Holly

"The Holly's prominence at Christmas is actually meant to represent a culminating experience within the soul life."- Patricia Kaminski

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Holly flower essence is all about love, the love that grows from the strength of a solid self within, a self that is conditioned by the seasons and harmonized with the integrity of the soul. This is a love that recognizes and honors the stark struggle of existence, and from this, breeds compassion and joy. Holly is very much involved in a "tension of opposites, a seeming paradox for the soul"--  as holly germinates in the dark, it is said to relate to the downward earth pole, a desire to bring the light energy of the sun into the deep darkness, illuminating the soul's journey from dark into light. 

Holly flower essence helps the energy body to come back into one with our dark and our light, helping us to embrace our paradoxical nature that allows for true compassion, understanding of one another, and love. 

indications for out of balance holly type: jealousy, envy, bitterness, anger, ill-humor, fear, hatred

+excellent flower study for holly+

Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most freindship if feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
That does not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly. 

-shakespeare