Devotionally & ritually attuned -virgin coconut soy candleTHE MEDICINE: Emotional alchemy. THE EVOCATION:I am the alchemical gold of all that is alive within me.THE AROMAS:Lemon and creme blend with a ginger core and a warm patchouli and amber base to create an earthy scent that is at once both unusual and familiar. A nourishing spiced milk, but not chai.STORY OF THIS PIECE:A catharsis is defined as a process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from strong or repressed emotions. A misconception of emotional release is that we can simply "let it go", severing our connection to it. However, I find that a release means to be "set in motion". Freed from being unseen, unheard, and unfelt, this emotional energy can now be released from the space it was taking to become composted in the soils that nourish your roots, like leaves falling from a tree. Correspondences: Stone: howlite Archetype: Gaia, the mother Elements: Earth (physical body, plant roots, soils, compost) & Water (emotional body) Astrology: Created in Scorpio season during Samhain 2020 (dark, watery depths; subconscious/unconscious coming to the surface) Season: Autumn Supports: Shadow work / Story work Comfort in the grieving process The threshold seasons (i.e. liminal) Emotional nourishment and support
