This is Althea’s divine inner self image, a persona created from her flowers.
The following is an excerpt from my book, “Ask Althea, The Wise Spirit of the Hollyhock” , in which Althea decides to reveal her true essence, her plant spirit form to Mera and her friend Nancy, who love to make dolls from Althea’s flowers.
Mera started to feel funny. An inexplicable energy had arisen all around them. The colors of the flowers took on a dazzling hue. They were more intense than she had ever seen before. At the same time, her vision seemed to be a little fuzzy, and her eyes wanted to close. She wasn’t sleepy but she wanted to sit down. She managed to look over at Nancy and saw she looked a little dazed, too. They both plopped down at the same time and closed their eyes.
A gentle breeze surrounded them and they felt safe, comforted. Slowly a vision began to form in their minds. An elegant woman dressed in a rosy evening gown was coming into view. She wasn’t walking, but sort of floated towards them. A halo of light surrounded her and glowed a glorious luminescent shade of raspberry. The closer she came, the clearer the vision became and the more familiar she felt. She looked like someone they knew.
Suddenly Mera recognized her and exclaimed “Oh my God! It’s a giant Althea doll!” She opened her eyes and looked over at Nancy to see if she saw it too. The shocked look on her friend’s face told the story. They stared wide-eyed in disbelief. They couldn’t move.
“Don’t be afraid.” whispered the vision in pink with her delicately slanted eyes.
“Who are you?” stammered Mera, still in shock. Her heart was beating fast and the words just seemed to come out by themselves.
“I am Althea. I am the spirit essence of the hollyhock you love to play with.”
“What’s a spirit essence?” asked Mera in an unrecognizable voice
“A spirit is love.” said Althea, “A spirit is guided by love and loves to guide you. The essence of that spirit is the part you can be aware of. Your love for me has brought me to you and in return I shall give you my love and guidance if you so wish. You only need to ask and I will be with you again.” Then Althea slowly and gently faded away.
Mera rubbed her eyes to see if she was dreaming. No, it was real! Nancy saw it too. She saw it. She felt it. The Althea doll radiated love. She seemed so real and her eyes were soft and kind. Mera wasn’t afraid. She felt like she knew her deep down inside. She could still feel the warmth of her presence.
When Nancy could think again, she said, “Did we just see a giant Althea doll?”
Mera looked at Nancy. “Yes. She said she wants to guide us.”
“This is so exciting! What if we really could talk to that plant?”
“But it wasn’t the plant that we saw. It was a bigger form of that pink flower doll.”
“The spirit of the plant she called it.” Nancy sounded confused.
But Mera had an idea. “Let’s go ask Tutu. My grandmother knows everything. Maybe she knows about these spirits. After all, she planted the Althea seeds, didn’t she?”
Hope you enjoyed it, post your comment here, or feel free to email me at:
theplantspirits@gmail.com
marissa
The following is an excerpt from my book, “Ask Althea, The Wise Spirit of the Hollyhock” , in which Althea decides to reveal her true essence, her plant spirit form to Mera and her friend Nancy, who love to make dolls from Althea’s flowers.
Mera started to feel funny. An inexplicable energy had arisen all around them. The colors of the flowers took on a dazzling hue. They were more intense than she had ever seen before. At the same time, her vision seemed to be a little fuzzy, and her eyes wanted to close. She wasn’t sleepy but she wanted to sit down. She managed to look over at Nancy and saw she looked a little dazed, too. They both plopped down at the same time and closed their eyes.
A gentle breeze surrounded them and they felt safe, comforted. Slowly a vision began to form in their minds. An elegant woman dressed in a rosy evening gown was coming into view. She wasn’t walking, but sort of floated towards them. A halo of light surrounded her and glowed a glorious luminescent shade of raspberry. The closer she came, the clearer the vision became and the more familiar she felt. She looked like someone they knew.
Suddenly Mera recognized her and exclaimed “Oh my God! It’s a giant Althea doll!” She opened her eyes and looked over at Nancy to see if she saw it too. The shocked look on her friend’s face told the story. They stared wide-eyed in disbelief. They couldn’t move.
“Don’t be afraid.” whispered the vision in pink with her delicately slanted eyes.
“Who are you?” stammered Mera, still in shock. Her heart was beating fast and the words just seemed to come out by themselves.
“I am Althea. I am the spirit essence of the hollyhock you love to play with.”
“What’s a spirit essence?” asked Mera in an unrecognizable voice
“A spirit is love.” said Althea, “A spirit is guided by love and loves to guide you. The essence of that spirit is the part you can be aware of. Your love for me has brought me to you and in return I shall give you my love and guidance if you so wish. You only need to ask and I will be with you again.” Then Althea slowly and gently faded away.
Mera rubbed her eyes to see if she was dreaming. No, it was real! Nancy saw it too. She saw it. She felt it. The Althea doll radiated love. She seemed so real and her eyes were soft and kind. Mera wasn’t afraid. She felt like she knew her deep down inside. She could still feel the warmth of her presence.
When Nancy could think again, she said, “Did we just see a giant Althea doll?”
Mera looked at Nancy. “Yes. She said she wants to guide us.”
“This is so exciting! What if we really could talk to that plant?”
“But it wasn’t the plant that we saw. It was a bigger form of that pink flower doll.”
“The spirit of the plant she called it.” Nancy sounded confused.
But Mera had an idea. “Let’s go ask Tutu. My grandmother knows everything. Maybe she knows about these spirits. After all, she planted the Althea seeds, didn’t she?”
Hope you enjoyed it, post your comment here, or feel free to email me at:
theplantspirits@gmail.com
marissa
That picture was great! The excerpt went very well with the picture. I planted a whole bean patch with black beans and peruvian beans.
ReplyDeleteHow's Mera? Did you see her lately? How is she?
ReplyDeleteIt's nice you added her name into your book.
I was wondering, does Mera has her mom and your gift too?
Love, alex