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Written by Tammie Crosby
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:49 |
Sacred Earth Seeds
(seeds & plants)
DOUGLAS JOSHUA DAVIS
horticulturist & seedsman
440-317-1463
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I specialize in heirloom/open pollinated, interesting-unusual, and ceremonial/sacred seeds and plants. If you'd like to talk about plants and seeds, please feel free to call or email anytime.
One of my favorite plants to grow, and very popular with my customers, is WHITE SAGE (Salvia apiana). White Sage has a very powerful presence in the garden. It is a traditional Native American sacred plant with beautiful green-grey foliage that is used for ritual and ceremony. The leaves are dried and used to smudge a whole house, a room, a whole area, or even yourself. Smudging with White Sage clears the energy, it chases the negative feeling away and allows a more relaxed, happy energy to take its place. It can even act as an ice-breaker in a group, somehow breaking down barriers between people. Please consider a white sage plant or a packet of seeds.
I also sell and grow heirloom tomato plants and seeds. What are heirloom seeds? They are seeds that have been handed down from generation to generation; the old-fashioned, standard flowers, tomatoes, and vegetables people ate before hybrids came along. When you harvest seeds from an heirloom, you will get the exact same plant. With hybrid seeds, you don't know what you'll get. I saved the seeds from a hybrid petunia once, and what I got the following spring did not even resemble a petunia. Heirloom tomatoes are the best-tasting because they are the original tomatoes, not the hybrids from the grocery store. Usually you're not sure what those taste like (cardboard?).
All seed packets are $2.00 each, unless otherwise noted. Plants prices are $3.00 to $6.00
I have these heirloom tomato seeds (25 per packet) for $2 each. Plants available in mid-May thru June:
RAINBOW BEEFSTEAK MIX - a mix of red, orange, pink, green, yellow and purple heirloom tomatoes; all very delicious and unique.
MEXICO MIDGET - the best tasting and smallest cherry anywhere, prolific, eat right off the plant.
AMISH BRANDYWINE - the most well-known heirloom tomato and said to be the best tasting of any; a large dark pink variety.
BOX CAR WILLIE - a medium size perfectly round and red tomato, very delicious; I love the name!
ARKANSAS TRAVELER - an heirloom from the Ozark Mountains, very tasty, very productive plants
CHEROKEE PURPLE - this is an old heirloom from the Cherokee tribe; it's a large, juicy, good-tasting purplish/red tomato, very popular.
For 2010 I am also featuring "Sacred Earth's Heirloom Veggie Seed Collection". This collection of 7 heirloom vegetable seed varieties is $12. You can also buy them individually for $2 packet. All of these seeds are old-fashioned heirloom types. This is a great collection for the home gardener. This collection contains:
OLD HOMESTEAD POLE BEANS
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON LETTUCE
GREEN ARROW PEAS
LONG STANDING SPINACH
BLUE HUBBARD SQUASH
GOLDEN BANTAM CORN
ARKANSAS TRAVELER TOMATO
INTERESTING / UNUSUAL / HEALING / CEREMONIAL / SACRED: Seeds for $2.00 each:
WHITE SAGE (Salvia apiana) - incredible plant, see my description in my opening remarks; smudge with dry leaves to clear
negative energy; annual. (100)
WILD BERGAMOT - (Monarda fistulosa) has an extensive history of medicinal uses discovered by the Native American tribes. The Ojibwe used the leaves to relieve headaches and the relief of colds. They also dried and boiled the plant for its oil that cured bronchial problems. The Blackfoot made the blossoms into a tea for getting rid of stomach pains. The Cherokee warmed up the leaves and used it for headache relief. The Winnebago used Wild Bergamot in their sweat baths for curing colds and the early white settlers used it for colic, nausea, and vomiting. It also has culinary uses which include using the plant for flavoring meat; lavender flowers; the original 'bee balm' (100)
HOLY BASIL - India's most revered and sacred plant...it has so many medicinal uses: it's a preventative for fevers and the common cold and chewing the leaves relieves cold and flu, used in many Ayurvedic cough syrups and expectorants and helps for relief with bronchitis and asthma, can be used as a gargle for sore throat, with honey and ginger, it is useful in the treatment of several respiratory disorders, including asthma, flu, cough, bronchitis, has strengthening effect on kidneys, can assist with expelling of kidney stones, has a beneficial effect on the heart and can strengthen a weak heart, reduces the level of blood cholesterol, holy basil is an anti-stress herb...leaves can be chewed twice a day to prevent stress, purifies the blood, leaves are effective for mouth ulcers and infections, helps prevent and eliminate insect stings and bites, effective in the treatment of ringworm and other skin diseases, the leaves, dried in the sun and powdered, can be used for brushing teeth, or mixed with mustard seed for brushing teeth; very good for counteracting bad breath and massaging the gums and preventing gum disease; makes a good medicine for a headache, good for sore eyes and night blindness; annual (50)
TOBACCO (heirloom) - Ceremonial Hopi Indian Tobacco, Easter Island Tobacco, Indian Peace Pipe Tobacco (long, fragrant white flowers), Perique Tobacco (rare variety from Louisiana); annuals (75 seeds each, except Easter Island Tobacco - 30 seeds) $2.00 ea.
