Black Henbane Flower Essence
Safe for ingestion: It should be known that flower essences are a vibrational and not pharmacological extract, meaning none of the active (incl. psychotropic or alkaloidal) components are present.
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Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a member of the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family with a rich history mostly throughout Europe and parts of Asia.
The medicinal use of henbane dates back to the ancient periods and was much-admired by Dioscorides (1st century C.E.), who used it to induce sleep and relieve pains, internally & externally. There is speculation that shamanic and ritual use date as far back as the Paleolithic period when paleoindians migrated from Asia into the Americas via the Bering strait, however they likely substituted the use of henbane for tobacco due to accessibility.
It was a sacred herb to the Celts, who knew it as ‘belinuntia’ or ‘beleno’, meaning plant of the sun god, Belenus. It is believed they would burn henbane as a fumigant in his honour. The Gauls used a decoction of henbane to poison their javelins. Druids and bards who inhaled the smoke were believed to be taken to the “Other World”, where they could communicate with Fae and other beings.
Some anthropologists believe henbane to be one of the most important ritual plants of Nordic peoples during the vast ‘Viking’ era, one reason being due to the discovery of henbane seeds found in an Iron Age gravesite excavation. The archaeological dig of the ancient gravesite in Fyrkat, Denmark yielded a significant artefact being a leather bag containing hundreds of henbane seeds worn by a deceased woman, likely a Nordic Vølve (seer).
During the Middle Ages and the early modern period of Europe, henbane was associated with witchcraft and magic, in particular with oracles and love magic.
In Greek mythology, it is believed the dead in Hades were adorned with crowns of henbane most likely because of henbane’s legitimate ability to make one forget oneself. It is also suspected that henbane under the name of ‘hyoskyamos’ was sacred to the goddess Persephone. One version of the legend tells us Persephone was kidnapped by Hades (Greek god of the Underworld) from the heavens as result of a promised marriage from her father, Zeus, but which was disputed by her mother, Demeter.
Henbane has been featured in divination rituals, weather magic and rain ceremonies, especially in ancient Scotland where it was discovered in a Neolithic burial ground – some believe the remnants are result of a henbane (Bilsenkraut) beer that was either drunk to transition the dying or by the mourners themselves.
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The flower essence of henbane is made through solar infusion, imprinting the flower’s vibration within the water’s energetic matrix. This 15mL bottle is technically a stock bottle, meaning you can further dilute the stock essence to make dosage bottles [read more on Flower Essences, including their method of action, how to use them & how to make up a dosage bottle]. Each stock bottle contains 7 drops of the original mother essence of henbane.
The virtues of henbane can be obtained through ingesting the essence, anointing talismans, and candles, and/or adding a few drops to a spray/hydrosol or floor wash.
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Planetary Correspondences: Saturn & Sun
Elemental Correspondences: Water & Fire
Energetics: Cold (4th degree) & Dry (1st degree)
General Uses: generational karmic patterns & contracts; boundary setting; cycles of chaos; trauma loops & struggling to let go; indecisiveness; fear of relapse & of the unknown
Esoteric Virtues: ancestral work; protection; banishing & unbinding charms; rainmaking rituals; inspiration; astral projection
Ingredients: Mother essence of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) flower, filtered rain & spring water, distilled grape wine, Celtic sea salt (Sel gris)
Bottled in Miron Glass
DOSE BOTANICALS DOES NOT MAKE ANY MEDICAL OR THERAPEUTIC CLAIM WITHOUT CONSULTATION. THIS INFORMATION IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Safe for ingestion: It should be known that flower essences are a vibrational and not pharmacological extract, meaning none of the active (incl. psychotropic or alkaloidal) components are present.
𓇗
Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a member of the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family with a rich history mostly throughout Europe and parts of Asia.
The medicinal use of henbane dates back to the ancient periods and was much-admired by Dioscorides (1st century C.E.), who used it to induce sleep and relieve pains, internally & externally. There is speculation that shamanic and ritual use date as far back as the Paleolithic period when paleoindians migrated from Asia into the Americas via the Bering strait, however they likely substituted the use of henbane for tobacco due to accessibility.
