restore what is broken
excellent for bone & joint problems
safe haven
isolated beyond touch
knit together
WARNING - this is a STRONG ESSENCE
not for the faint of heart)
Honeycomb shape - 6 sided shape - hexagon. "This geometric shape has long been associated with the heart and the sweetness of life found within our own hearts. It is a symbol of the sun" (pg 338 in Animals Speak by Ted Andrews). Matrix, cohisive
I am shown a picture of this flower moving in a spiral pattern, puncturing what looks like felt. It reminds me of the motion a cotton candy vendors use at the fair make cotton candy. I read that teasel was used to make cotton fabric since ancient times. I read that no machine-woven fabric could be as soft as fabric made using teasel. This seems important - the sharpest thorniest thing helps to make the softest thing. It made a strong cohisive fabric from which to make clothes (protection) from (foundation).
Healing bones
knitting bones
(good for old bones and arthritis)
rebuilding bone
Peace benieth a lonely exterior
too tight, too armoured, too cut off
alone, beyond touch*
beyond holding
beyond understanding
protected, cut-off, alone
needing protection
safe haven
boundaries
woven, weave, weave together forever
unchanging, unflinching, stoike,
nonflexible, durable, unchanging through the ages
unmoveable, unchanging, unrelenting
For those who are unprotected, abandoned, vulnerable, unable to protect one self
this plant is a warrior - unchangeable, immovable, unimaginable strength with periodic breaks in the facade - they create strength - the breakes are where the light is.