MULLEIN - a great smokeable, medicinal plant; Mullein is a hardy biennial plant that was traditionally used by Native Americans for dry coughs, sinus congestion, middle ear infections, and asthma. The leaves taken from the basal rosettes were dried and smoked to halt an asthmatic attack because it causes a relaxation of the respiratory muscles. The leaves can be dried for tea or steeped in brandy or vodka to make a tincture for treating dry coughs or really horrible coughs. The flowers, when infused with garlic and olive oil, were used as ear drops to relieve pain and heal middle ear infections. Making a steam from fresh Mullein leaves was also used to break up and clear sinus congestion...pick one small leaf from the middle of the rosette, tear it up, and simmer it in a covered pot for a few minutes. Bring it to a boil and remove it from the heat, then inhale the steam with a towel over your head. The dried, crumbled up leaves can also be mixed with other herbs for smoking, either as a tobacco substitute or used with tobacco in ceremony. The dried leaves can also be used for smudging. (100)
MUGWORT - an outstanding dream herb! Make tea or a dream pillow for more vivid dreams and for remembering them; hardy perennial (100)
COSMOS - a mix of lively orange and dark yellow flowers all summer long. (30)
ANCIENT AZTEC PLANT - (a.k.a. Hopi Red Dye Amaranth) - edible leaves and flowers; foliage is purple, flowers are red; annual (100)
CHINESE WOLFBERRY - (Lycium chinense). These seeds will produce beautiful plants with purple, half-inch flowers from June to September, then very attractive and bright red berries from August to October. The leaves, roots, and berries of this plant are all edible. The berries, also known as "Goji berries" are highly valued in Chinese medicine due to their many, many health benefits, including anti-oxidant properties, improving the complexion, eyesight, and sexual health; as well as prolonging life in general. The young leaves are edible and can be eaten in salads or used for flavoring with rice. A tea may also be made from the leaves. The plant itself forms a shrub that can grow to 12 feet high and has bright green oval-shaped leaves. It is a hardy perennial in the north. (50)
EVENING PRIMROSE - this is an amazing plant...it's a hardy bienniel plant with a very beautiful yellow flower in late summer. It's native to the United States. All parts of this plant are edible and Native American tribes used it for food and medicinal purposes. The roots were boiled and eaten like potatoes, the young leaves were cooked and served as greens, and the shoots were eaten raw. A poultice was made from the plant and used for bruises and the roots were chewed and rubbed onto the muscles to improve strength. This plant is cultivated world-wide for its well-known GLA oil. The seeds are eaten by many types of birds and the flower draws hummingbirds. (100)
MEXICAN TARRAGON - (if available) a.k.a. psychoactive marigold; nice foliage, yellow flowers; this plant is smoked by the Huichol Indians for a euphoric effect; annual (25)
FEVERFEW - a fragrant herb with small white daisy-like flowers; known as a remedy for migraine headaches. (100)
WORMWOOD - from the Harry Potter move; silvery foliage, medicinal; very hardy perennial (200) $1.00
ECHINACEA - also known as Purple Coneflower, this plant is very well-known for its use as a stimulant for the immune system. It's a very popular item and can be purchased just about anywhere for preventing colds and flu. It's a very hardy perennial plant that produces beautiful violet/purple flowers during the summer and attracts lots of hummingbirds. It will bloom the first year if started early enough in the spring. (50)
SEED COLLECTIONS (prices vary):