It was a sacred herb to the Celts, who knew it as ‘belinuntia’ or ‘beleno’, meaning plant of the sun god, Belenus. It is believed they would burn henbane as a fumigant in his honour. The Gauls used a decoction of henbane to poison their javelins. Druids and bards who inhaled the smoke were believed to be taken to the “Other World”, where they could communicate with Fae and other beings.
Some anthropologists believe henbane to be one of the most important ritual plants of Nordic peoples during the vast ‘Viking’ era, one reason being due to the discovery of henbane seeds found in an Iron Age gravesite excavation. The archaeological dig of the ancient gravesite in Fyrkat, Denmark yielded a significant artefact being a leather bag containing hundreds of henbane seeds worn by a deceased woman, likely a Nordic Vølve (seer).
During the Middle Ages and the early modern period of Europe, henbane was associated with witchcraft and magic, in particular with oracles and love magic.
In Greek mythology, it is believed the dead in Hades were adorned with crowns of henbane most likely because of henbane’s legitimate ability to make one forget oneself. It is also suspected that henbane under the name of ‘hyoskyamos’ was sacred to the goddess Persephone. One version of the legend tells us Persephone was kidnapped by Hades (Greek god of the Underworld) from the heavens as result of a promised marriage from her father, Zeus, but which was disputed by her mother, Demeter.
Henbane has been featured in divination rituals, weather magic and rain ceremonies, especially in ancient Scotland where it was discovered in a Neolithic burial ground – some believe the remnants are result of a henbane (Bilsenkraut) beer that was either drunk to transition the dying or by the mourners themselves.
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The flower essence of henbane is made through solar infusion, imprinting the flower’s vibration within the water’s energetic matrix. This 15mL bottle is technically a stock bottle, meaning you can further dilute the stock essence to make dosage bottles [read more on Flower Essences, including their method of action, how to use them & how to make up a dosage bottle]. Each stock bottle contains 7 drops of the original mother essence of henbane.
The virtues of henbane can be obtained through ingesting the essence, anointing talismans, and candles, and/or adding a few drops to a spray/hydrosol or floor wash.
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Planetary Correspondences: Saturn & Sun
Elemental Correspondences: Water & Fire
Energetics: Cold (4th degree) & Dry (1st degree)
General Uses: generational karmic patterns & contracts; boundary setting; cycles of chaos; trauma loops & struggling to let go; indecisiveness; fear of relapse & of the unknown
Esoteric Virtues: ancestral work; protection; banishing & unbinding charms; rainmaking rituals; inspiration; astral projection
Ingredients: Mother essence of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) flower, filtered rain & spring water, distilled grape wine, Celtic sea salt (Sel gris)
Bottled in Miron Glass
DOSE BOTANICALS DOES NOT MAKE ANY MEDICAL OR THERAPEUTIC CLAIM WITHOUT CONSULTATION. THIS INFORMATION IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Safe for ingestion: It should be known that flower essences are a vibrational and not pharmacological extract, meaning none of the active (incl. psychotropic or alkaloidal) components are present.
𓇗
Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a member of the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family with a rich history mostly throughout Europe and parts of Asia.
The medicinal use of henbane dates back to the ancient periods and was much-admired by Dioscorides (1st century C.E.), who used it to induce sleep and relieve pains, internally & externally. There is speculation that shamanic and ritual use date as far back as the Paleolithic period when paleoindians migrated from Asia into the Americas via the Bering strait, however they likely substituted the use of henbane for tobacco due to accessibility.
It was a sacred herb to the Celts, who knew it as ‘belinuntia’ or ‘beleno’, meaning plant of the sun god, Belenus. It is believed they would burn henbane as a fumigant in his honour. The Gauls used a decoction of henbane to poison their javelins. Druids and bards who inhaled the smoke were believed to be taken to the “Other World”, where they could communicate with Fae and other beings.
Some anthropologists believe henbane to be one of the most important ritual plants of Nordic peoples during the vast ‘Viking’ era, one reason being due to the discovery of henbane seeds found in an Iron Age gravesite excavation. The archaeological dig of the ancient gravesite in Fyrkat, Denmark yielded a significant artefact being a leather bag containing hundreds of henbane seeds worn by a deceased woman, likely a Nordic Vølve (seer).
