In our Winter 2005 newsletter we looked at how essences can help our animal friends. Now we turn to another aspect of the animal-human relationship: how animals, and particularly the Wild Earth Animal Essences, can help humans. There are ancient myths and stories in most cultures of a time long past when man and animal lived in harmony, at one with Nature. But today in our industrialised, scientific society most of us have lost touch with our environment and with the animal kingdom.

The Wild Earth Animal Essences were created by Daniel Mapel in 1995. They are made during a ceremonial process of attunement in the wild, and no animals are captured or harmed in their creation. In Daniel’s words “the animal essences are healing tools that can help us to touch deep, wild, wondrous places within ourselves and to mend emotional wounds that have gone untended. The essences can also profoundly assist us in our spiritual growth and development. The animals offer themselves with love and wisdom that is boundless and wild and free; all they ask is that we open our hearts to receive what they are willing to give us so generously: the joy that comes with knowing oneself as part of the indivisible whole of all of Creation.”

We are in constant communication with Nature, whether we know how to listen or not. This is also true of the animals, who have much to teach us about ourselves and our place in the Universe. Recently, a friend of mine kept seeing spiders. I suggested she take Spider essence. As a result, the spiders stopped showing themselves to her, and the Spider essence gave her insight into a particular problem she was facing at the time. Let’s all open our eyes, ears and hearts to the message of the animals!

Wild Child Essences

Daniel has developed a new range called the Wild Child Essences that nurture children as well as the child within us all.
These essences address many of the most basic and fundamental needs of both children and adults: to feel safe, to know that we belong, to connect and bond with others, and to know who we are and what we need.

The Wild Child essences are especially beneficial for children who have not had some of their most fundamental needs met, and they are equally beneficial for adults whose deepest inner needs were not met when they were children and who need to address those unmet needs now. These essences have supportive gifts that can enhance and deepen positive feelings including belonging, safety, innocence, self-awareness, and confidence.

Bear Cub - nurtures awareness of one’s feelings and those of others. Brings awareness of how one’s actions affect others. Nurtures the experience of deepening self-awareness, grounding, introspection and self-knowledge. For knowing who we are. Especially beneficial for children who have not had their true feelings recognized and honored by their caregivers; who have difficulty honoring the needs of others; who need to slow down and focus. Especially beneficial for adults who need to become aware of who they are, what they need, and what others need.

Dolphin Calf - nurtures the experiences of deep child-parent bonding, connection and intimacy, communication, Oneness and unity. Especially beneficial for children who have difficulty connecting with and bonding with parents and other caregivers; who have grown up too fast, become too serious, and lost their ability to play freely and spontaneously. Especially beneficial for adults who had mothers who never deeply bonded with them; who, as parents, want to connect and bond more deeply with their children who themselves are parents-to-be; who need to connect with and bond more deeply with their own inner child.

Elephant Calf - nurtures the experience of physical and emotional safety, deep grounding, being protected and looked after by a wider family of support, and healthy extended family togetherness. Especially beneficial for children who don’t feel physically or emotionally safe; who live in families that lack a strong sense of togetherness; who need to feel support and protection from a wider human family of support and caring. Especially beneficial for adults: who, as children, did not feel supported and protected by the adults around them; who grew up in families that lacked a strong feeling of togetherness; who want to deepen the bonds between family members (good for family members to take together).

Fawn - nurtures the experiences of gentleness, sweetness, innocence, purity, peace, calm, and a state of childhood grace. Especially beneficial for children who are aggressive, over-stimulated, or stressed; who need to learn to be more gentle with themselves and others; who have lost touch with the innocence of being a child. Especially beneficial for adults: who want to deepen experiences of childlike innocence, gentleness, and peace; who as children grew up too fast; who need to learn to be gentle with themselves and others; who need to learn to respect and honor the needs and wounds of their inner child.

Lion Cub - nurtures the experience of fearlessness, confidence, courage, authentic strength and power. Especially beneficial for children who need to know themselves as strong, confident, and capable; who are fearful or anxious; who lack confidence; who need to develop courage and strength for moving forward. Especially beneficial for adults who, as children, often felt powerless, afraid, or lacking in confidence; who have an inner child who needs courage to face the healing path.