HOPI VISION SEEDS - Hopi Indian Tobacco, Indian Peace Pipe plant, Hopi Red Dye Amaranth $4.00
SPIRIT SEEDS - White Sage, Ancient Aztec plant (a.k.a. Hopi Red Dye Amaranth), Feverfew, Cosmos, Chamomile, Holy Basil, Indian Peace Pipe $7.00
PERSONAL SPIRIT SEEDS - these 7 varieties of seeds are intuitively chosen for you, nobody else will receive the same packet; they will grow into the plants you're supposed to have in your garden this year. $10
HEIRLOOM TOMATO COLLECTION - Brandywine, Mexico Midget, and Arkansas Traveler for the best tomato garden ever. $5.00
TURTLE ISLAND SEEDS - (all native North American plants): Evening Primrose, Purple Coneflower, Milkweed, Wild Bergamot $4.00
SHAMAN SEEDS - for meditation, dreams, & euphoria -- White Sage, Mugwort, Wild Dagga or Mexican Tarragon $3.50
HEALING GARDEN SEED COLLECTION - a great collection of herbs that have traditionally been used for healing: Echinacea (purple coneflower), Holy Basil, Evening Primrose, Chamomile, and Wild Bergamot $8.00
PLANTS for 2010
All plants are grown organically.
CUP PLANT - best bird plant anywhere...the leaves form a cup at the base, allowing water to collect for the birds to drink; hummingbirds come to this plant for the sweet nectar in the yellow flowers, and goldfinches flock to it for the seeds; perennial. $6.00
WHITE SAGE - this is my most popular selling plant! It's an aromatic Native American incense herb used for ritual and ceremony; smudge with the dried foliage for clearing negative energy and allowing a nice, pleasant, positive energy to take over. $6.00
MUGWORT - a great dream herb; the leaves can be made into a tea for vivid dreaming; great in dream pillows. $4.00
HEIRLOOM TOMATO PLANTS - best tasting tomatoes, old-fashioned varieties; see above seed list for description; $2.00 or $3.00
EASTER ISLAND TOBACCO - ceremonial and smokeable tobacco from the Easter Islands in the South Pacific; smoked by the Natives; $5.00
TREE TOBACCO - excellent tub or large container plant; plant can grow to 10 feet or higher, contains no nicotine; $4.00
CHOCOLATE MINT - spreads fast, great mint for making tea at home. $4.00
HOLY BASIL - (if available) amazing plant from India (see above); annual. $3.00
CHINESE WOLFBERRY - outstanding health plant (see above); perennial. $5.00
OTHER PLANTS (that I hope to have this season): Sweetgrass, Rabbits Tobacco, Mexcian Tarragon, Aztec Dream Herb. You may also request to have plants grown for you that are not on this list.
TO ORDER SEEDS and PLANTS:
Please email or call me with the list of seeds and plants you want and the quantity of each type. I will send you the total, including shipping. Shipping for seeds is $1.50 regardless of how many you order. Shipping for one plant is $5.50 / add 50 cents for each additional plant. Payment can be made by check or money order, or credit card through an invoice from Paypal (you do not need an account with them). Seeds and plants will be shipped out the next day or two after payment is made. Optional pick up of items is available for local customers. Thank you!! Doug, Sacred Earth Seeds
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Written by John Thornton
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 22:17 |
Welcome to the new home of American Metaphysics – GreatConjunction.org!
Four years ago I started a small site called OhioMetaphysics.org, very quickly I realized I hadn't thought big enough. Within a year AmericanMetaphysics.org was born… and then I got a member in Australia. It's taken me a wile to get here, but I feel like this is the perfect new home for us. We have members from all over the world already and I want this site to have no nation boundaries or territories. We are all divine children of spirit and we should come together in a Great Conjunction!
