10/30/2021
A Cherokee Legend...
"Before selfishness came into the world, which was a long time ago, the Cherokee happily shared the same hunting and fishing lands with their neighbors. However, everything changed when selfishness arrived. The men began to quarrel with their neighbors.
The Cherokee began fighting with a tribe from the east and would not share the hunting area. The chiefs of the two tribes met in council to settle the quarrel. They smoked the to***co pipe but continued to argue for seven days and seven nights.
The Great Spirit watched the people and was displeased by their behavior. They should have smoked the pipe AFTER they made peace. The pipe is sacred and must be treated with respect. He looked down upon the old chiefs, with their heads bowed, and decided to send reminders to the people.
The Great Spirit transformed the chiefs into white-gray flowers that we now call βIndian Pipe.β The plant grows only four to ten inches tall, and the small flowers droop towards the ground like bowed heads. Indian Pipe grows wherever friends and relatives have quarreled." ~Lloyd Arneach
Monotropa Uniflora (ghost pipe) is said to alleviate pain by raising one's threshold or tolerance to the pain itself. It has been reported that with both physical and emotional pain, ghost pipe allows one to "sit beside" their pain and process it more comfortably
I have a very limited amount left of the 2oz bottles of the ghost pipe tincture available for $25+shipping
Nature's art, in hand-painted glass