The Tower
Tower energies prompt: Let tragedy nourish the soil of rebirth. Everything is food for growth. Be liberated by your acceptance of profound change.
The Tower and The Mushroom
The Tower energy can be embodied by a man, woman or situation. The tower symbolizes the impermanence of not only physical structures but also of relationships or vocations in our lives.
The Tower energies manifest in Mushroom.
Mushroom
Sudden change leads to destruction and upheaval. Mushrooms are the instigators of transformations in the forest. They spark foundational healing. Mushrooms are decomposers; they convert material that is no longer useful into something living things can eat. They break down and absorb environmental contaminants, recycle decaying materials, and bring nutrients to the soil.
Use tragedy to nourish the bedrock of your soul.
Let the current crisis consume the false narratives you have created, and rewrite your story. Now is your chance to play at the game of life anew. As mushrooms build the immune system, allow yourself to build strength through resilience. Mushrooms reproduce by shooting their spores through the air in bursts. One the first shock of profound change has passed, let new energy released.
The Energies of the Tower
The botanical world is rich with mythology and medicine that spans across countries, eras and ideologies. The energies of the Tower include:
- chaos,
- destruction
- sudden disaster
- loss
- tragedy
- revelations
- confusion
- pain
- divorce
- abuse
- violence
- bankruptcy
- natural disasters
- collapse of an old way of life
- shattering false beliefs
Crafting With the Tower
Craft
The botanical world is rich with mythologies that spans across countries, eras and ideologies.
- Write about the tragedy you are facing; bury the writing beneath a decaying mushroom log.
- Enhance vitality to cope better with change. Take medicinal mushrooms, life reishi or (responsibility harvested) chaga.
- Lean something new. enroll in a mushroom foraging class.
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Mini Meditation
Meditation
Get into a relaxing position and close your eyes, make sure you are a comfortable temperature and not likely to be interrupted.
- Take three deep breaths
- Feel your tension melting away.
Imagine yourself doing one of the crafts mentioned above. Use your imagination. Make it as elaborate or as simple as you like. Have whomever you would like to be there come and share the time with you.
Imagine what it would look and feel like, as if it were really happening. Use your five senses and imagine all the sensory details as though you are really there.
Be creative and indulge in this moment.
Spend as long as you like in this visualization and feel the benefits of crafting with nature. Think about your meditation as often as you like as you go through your day. If possible, create it in reality.
The Herbcrafter
Herbcrafter
An herbcrafter is an afficianada of the botanical realm. She is in love with plants and longs to know them more deeply.
Her approach is driven by a playful, wild spirit.
The herbcrafter embraces the plant world as her teacher and friend through observation and botany, gardening and wildcrafting, medicine and kitchen craft, fiber arts and weaving, art and magic.
She recognizes herself as part of nature. She seeks reciprocity in all things. Through the relationship with the botanical world, she learns how plants and people can be of service to one another.
Let tragedy nourish the soil of rebirth. Everything is food for growth. Be liberated to your acceptance of profound change.