During the Middle Ages and the early modern period of Europe, henbane was associated with witchcraft and magic, in particular with oracles and love magic.
In Greek mythology, it is believed the dead in Hades were adorned with crowns of henbane most likely because of henbane’s legitimate ability to make one forget oneself. It is also suspected that henbane under the name of ‘hyoskyamos’ was sacred to the goddess Persephone. One version of the legend tells us Persephone was kidnapped by Hades (Greek god of the Underworld) from the heavens as result of a promised marriage from her father, Zeus, but which was disputed by her mother, Demeter.
Henbane has been featured in divination rituals, weather magic and rain ceremonies, especially in ancient Scotland where it was discovered in a Neolithic burial ground – some believe the remnants are result of a henbane (Bilsenkraut) beer that was either drunk to transition the dying or by the mourners themselves.
𓇗
The flower essence of henbane is made through solar infusion, imprinting the flower’s vibration within the water’s energetic matrix. This 15mL bottle is technically a stock bottle, meaning you can further dilute the stock essence to make dosage bottles [read more on Flower Essences, including their method of action, how to use them & how to make up a dosage bottle]. Each stock bottle contains 7 drops of the original mother essence of henbane.
The virtues of henbane can be obtained through ingesting the essence, anointing talismans, and candles, and/or adding a few drops to a spray/hydrosol or floor wash.
𓇗
Planetary Correspondences: Saturn & Sun
Elemental Correspondences: Water & Fire
Energetics: Cold (4th degree) & Dry (1st degree)
General Uses: generational karmic patterns & contracts; boundary setting; cycles of chaos; trauma loops & struggling to let go; indecisiveness; fear of relapse & of the unknown
Esoteric Virtues: ancestral work; protection; banishing & unbinding charms; rainmaking rituals; inspiration; astral projection
Ingredients: Mother essence of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) flower, filtered rain & spring water, distilled grape wine, Celtic sea salt (Sel gris)
Bottled in Miron Glass
DOSE BOTANICALS DOES NOT MAKE ANY MEDICAL OR THERAPEUTIC CLAIM WITHOUT CONSULTATION. THIS INFORMATION IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
WHAT ARE FLOWER ESSENCES?
Flower essences are considered to be a form of vibrational medicine containing the energetic imprint of a flower within the matrix of water, as opposed to herbal extracts which contain active constituents that often have a potent effect on the physical body.
Flower essences are believed to have therapeutic properties that can support emotional and spiritual wellbeing. They are often used as a complementary therapy for support through trialling times in life, especially in cases of dis-ease which may or may not be presenting in the physical body yet are rooted in the spiritual & emotional psyche and your electromagnetic field, making them sometimes harder to shift with biologically acting interventions.
It is commonly thought that flower essences act in a similar way to homeopathic preparations. Whilst this is not entirely untrue, it is a complex topic to unravel. In short, a major difference is homeopathic preparations are prepared via more complex methods and are diluted and potentised 200-fold, meaning homeopathic preparations require more skill and attuned application compared to flower essences which can be safely self-chosen & self-administered without causing detrimental imbalances.
ARE THE FLOWER ESSENCES FROM THE OCCULT COLLECTION SAFE?
Because flower essences DO NOT possess the active phytochemicals responsible for these plants’ sometimes toxic nature, they are safe to consume without risk of physiological side effects or drug interactions. It should be noted that some people are more sensitive than others to vibrational and energetic essences or therapies, so if you are wanting a gentler plant spirit to work with, start with the flowers in the Cottage Collection. The flowers in the Occult Collection have strong energetic & esoteric qualities so please read the descriptions to determine if they are right for you and your intention of use.
Each stock flower essence can be diluted further (instructions on making your Dosage Bottles are on your info-card included with your shipment), and you can adjust your dose amount & frequency however you see fit.
If you would like further direction and/or support, please feel free to book in with Jaynaya for a personalised flower essence consultation here.
PLEASE NOTE: Our stock flower essences DO contain alcohol. When using in drop doses, the amount of alcohol is insignificant (less than is present in a ripe banana), however if you cannot tolerate the smell or are allergic to distilled grape alcohol please avoid use.