 Our new site is stronger, more robust and flexible and should hold us in good stead over the coming years. As always, if you have features or ideas you want to see here let me know or feel free to contribute your ideas and thoughts. From its inception this site has always been about community. I can't wait to see what you do with the place.
A few years ago I was struggling with my personal business, creating this site and exploring this world of psychic fairs and events, and I had a dream – the last bit still sticks with me. In the dream I was complaining about what was going on with my life and how slowly business was progressing and the old woman I was speaking to said, "Don't you know? As the Earth grows in fecundity, so too shall your business." I woke up, looked up fecundity, and learned to look forward to this time of year.
There is so much new energy rising from the Earth right now. The ice melts, even for just a day, and new growth begins springing to life. Each day as I walk outside I see new signs of spring. Swelling buds, flower shoots and the greening of the grass all contribute to the energy of life, of fecundity, that is growing stronger every day.
I see that new growth here as well. The energy of new events and classes, the excitement over changing attitudes around the world and the comforting knowledge that as people loose faith in failing institutions, greed and corruption they turn to the deep spiritual truths we explore here.
I hope that more people turn away from greed and rampant consumerism. I have faith that this is all part of a larger plan. I know that we are all together on this journey and I am glad that you are here with me.
So, as the Earth continues to grow in fecundity, I know you and I and GreatConjunction.org will continue to grow as well.
On a practical note, all your old logins and passwords should still work. Most of your old links will work as well, but you may get the occasional error message. Let me know and I will try to fix any problems that crop up.
Thanks,
John Thornton, GreatConjunction.org
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 March 2009 22:45 |
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Written by Voice of the Site
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:59 |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:28 |
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Written by John Thornton
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 18:54 |
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Happy Holidays: Yule, Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Gurachnar's Ascension, and other Assorted Winter Holidays!
"On the second day of Christmas I sent my true love back, a nasty little letter and a partridge in a pear tree." – Hogfather , Terry Pratchett
 Not feeling it this year, kids, and I finally figured out why. This is the one month of the year when I don’t really get to do most of the things I love. I love to give readings, teach, lecture, garden, cook and read. I really love my work, and I get to do very little of it in December – no one is getting readings or booking classes, there are no fairs and the ground is frozen. I may as well hibernate till my birthday.  What I am doing is planning my Psychic intensive workshop in January. I am incredibly excited about this – I've really been working on this for years and it's just now that I feel ready to teach a six-week program on how to be a psychic. I have so much I want to share that the time already feels too short. We will explore psychic readings, auras, chakras, spirit guides, energy healing, ethics, and the waltz. It will be an amazing class.
Since I'm not all filled with zesty jolliness about the holidays I decided to take the easy way out for some of my gifts – I hired a psychic. Hear me out. This is the sixth time I have asked Tammie Crosby to design a gift and she always does an amazing job of working with the person's energies.
 If you've been reading these newsletters for a while you know that Tammie has a wonderful talent with gems and stones. With these custom gifts she psychically picks out the perfect combination of gems and stones that will not only be beautiful and perfect for the person, but is also functional in that the stones are specifically healing for the client. She made this amazing necklace for my friend Heather, needing only her name and birth date. The stones are grounding and help her heal her 4th and 5th chakra energies. Really amazing work and she has always come through for me. Check her out!
Also, psychic readings make great gifts for those hard to buy for people on your list. Most psychics offer gift certificates or will make one up on the spot if they need to; we're a resourceful bunch.
I do love Christmas music. Some of it stays on my iTunes all year long and this time of year I can crank it up without getting funny looks. What are your favorite songs and are they traditional or strange and bizarre? Come on folks, lets head on over to the Forum holiday music. I'll start it off with the video for the amazing "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon. Leaves me a sodden mass every time.
Well, I'm off to snuggle under my comforter, see you in January and have an incredible holiday season.
John Michael Thornton and talk about |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:31 |
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Written by John Thornton
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:43 |
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Fair season is here and I am relishing the lack of stress this year. See, this is my first fall doing psychic fairs only as a psychic and not as a vendor of Blue Dragon Beauty, or worse – trying to do both. Last year I was staying up till all hours of the night making product, putting on labels and generally freaking out. This year, I am sipping a glass of wine, listening to music and writing to you. This year is way better.
