenty years ago. I had just come out as a lesbian and was receiving a daily onslaught of shocking and violent phone and email messages from my extended family. I had never even heard of a flower essence but felt drawn to a small display of essences in my local pharmacy. To “neutralize grief” the bottle said. I took one drop and the effect was immediate. I felt a profound sense of consolation. A comfort that was both from within my self and also outside of my self but deeply entangled with my beingness. I had never felt this way before. It was like what I hoped prayer could be. A comfort, a communion. Fear and despair transmuted into organized, soothing energy. Light coherence. That is the gift of Star of Bethlehem.
 
The flowers of this essence are from the land that the Barn lives on. 8 years ago, I went on a walk after receiving some shocking news and I came upon one single Star of Bethlehem plant growing along the side of the road here in my village about a mile from our home. Across the years, I’ve watched them begin to bloom all over town. Any herbalist will tell you to read your landscape for messages from Earth. Yes, Star of Bethlehem is “invasive,” (a troubling term perhaps I’ll write about at another time) but its arrival across town and soon in my very yard tells me that this flower’s gifts are profound and can be a comfort and guide in this time. 
 
 
 
 
*Please note that a flower essence, which is a remedy made from the energetic imprint of a Star of Bethlehem flower and not the chemical constituents of the flower, is the only safe way to ingest this otherwise poisonous plant.
 
* These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product does not intend to treat, diagnose, cure, or prevent any disease.