Flowering She Rose

Today, on Mary Assumption, I'm releasing a special episode featuring the full story of how I was called to the plants by Mother Mary. It's all about the mythical unfolding of my path towards my calling.

May this story bring you reassurance that we are all guided along the way and that our calling cannot be missed. Our path, as painful as it may be at times, is the one we're on right now, and the beauty comes when you begin to see the meaning and the threads connecting it all.

SHOW NOTES

In this episode, I share about:

- the meaning of my given name, Anna Matuschka, and why I chose to use it for this episode

- how I was introduced to Mother Mary and Anna, grandmother of Jesus, as my guides

- Mary Assumption and the celebration of flowers and the bounty of life

- my pilgrimages to Maria Kirchental, a pink church in Austria devoted to Mother Mary

- how Mother Mary encouraged me to pursue my interest in plants

- bringing reverence back to motherhood, and the sacred back to the mater-ial realms (mater = mother in Latin)

- Angelica, mother and queen of the plant spirit realm

- being initiated by plants to carry their essence and become the medicine

- _today's plant spirit transmission_: Bridging Heaven and Earth in Service, with Angelica sylvestris

- today's medicine song: Cycles and Rhythm by Mackenzie Madrone

LINKS AND MUSIC:

- the book Anna, Grandmother of Jesus (https://www.hayhouse.com/anna-grandmother-of-jesus-ebook) by Claire Heartsong

- Maria Kirchental (http://www.maria-kirchental.at/home/) in St. Martin/Lofer, Austria

- Amber Magnolia Hill's blog post (https://mythicmedicine.love/blog/angelica) about Angelica, Mama Bear of the Spirit Realm

- Mackenzie Madrone's bandcamp (https://mackenziemadrone.bandcamp.com/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mackenzie.madrone/)

**Let's connect!**

https://floweringshe.com | @floweringsherose (https://www.instagram.com/floweringsherose/)

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In this episode, we meet with Kathryn Solie of Persephone's Path, a plant spirit communication and poisonous plant medicine teacher.

Join us as we dive into the lessons that poisonous plants at large have in store for humanity, and touch upon specific plants such as hellebore (christmas rose), foxglove, poison ivy, daphne mezereum, henbane, datura (moonflower) and belladonna (deadly nightshade).

**Learn about:**

- how Kathryn was called to the poisonous plant path

- the connection between poisonous plants and the wrathful deities

- using poisonous plants to establish better boundaries as a highly sensitive person

- today's plant spirit transmission: "Intoxicating Beauty" with Daphne mezereum

- safe ways to interact with poisonous plants

- how the plants are here to help us look at unresolved wounds

- today's medicine song: "Love Like Water" by Mariee Sioux from her new album, Grief in Exile

- our vision for rebuilding the lost European shamanic lineages and practices

**Links:**

- Kathryn's website: http://www.kathrynsolie.com/) and Instagram: @persephonespath

- The Gaia School of Healing founded by Sage Maurer: http://thegreenwoman.com/

- Mariee Sioux's music: https://marieesioux.bandcamp.com/ and IG @marieesioux (featured with the artist's permission)

- Find us on https://floweringshe.com/ and IG @floweringsherose

If you would like to share your plant spirit inspired art, poetry or music with us, email us at anahita[at]floweringshe.com,

In this conversation with Erika Joan of AyaRose, we dive deep into her healing journey with Grandmother Aya and speak about the potential of gateway-opening plants as portals for the awakening of humanity.

_**What we cover:**_

- Erika's story of healing from Lyme disease with the help of Grandmother Aya

- the importance of integration work after having gateway-opening experiences and the willingness to dive into the your shadows

- _today's medicine song_: >>The Pain Game<< by Laura Lamn from her album LOVE ALWAYS WINS (featured with the artist's permission)

- meeting the Hathor star nation

- humanity's attachment to suffering and the necessity of bigger portals for our evolution

- ayahuasca as heart medicine and how it weaves together with rose medicine

- the power of true forgiveness

- finding ways to honor the plants and the cultural context they originate from

- hearing the call of the plants in our dreams

- the illegalization of consciousness expanding plants as a suppression of the oracular feminine and the sacred darkness

- plant spirits as our protectors in the dark realms of our consciousness

- working with plant beings versus synthesized psychedelics

- _today's plant spirit transmission_: a guided meditation led by Erika with the spirit of AyaRose

_**Links:**_

- Erika Joan's websites: theearthconduit.com and ayarose.org and Instagram @theearthconduit

- Laura Lamn's debut album: www.lauralamn.com/lovealwayswins

- free download of Laura's song Amazing: www.laurlamn.com/amazing

- find Laura on Facebook and Instagram @lauralamn

- Laura's book, My Healing Diary - A Journey of Transformation with Ayahuasca (https://www.lauralamn.com/product/ayahuasca-book/)

- follow us on Instagram @floweringsherose

- visit our website https://floweringshe.com

In this first episode, Blooming Hearts & Buzzing Wombs, I share my visions for this podcast and this planet as well as some of my personal story.