This month we have little articles and notes instead of any long articles. Personally, I've been feeling very into the writing short form. I think all the political ads and debates have fried my brain to the point were I can't hold any big ideas in my head. I need to nibble everything into bit-sized pieces.
This week we are supporting National Coming Out Week as well as the 10 year Memorial of the Mathew Sheppard Murder – he and I were the same age. Ten years ago I was finishing up my last quarter at YSU in Religious Studies, My only real course was BioMedical Ethics in American Public Life (everything else was crud that I hadn’t gotten around to but had to finish for graduation). We spent a lot of time talking about rights of privacy, AIDS, and abortion… and in the middle of all that was this brutal murder of a boy the same age as me, also gay and it scared the hell out of me.
I've been reflecting on how amazingly lucky I've been. I've never been gay bashed, my family has been quite accepting and I'm very at peace with my sexuality. These days I often find it more awkward and strange to tell people I'm a psychic. When you say, "I'm Gay," no one ever says, "I dunno, I'm a skeptic. Prove it."
I think many of us in the metaphysical community feel like we need to hide who we are. I meet so many people who tell me their families think they are crazy for believing in ghosts or the supernatural. People who don’t talk about their spiritual journey with family, lovers or spouses and ask me what they should do? Often it is married women, with tears running down their faces, who ask me how they can save their marriage when their husbands think they are crazy for studying Reiki. I pass over the tissues and listen as they struggle with coming out as different. Worse yet are the readings where people have stayed relationships – lying about who they are and what they believe – and learn to hate those they used to love.
You have to be true to yourself and not lie about who you are. Yes, you can have privacy and not shout from the rooftops, but you must be honest with yourself and those you love if you want to continue a spiritual journey and live a meaningful life. So this week, come out to someone you love be it about your sexuality or your beliefs and take a little of the weight off your soul.
This Month we have Tammie Crosby on the Universal Light Expo, Miss Bonnie with Horror-Scopes, and Upcoming Events. Also, check out the Forum (I think I fixed the bug that was giving some of you an error message when you tried to get to the Forum) I have a review of ScareFest in Lexington, KY, A short review of the first book in the Dresden Files, and the story of how I ended up watching the VP debates at the Boardman Republican Headquarters.
I also have some new things happening at my personal site – Enter to win a free psychic reading and see me demonstrate the yoga Sun Salutation. You can check it out at www.johnmichaelthornton.com
We are also looking for people to write book reviews for American Metaphysics. If you are interested,
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October 31st marks the Pagan New Year and has mystical traditions all over the globe. Keep your eyes pealed for strange and wonderful happenings!
Have a Great October!
John M. Thornton
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:32 |
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Written by MISS BONNIE
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 14:13 |
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IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LOVE THIS HALLOWEEN, SIMPLY FIND
YOUR SIGN BELOW AND THEN READ ABOUT YOUR
COSTUME MATCH FOR
HALLOWEEN NITE!! GOOD LUCK!
Aries: You'll find love with those dressed as foreign types and Wizards
Taurus: Seek out vixens, Undertakers and Grim Reapers
Gemini: Brides, lawyers, and goddesses are for you
Cancer: Look for geeks, Nurses and Doctors
Leo: 'Trick or treaters' dressed as animals and Rock Stars are lucky
Virgo: Choose to hang with Cooks and those dressed as food
Libra: Tonite for you, it's twins and Professors
Scorpio: Seek out your Donald Trumps and Gangsta types
Sagittarius: This is your night for love w/Movie Stars and celebrities
Capricorn: Look for ghosts, Elviras and witches
Aquarius: Find those dressed as TV Stars and Radio Personalities
Pisces: Anyone dressed as a Political candidate...brings luck
Happy Halloween from Miss Boo-nie
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:33 |
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Written by Tammie Crosby
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Monday, 06 October 2008 01:18 |
20TH Annual
UNIVERSAL LIGHT EXPO
October 11-12, 2008
Saturday 9am-8pm, Sunday 10am-6pm
Veteran's Memorial
300 W. Broad Street
Columbus, OH-43214
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