Wolf Pup - nurtures the experience of a deep sense of belonging, fitting in, knowing that one matters, and knowing that one has a place in the world. Especially beneficial for children who are confused about their place in the world; whose parents are separated or divorced; who get disoriented in school or other environments; whose family life is emotionally turbulent. Especially beneficial for adults whose parents separated or divorced when they were children; who feel as if they do not fit in or have a place in the world.

New combination essences

Empower - provides powerful support for claiming one's authentic, inner power. This formula includes three animal essences: Bighorn Sheep for claiming inner power; Lion for deep spiritual empowerment; and Peacock for nurturing wholeness and completeness within.

Playtime - provides powerful support for joyfully entering into the spirit of play with happiness and delight. This formula includes three animal essences: Otter which nurtures playfulness and happiness; Dolphin for letting go and playing with great joy; and Chimp for childlike simplicity and play.

Rest & Relax - provides powerful support for slowing down, relaxing, and resting the body and mind. It includes three animal essences: Sloth for slowing down the body and mind; Dragonfly which nurtures feelings of lightness and spaciousness; and Sparrow for calm and freedom from worry.

Supreme Confidence - provides powerful support for acting with confidence, strength, and power. Three essences make up this combination: Mountain Lion which nurtures self-assurance; Bumblebee which nurtures profound confidence; and Cheetah for acting with great confidence.

New French publication

We are pleased to announce the publication of our booklet Les Elixirs Animaux: the Wild Earth Animal Essences. Part One contains excerpts translated from Daniel’s book Into the Heart of the Wild: healing and transformation with the Wild Earth Animal Essences, including how the essences are made and how best to use them, as well as a repertoire of which essences to use for particular problems and issues. It also contains information, pictures and affirmations for the first 41 animal essences. Part Two includes information in French on essences and products that have been created and made available to the public since the publication of Into the Heart of the Wild in 2002. This includes pictures, affirmations and descriptions for 4 additional essences, 36 experimental essences, 7 combination essences, 4 Energy Sprays and complete descriptions of the new Wild Child Essences.

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New combination and spray Fleurs de Vie

Winter Shield - it is often in winter that we feel most vulnerable to the elements, to “catching something”. Moving from the cold outdoors to the warm indoors, sitting in drafts, lack of sunshine and dark wintry days - we think that these things lower our immunity to illness, however, our “inner climate” (our emotional and mental balance) also has a direct effect on our health. Regardless of the time of year, emotional upsets, prolonged stress, and mental fatigue weaken us. Winter Shield helps support our immune system on the level of the subtle anatomy. It is a combination essence that cleanses and strengthens the energy field and provides protection from energetic pollution. It fortifies our energetic immunity, which in turn, has a positive effect on our overall health and well-being.

Winter Shield is available as drops (30 ml, stabilised with red shiso) or as a spray (50 ml, with essential oils of ravensare, green mandarin and mountain rosemary).

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New prices and address

Please take note of the new prices listed on our Price list and be sure to use these prices when placing your order. Also note the new shipping charges for the European Union and Switzerland. We would appreciate it if you could throw away all old order forms so that there is no confusion about prices, which can lead to a delay in receiving your purchase.
Please also note that our new address is: Fleurs de Vie - 500 Domaine des Bois - 01170 Echenevex.

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Many of you have already received the January and February issues of our e-mail newsletter. The newsletter will be sent 8 times a year (the months between our printed quarterly newsletters) to keep you informed of new products, training opportunities and special promotional offers that are only available to our internet customers. If you would like to sign up to receive our e-mail newsletter, please send us your name and e-mail address at info@fleursdevie.com.

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Next workshops - Australian Bush, level 1

The next Australian Bush workshops (level 1) will take place on 8-9 April and 13-14 May 2006. See our web page "Courses & workshops" for more information on these workshops and other flower essence courses.

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