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8. Select the most perfect blossoms and carefully pick the flower heads just below the calyx (the external, usually green part of the flower that attaches to the stem) from as many plants or bushes of the same kind as possible. Let the flowers fall onto the leaf in your hand.

9. Quickly, carry the flowers to the bowl and float them on the surface of the water, thereon uniting everything with the fertile, receptive energy of the water element. Continue this process until the surface of the water is thickly covered. Overlap the flowers, but make sure each flower touches the water. (Throughout this process avoid casting your shadow over the bowl and avoid touching the water with your fingers. Eliminate the human vibrations as much as possible from the flower vibrations in the subtle infusion.)

10. Leave the bowl in full sunshine for 3 to 4 hours to absorb the resplendent energy of the fire element.

11. After about 4 hours, there will be slight signs of the petals fading, giving evidence that their subtle properties (vibrations) have been transmitted to the water. With a stalk from the plant you are preparing, or with a rigid portion of grass, lift the flower heads from the water. Do not touch the water with your fingers. The water will be crystal clear and full with minute, vibrant bubbles. Many herbalists confess to feelings of elation at this point.

12. Pour this Mother Essence into the jar that has been previously emptied, and from this fill the remaining half of the labeled dropper bottle (or as many bottles as you wish to prepare with this mother load). Cap it tightly.

Simply, one first prepares a Mother Essence from wildflowers by using either the sun method or the boiling method; from this essence one prepares the Stock Water; from this one prepares a Medicine Water; from which one takes daily doses.

PREPARING THE MOTHER ESSENCE BY THE BOILING METHOD

Equipment

• One 4-quart enamel pot and lid

• 2 quart jars

• A 1-ounce, amber dropper bottle with a glass pipette

• A funnel

• 2 or 3 pieces of filter paper

Method

1. Sterilize the jars, funnel, and dropper bottle in the enamel pot. When this equipment has cooled from the sterilizing process, half fill the dropper bottle with brandy, cap it tightly, and label it with the name of the flower to be prepared. Note that this is the Mother Essence.

2. A sunny morning is chosen whenever possible. For the same reasons you chose 9 a.m. for the sun method, gather the flowers and twigs at that time.

3. Decide beforehand which plant community you are going to harvest and take the enamel pot, covered with its lid to keep out any dust and debris, to the location. Sit with the flowers and focus on your intent; communicate with the plant community.

4. Fill the pot about 3/4 full with flowering sprays, including the leaves, buds, and twigs. Also gather two extra twigs of the same species of plant. These will be used later.

5. Place the lid on the pot, grab the extra two twigs and the pot filled with flowering sprays, and quickly return home.

6. Upon returning home, cover the plant parts with approximately a quart of cold water. Use rainwater, stream water, pure well water, bottled spring water, or, if nothing else is available, tap water that has been allowed to sit in an open container overnight. (Dr. Bach didn’t like the energy of distilled water; he referred to it as “dead water.” If you want to use distilled water, let it first sit in a clear glass bottle in the sunlight for a day. This should resurrect it.)

7. Place the pot uncovered over heat, and bring the water to a gentle boil. If necessary, press the flowers beneath the water with one of the twigs you brought home with you to prevent touching the water with your fingers.

8. Boil the plants over low heat for 1/2 hour.

9. At the end of a half hour, remove the pot from the heat and set it outdoors to cool.

10. When it is cold, remove all the twigs, leaves, and flowers, using one or both of the extra twigs as tools