Oh, Delicious Spring!
Oh, delicious spring!
The winds are swirling, rains moistening the terrain and our friends Solomon’s seal, Epimedium, Trillium, Bloodroot and Lung wort are growing inches each day. So, breath deeply heart filling. My standup bass playing friend Sean Farias, who also cares for the lands, was blown away with the simple recipe of Olive oil and her rhyzomes to keep his ligaments and muscles happy.
Solomon’s Seal Oil Preparation
Walk the land until you find an established gathering of Solomon’s seal. Make an offering, I offer my hair, a prayer, song, sip of water, whatever is respectful and meaningful to you. Then ask “May I gather you to make an oil, or tincture for my friends to help muscles and ligaments?” Listen for the yes. The rhyzome does not like to be dug with metal. (Thank you Karyn Sanders) A dropped deer antler, wooden tool or other clever tool will ease the root out. Try to take the root from the center of the gathering to create space for new expansion.
Rince or brush the dirt off. Set the root out on a wooden cutting board, slice like carrot rounds, on the diagonal, and allow to dry overnight.
Place the roots in a double boiler and cover with olive oil. Simmer, cover at an angle so it does not boil, for 4 hours. A stainless bowl fitting over a saucepan with water works well. Do not allow the water to touch the bottom of the bowl.
Strain with a painter’s bag or chinois. Store in a sterile bottle. Label with the date. Use as skin oil or add to body products.
The mark, the roots, can be added to your evening meal as an addition to sauces or use a hand blender to add to soups. About one ounce per person. Freeze leftovers.
The gifts and powers of our kin emerge to assist with birthing (Trillium), fertility with fortitude (Epimedium) pleasurable endurance (Solomon’s seal and Epimedium, think cordials) and Lungwort to express what you really want.
What I have really wanted these past years is to complete compiling, transcribing and organizing the work of the late great William LeSassier. In this season his thoughts and writings, tapes and notes of favored students, have burst forth from the humus and we are into the next stage of placing materials into books. Our transcribers are churning out the color codes for each with commendable, star-studded efficiency. Tavish, sitting like Buddha, directs and keeps all in order. He also reads me clearly and sends me off to the garden or a walk or a cup of my adored espresso. Calm.
Our next Sitting at Table will be May 25 to 29. Come and join us! Call me 781-888-4312 or email margiflint117@gmail.com if you can offer a day or more. It is an amazing opportunity to learn from William and figure out mysteries with our hive mind.
The figwort is also two feet high. What an interesting plant! Ki has delicious flowers when eaten fresh from the tips and leave that smell just horrible. What does Ki offer us humans? Make a tincture and consume your dowsed number of drops 3-drops1 to 3 times daily to dissolve masses from the neck up. Interesting, eh?
Now all hardnesses are dissolved and the words flow easily and the sweetness of life, education, sharing and evolving continue. The purpose is for us to join together in peace to share his wisdom and the wisdom of our ancestors, the plants. Soft and tenderly powerful.
More? The Legacy Teachers are completing the Reading the Body Course and graduates will bloom soon. Come to learn facial diagnostics in person. William’s foundation holds us all.
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These are Legacy Training Classes. William LeSassier taught many herbalists this system of Western Herbal Diagnosis. Indications of the face, voice, words and actions, fingernails, toes and more all give us clues to the story of a person’s health. These are his teachings blended with those of his students. May his legacy live on!
These classes in my home are greatly discounted. $250 for 2 days of class.
10 -4PM. The purpose is to train others to teach William LeSassier’s diagnostic indications. I see the horizon. They will be small indoor classes. Videotaping will be sporadic. The teacher trainees will be sharing in your education. Classes are filling!
Uber or Lyft is 50 - 60 dollars from Logan Airport. A 35 - 50 minute ride. If you help remake beds and help clean, I will knock a night’s bedroom cost off.
There are many restaurants in walking distance. Coffee shops 2 blocks away. You can cook in the kitchen. A good fish and meat market within walking distance.
Class is 10 to 3:30-4. Come a bit early to settle in. Good coffee shops are two blocks to the right on Atlantic Ave, Java Sun and Plus Café.
June 25 – 26, 2025 booked
August 22 - 23 2025
October 18 - 19, 2025 Booked
December 6 - 7, 2025
Or
November 2025 in Becket MA Contact Kim Geisler transcendingroots@gmail.com
Come to a seminar hosted on the West Coast!
February 27 to 29 2026- Lincoln City Oregon.
Contact Amber Fox lunarrootsfarmacy@gmail.com
3-Day Reading the Body with Endocrine System TBA $495
March 7 - 8 Spokane WA. 2-day Reading the Body
Focus on Endocrine Indications with brief reviews of organ systems and Drop Pulse Testing. $330
Contact Jessica Spurr earthlyapothecary@gmail.com Herbalist, Earthly Apothecary
Four Seasons Herbal Guild
Or fly away and luxuriate
June 2026 Portugal and London
I will write about this incredible opportunity next month. Start saving your ‘life is good moneys’.
Then there is Jazz in the Garden! LINK
Carlin Quinn https://casa-presente.com/
The student becomes a friend, the teacher of justice and beauty, and is the reward we savor as educators.
