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 CONTENTS

Cover Image

Title Page

Preface
Chapter 1: Healing Through the Soul: An Introduction to Bach Flower
Therapy

Chapter 2: What Is the Course of a Bach Flower Therapy?

COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 3: The Bach Flowers as Developmental Aids in the Ordering of

Oneself
PERSONAL AND SELF-THERAPIES IN GENERAL HUMAN CRISES

Chapter 4: Experiences with Animals and Plants

Chapter 5: Experiences with Rescue Remedy
Chapter 6: The Bach Flowers in the Medical and Natural Healing Practices

Appendix 1: The Goal of Bach Flower Therapy

Appendix 2: Therapeutic Definitions of Dr. Edward Bach
STATES OF THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELD

Appendix 3: A Step into the Future: Bioenergy Radiation of the Bach

Flower Essences
Appendix 4: Deficiencies Cured by the Thirty-eight Flower Essences

Appendix 5: Questionnaire for the Self-determination of the Correct Bach

Flower Combinations
Footnotes
Index

About the Author

About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company

Books of Related Interest

Copyright & Permissions

 A flower that opens makes no noise. On light soles beauty, luck, and
heroism wander. Anything that is to have permanence in this noisy world of
fake heroism, false luck, and untrue beauty shall come imperceptibly.

Wilhem Raabe

Whether the masses of millions—having material strength and means that

appear so fruitful and unshakeable—will triumph in history will be due not
to money, the sword, or power, but to the beginnings of hardly perceptible
thoughts of seemingly unimportant people.
Dostoyevsky
 PREFACE

This book is a continuation and addition to Bach Flower Therapy and

should be read in connection with it. It contains a small but representative
group of firsthand experiences with Bach Flower Therapies in Germany,
Austria, and Switzerland. To all the friends of the Bach Flowers this book’s
practical applications will bring about encouraging insight and valuable
recognition and it will reveal the wide spectrum of “flowers that heal
through the soul.”
The contributions*1 come from doctors and naturopaths who have
introduced Bach Flower Therapy into their practices, as well as from a large
circle of medically interested lay people who have used the Bach Flowers
for self-discovery in their family circle or on their pets and plants. Many of
them are participants in the Bach Flower seminars.*2
In reading the hundreds of contributions I was deeply touched, and I
would like to thank all those who have supported Edward Bach’s idea of
“healing through the soul” and with it the concept of human dignity in
relation to illness and health.
After the release of Bach Flower Therapy, readers of that book
recognized themselves in many flower descriptions, but found they
experienced difficulty in deciding which flower to assign priority to in a
given situation.
The practical diagnostic questionnaire supplied in the appendix of this
book—primarily developed for Bach Flower Therapy—should, particularly
for the beginner, facilitate the choice of a relevant flower combination. A
shorter version can be obtained by doctors and naturopaths for their patients
through the Dr. Edward Bach Centre.
For information and advice concerning the use and purchase of essences
of flowers or regarding Bach Flower seminars, and for all other inquiries
about Bach Flower Therapies please contact the following:

England
Bach Flower Remedies Ltd.
Dr. Edward Bach Center
Mount Vernon
Sotwell, Wallingford
Oxfordshire OX10 0PZ
England
Tel: 0491 39489/34678

North America
Ellon (Bach USA), Inc.
P.O. Box 320
Woodmere, NY 11598
USA
Tel: (516) 593-2206

Australia
The Pharmaceutical Plant Company
P.O. Box 68
Bayswater, Victoria 3153
Australia
03-7628577/8522

Martin & Pleasance Wholesale Pty Ltd.

P.O. Box 4
Collingwood, Victoria 3066
Australia
Tel.: 419-9733

An important note for the reader: The system of the thirty-eight Bach
Flowers can act as an aid to self-healing, allowing you to take hold of
transitory negative moods such as uncertainty, jealousy, faintheartedness,
and others brought on by weakness of character. The goal of therapy is
purification of the soul, self-realization, harmonious development, and
greater personal stability. An indirect result is a lighter resistance to psychic
and psychosomatic disturbances. It would be therefore erroneous to make a
direct connection between the effect of the thirty-eight Bach Flowers and
physical symptoms of illnesses. Bach Flower Therapy is more suited to the
field of spiritual health provision.
While Bach Flower Therapy might serve in the prevention of physical
illnesses and as a support to a more traditional specialized medical therapy,
it should not replace it. When we discuss factors such as diagnosis, patient,
therapy, or healing regarding Bach Flower Therapy it should not be
interpreted as a prescription. Readers should also understand that Bach
Flower Therapy cannot be used in place of treatment by a qualified medical
practitioner.
 1
HEALING THROUGH THE SOUL
An Introduction to Bach Flower Therapy

