Datura Flower Essence
Dark night of the soul | Shadow work | Gracefully letting go of the familiar | Acceptance of death | Creativity | Sex magick | Shapeshifting | Transition
Sacred Datura is a catalyst for necessary transmutation, however painful. When ushering in the ending of the known and familiar - relationships, roles, jobs, or ways of life - and facing the dark unknown, be prepared for substantial shape-shifts with this powerful lunar Queen.
When major, such transitions are often referred to as a dark night of the soul. There can be harsh dissolution of illusory ideals, tightly held dreams, or cherished beliefs about reality. What may replace these rigid, comfortable knowns is a shadowy dreamscape in flux, not unlike an altered state of consciousness, where solid ground and a firm sense of self are lost for a time. But through these difficult, vulnerable periods we can uncover profound new perspectives and greatly expand our view of reality.
This plant is highly toxic and can inflict permanent damage on those who carelessly ingest her, strongly linking her with both conceptual and literal Death. Datura flower essence will accelerate the shifts that need to take place within you in a drastic and unmistakably tangible way. She doesn't care if you're ready or not... so please make sure before working with her that you are ready.
Before using this flower essence a phase akin to a mini psychedelic preparation would not go astray, especially given Datura is traditionally used as a magical plant taken in a ritualistic framework, visioning, and in puberty initiations by various indigenous tribes of America. Intention setting and knowing who and what your supports look like would be astute steps to take in your preamble with Datura flower essence. Even if large shifts have already begun for you, taking these steps would be a wise addition to your use of Datura flower essence.
Whilst life-altering, Datura will lend you grace and acceptance that can help you move more smoothly and swiftly through changes both painful and revolutionary, as well as literal deaths. I first encountered Datura around the time I miscarried a baby. This flower essence helped me both accept my child's death, and reconnect to my sexual / pro-creative self after a period of heavy sadness and sudden transition in that energy centre.
In the West our relationships with both death and sex are skewed. Fear and cultural taboos have been utilised to attempt to repress these powerful forces. Unsurprisingly, Datura can be powerful in re-awakening sexual energy. The French slang term for orgasm (la petite mort), an altered state of consciousness in and of itself, illustrates how sex and death are closely related through pleasurable attachment and painful separation.
Within mythology, astrology, tarot, and shamanism we find myriad correspondences to the cycles and elements of nature, and to the archetypal personalities of our psyches. Although commonly associated with the full moon phase of the lunar cycle, my personal experience with this plant is more resonant with the dark moon, and The Dark Goddesses that contain rejected or shadow aspects of the feminine. Jim DeKorne writes in his book Psychedelic Shamanism that Datura and other tropane alkaloid-containing plants are often associated with a dark or more aggressive feminine force (he references the goddess Kali). Assertiveness, sexuality, power, and bodily autonomy are natural aspects of feminine wholeness that are antidotes to sexual shame and thus feared by patriarchal cultures. Consequently, women are pressured to disown these parts of themselves.
Datura asks us to embrace these aspects of the feminine shadow so that they are not confined to the dark realms of our unconscious, where they can become distorted like mirages in the underworld dreamscape into poisons like sexual shame, body hatred, passive-aggression and intense neuroticism. Such psychic toxins obscure our clear view of the world and cut us off from ourselves.
The sacral chakra, also known as the sexual energy centre, is said to enhance creative expression. Sexual energy is creative energy, a potent regenerative force - when harnessed wisely it can help us transcend our normally perceived reality. With her aphrodisiac nature, Datura use is recorded in the Kama Sutra as well as more modern use for impotence. Datura is the ideal companion for sex magick and for reinhabiting our lower energy centres, for example after sexual trauma, miscarriage, or simply to bring light to our sexual and creative selves.
Tarot correspondence: The Moon
Element: Water
Planet: Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter
Dosage: Take 2-4 drops up to 4 times per day, directly on the tongue or in a glass of water.
Ingredients: Datura stramonium vibrational remedy. Made with gluten free brandy & filtered rainwater.
Handcrafted with love by Casey Conroy, qualified naturopath and herbalist using organically grown or sustainably wildcrafted plants. This is a vibrational remedy.
15mL stock bottle
NOTE: This is a vibrational essence, not an infusion, tincture, or other extract. It contains no actual plant material or phytochemical and is very safe. Please be very mindful and respectful if you ever decide to work with Datura in other forms. It is strongly advised that extensive research be done first.
The statements on this website have not been evaluated by the TGA or FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
