Bach Flower Remedy Clematis

Celtic Fire and Faerie

- Flower of the Week - Medicine Bag Apr. 28th 2007

Clematis -seer, visionary, dream weaver

Clematis - Clematis vitalba www.floralimages.co.uk

In 2000 when I studied the Bach Flower essences we were asked to review all 38 essences

and to choose the one that most fitted our own personality. I chose the Clematis and since then

it has been a very special flower for me. Since we have moved into this incredible period

of 'quickening' on earth I am finding myself doing a life review - going over moments in

my life and understanding them, 'seeing' them from the place that I am in now - and I

realize how we can have a profound experience and yet only be aware of a small part of

what is 'really' happening - and that is my experience with these flowers. Back then I read much,

memorized much, took lots of notes - and this morning, which is an exquisitely beautiful sunny

morning here in Colorado I open my Heart to the Deva of Clematis - and she offers the pages

of her inner book for me to read.

The Clematis is a 'climbing' plant and yet it does not 'take a hold' as it climbs. It needs to

be supported. This represents our dreams to me - they have all the potential to climb right

out of the world of limitation and restriction - and yet to do so WE must be the support -

we must offer our bodies for the dream to climb up along - and to burst into flower all

along the way. Allowing our dreams to flower opens our beings to the Nectar therein -

and we become attractive to the bees - on many planes of being - as they come in their

business to fill their little nectar bags and fly home to make honey!

Way back in 1983 when I first met my artist husband I remember one day in particular -

walking to work with him along a river, in winter, when the land of Bavaria was in deep snow.

I asked him - "teach me how to see like you do" - and he paused and looked at the snowy scene

around us - "look there" he said and my eyes were brought to where the sunlight met the shadow

on a nearby tree. "Notice where the light meets the shadow, now see the different shades within

the shadow." I found my eyes becoming keener and seeing details I had never noticed before -

"now look at the light and see the colors in the light." I never forgot those moments because I

was open to really doing something I had always been doing, differently. I knew from his

paintings that he 'saw' differently than I did - and I knew I could 'see' like that.

I tell this story because so many people say to me 'I wish I could see like you do' into the

inner realms. You can. Just like seeing more clearly into the earthly realms, it is a matter

of paying attention to more details. Close your eyes and RELAX. Do not focus on what your

physical eyes are seeing on the inside of your eyelids. Open to seeing with your inner eye.

"When your eye is single your whole body will be filled with light'. It is through the Eye

of the Soul that we see the inner glory and slowly the bridge is built between the inner and

the outer vision, so that in a moment you may see a tiny bird land on your apple tree and as

it sings to you you will SEE the Sacred Geometries of Sound coming from her little beak.

We are all crafted Divinely, we have all the inner and outer senses necessary - it is so much

about slowing down and taking the time to pay attention to what is right there within us.

The medicine of the Clematis elevates our inner sight, and quickens the ability within us to

change channels from the 'mundane' to the Cosmic levels of perception. This beautiful flower

also carries the medicine of the Dream Weaver. We are ALL the Weavers of the Great Dream.

Everyone of us has a thread, or perhaps a whole pouch of Sacred Threads - and we are all

embroidering the same Cosmic Tapestry. All we have to do is listen, receive and then ACT upon

that which we receive. It may be something really specific like encouraging a small child

to paint a picture, or something larger like bringing in transmissions from the Cosmic Levels

of Being. In the beginning and in the end both of these activities are equally profound, because

they are both an ESSENTIAL part of the Cosmic Tapestry. Clematis carries the activations

for us to find our thread, and to follow the specific guidance to fulfill OUR part of the Great

Dream.