Tart Cherry Sleepy Girl Mocktail (Vegan)

Getting busy again with stuff! Gonna be a bit eventful with some plans, while juggling some comms, school, and work.

So I reminiscence on my scribbles folder once more

Tried a new restaurant yesterday and got burned. 🫠 But at least I can show y'all what I do for flareups. Part of why I like having tinctures on hand is because it makes it easier to grab something when I feel bad.

I hope this helps y'all next time you have tummy troubles!

Ice cold hibiscus, clove and cinnamon tea with agave.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

✨sleep tincture✨

I use this every single time I have a hard time falling asleep, if I am traveling, or if I know I need to fall asleep early!

-fill a large mason jar with vodka

-add 1/2 cup of dried lavender, 1/2 cup of chamomile, 1/2 cup of peppermint, a few tablespoons of rosemary and dried orange peel

-Seal the jar and leave in a cool, dark place for two weeks. Shake every day.

-to use, place 2 to 3 drops under your tongue as you get into bed

This is my favorite tincture because it actually tastes delicious and it works so well. I personally have struggled with sleep issues my whole life and this has helped tremendously, if you have serious medical issues that inhibit your sleep this will not cure them by any means. However, it is a good supplemental thing to help!

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Mimosa, aka Albizia julibrissin, is one of the most valued botanicals in Chinese medicine for supporting an uplifted mood and peaceful state of mind. Known as the “herb of happiness”, Mimosa helps encourage mental stability and promotes emotional serenity.

Mimosa blossoms are also good for encouraging restful sleep, calming the spirit, relieving emotional constraint associated with anger, soothing irritability, and improving cognitive function. Mimosa bark is also a potent ally for grief and heartbreak because it helps anchor the heart and stabilize emotions.

(video by @/mustloveherbs on Instagram)

Nicholas Roerich, The Hunt

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The Allegory of a Mountain

“There is a Mountain situated in the midst of the earth or center of the world, which is both small and great. It is soft, also above measure hard and stony. It is far off and near at hand, but by the providence of God invisible. In it are hidden the most ample treasures, which the world is not able to value. This mountain—by envy of the devil, who always opposes the glory of God and the happiness of man—is compassed about with very cruel beasts and ravening birds—which make the way thither both difficult and dangerous. And therefore until now—because the time is not yet come—the way thither could not be sought after nor found out. But now at last the way is to be found by those that are worthy—but nonetheless by every man's self-labor and endeavors.

To this Mountain you shall go in a certain night—when it comes—most long and most dark, and see that you prepare yourselves by prayer. Insist upon the way that leads to the Mountain, but ask not of any man where the way lies. Only follow your Guide, who will offer himself to you and will meet you in the way. But you are not to know him. This Guide will bring you to the Mountain at midnight, when all things are silent and dark. It is necessary that you arm yourselves with a resolute, heroic courage, lest you fear those things that will happen, and so fall back. You need no sword nor any other bodily weapons; only call upon God sincerely and heartily.

When you have discovered the Mountain the first miracle that will appear is this: A most vehement and very great wind that will shake the Mountain and shatter the rocks to pieces. You will be encountered also by lions and dragons and other terrible beasts; but fear not any of these things. Be resolute and take heed that you turn not back, for your Guide—who brought you thither—will not suffer any evil to befall you. As for the treasure, it is not yet found, but it is very near.

After this wind will come an earthquake that will overthrow those things which the wind has left, and will make all flat. But be sure that you do not fall off. The earthquake being past, there will follow a fire that will consume the earthly rubbish and disclose the treasure. But as yet you cannot see it.

After these things and near the daybreak there will be a great calm, and you will see the Day-star arise, the dawn will appear, and you will perceive a great treasure. The most important thing in it and the most perfect is a certain exalted Tincture, with which the world—if it served God and were worthy of such gifts—might be touched and turned into most pure gold.

This Tincture being used as your Guide shall teach you will make you young when you are old, and you will perceive no disease in any part of your bodies. By means of this Tincture also you will find pearls of an excellence which cannot be imagined. But do not you arrogate anything to yourselves because of your present power, but be contented with what your Guide shall communicate to you. Praise God perpetually for this His gift, and have a special care that you do not use it for worldly pride, but employ it in such works as are contrary to the world. Use it rightly and enjoy it as if you had it not. Live a temperate life and beware of all sin. Otherwise your Guide will forsake you and you will be deprived of this happiness. For know of a truth: whosoever abuses this Tincture and does not live exemplarly, purely and devoutly before men, will lose this benefit and scarcely any hope will be left of recovering it afterward.”

— Eugenius Philalethes, Lumen de Lumine

Easy Kale Soup with Echinacea (Vegan)

Gonna preface that these scribbles were made purely because I wanted to accompany some storywriting I had made for fun with some drawings. I felt share-y at the time, and the end of the semester is approaching, so why not? Good luck making sense of them without the context though!

The funny thing is that a friend was getting me going with his own creative writing, so I thought "yeah, let's make a lil' side-story of him for fun, why not?" And then I proceeded to write 20ish pages worth of story and exposition, alongside a few scribbles to add in between paragraphs and several footnotes to reference things.

I can see why people take up creative writing now

I'm the storm and I'm the center

I'm your poison I'm your twinkture

they wanted me to go down easy

Phase 2 of the double extraction and now we have gorgeous infection fighting and pain relieving Usnea tincture in the Glan Gors Farmacy 🙏

✨Tinctures and Oils✨

I’ve been making a lot of tinctures to give to friends and oils to use as offerings (not edible) and thought I’d share one of my recipes! If it’s something you’d like me to post more info on/more recipes let me know!

Head Cold Tincture

-To a clean, dry mason jar add half a cup of fresh rosemary, a tablespoon of cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes, a large Bayleaf, and 2 or 3 teaspoons of orange peel

-Fill the jar to the top with vodka (everclear or apple cider vinegar are possible substitutes)

-Close the jar tightly and let it sit for about two weeks, shaking every day

-Strain and put into some sort of dark jar, I prefer Amber dropper bottles

-When you feel a head cold coming on, put a few drops under your tongue every 6-8 hours for a couple of days

✨Blessed Be✨