When someone is sick he feels and thinks differently. Compared to a

healthy person, he may be jittery, resigned, bitter, stubborn, or impatient. As
Edward Bach proposed sixty years ago, the patient’s consciousness has
undergone a negative change by turning away from its higher self and the
laws of its soul.*3 In contrast, a positive change in consciousness—apart
from treatments modern medicine might provide—is the deciding factor in
every healing process; therefore, every crisis or illness offers us the chance
for a positive character change, a step to maturity, a quantum leap in
character development.
Edward Bach, among others, observed that with every medically
definable illness negative moods such as impatience, despair, and
hopelessness become apparent. What is decisive, though, is the fact that
every medically definable illness is at some time preceded by such negative
moods. If such negative moods can be recognized early on and made
positive, physical illness may be prevented altogether.
Today, if one is in a position to take a clear look at our environment, one
will notice with horror that a large part of the population of our so-called
civilized countries is approaching a state of collective illness. Feelings of
resignation, hopelessness, fear, depression, confusion, and helplessness
abound and are determining the general feel of life, especially in the
younger generation. Perhaps that is why these young people have
characteristically been the quickest to recognize and embrace the message
of an English physician who combined the abilities of a scientist with those
of a modern shaman. Sixty years ago Edward Bach recognized that certain
plants have the energetic potency to target negative moods in a subtle way
without influencing them arbitrarily. He called them “happy fellows of the
plant world,” and they served as catalysts for the transformation of negative
consciousness into positive consciousness, allowing a profound connection
with one’s higher self.
Initially viewed with skepticism and the subject of ridicule, Bach Flower
Therapy has now become for many people their salvation; it has changed
their fate. The following letter from a young Swiss is representative of
many others:
I was born on a farm in Eastern Switzerland, the second of six children.
My mother had wished for a girl, but I turned out a boy. Shortly after
birth, I developed an eye infection and so I became the problem child of
the family. My father tried to break my strong will through punishment
and beatings. I had a very hard childhood and I was very defiant.
During puberty I often thought of suicide. After school, I worked for a
year on the family farm; I was practically forced to do that. After the
year passed, I worked as a letter carrier for the post office. I wanted to
get away from the house as soon as possible.
After a year at the post office I got a job with an insurance company. I
stayed there for five years. During this time I studied each Saturday in
order to obtain a commercial degree. When I was nineteen, I met a man
who was thirteen years older and I was drawn to him. My mother was
outraged and there were dramatic scenes. But I had my way. Shortly
after my departure I also changed jobs. I went to a large bank where I
was hired as a computer operator.
The early days with my friend brought many problems. As pressures
from home disappeared, many things that had not been dealt with came
to the surface. I couldn’t manage them by myself. On the advice of my
doctor and my friend, I started psychiatric care. My psychiatrist found
strong manic-depressive states. He said that it was in my family, that I
carried a heavy, hereditary burden. I was on various medications for
five years, including Lithium.
For a while I was balanced by the medications. But deep inside of me
trouble continued to boil. I started working intensely, as if work was a
drug to which I was addicted. I worked at home in the garden, bought
animals, half of a farm, all this on top of the work in my office. The
drug was outstanding. After fifteen to eighteen hours of work, I would
sink into a deep sleep, and all my real problems would seem to move
aside. But inside, these pressures took their toll. And so, three years
ago, I collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital. I was operated on
twice for various cancers, and subsequently underwent twenty sessions
of radiation.
My entire outer field of reference—work, the animals, the garden, my
friend, my house, my farm—was practically destroyed in one day. I had
to give everything up. I only had myself. I was standing in front of
nothingness, the ruins of an existence that I had collected for twenty-
five years and that I thought represented success. Outwardly and
inwardly I was a heap of junk. Negative feelings like hate, envy,
jealousy, and many others were determining my being.
By chance I met, at this zero hour, a man who had many times helped
his fellow man. I attended his classes and slowly started living again.
But because I was still weak and the negative feelings were very strong,
I had to pass through the deepest lows once again. Only through the
help of my friend was I saved from ruin. Slowly but surely, the climb
from the darkness of night into daylight began. In one course I heard
something about the Bach Flowers. I was very interested and signed up
for an introductory session with great expectations. After a
comprehensive discussion, the therapist suggested that I spontaneously
pick out six of the thirty-eight small Bach Flower flasks. I pulled out six
bottles and was filled with great joy. They were almost all flowers that
the therapist had already prescribed in her notes. I had intuitively picked
the correct flowers for myself; they were Cerato, Oak, Crab Apple, Wild
Oat, Hornbeam, and Willow. I was to take these in four different bottles,
in a sequence of four phases.
The first bottle was filled with the Cerato and Oak Bach Flowers.
Shortly before I began taking the Bach Flowers, I started working as a
gardener for a company that manufactured biological products,
cosmetics, and healing aids, among other things. Through my work
with the plants in the garden, I experienced a change in myself that was
now, by using Cerato and Oak, intensified. I gained great confidence in
myself and knew that I was doing the right thing. Through the use of
Oak, I stopped looking at my life as a continuing struggle. I started to
consciously experience playful and sentimental moments.
I became calm and learned to look at things in a positive light. Living
in my new house, working at my new job, I was alone and content. I
intentionally wanted to live by myself, in order to cleanse. I wanted to
make something positive out of myself, out of my life, before I
attempted to live with anybody else again. I was now also free from all
medications. I started to expand my consciousness. I read the book
Bach Flower Therapy and began seeing things as though through
different eyes. Finally, after twenty-five years, I started living my life. I
experienced a great sense of inner joy that filled me almost daily.
The first combination of Cerato/Oak was now replaced by Hornbeam.
From this Bach Flower I did not notice anything at first. I tried to gain
insight from suggestions in the book. Suddenly I realized that, on a
completely different plane, something was starting to stir. I was
becoming alive again and started giving in to an unexpected
spontaneity. That is something that I have kept to this day: I do what
gives me joy, and therefore I remain inwardly and outwardly alive. It
was not the outer circumstances that had changed, but so many things
were different inwardly that I began to see the world in a new light.
Then it was time for the third phase, Crab Apple and Wild Oat. After
all the positive experiences that I had had so far, I learned through the
use of Crabapple that no being is completely fulfilled. I understood that
something like that was not even possible, otherwise there would be no
possibility for learning. I had often had a sensitivity toward, or an
obsession for, cleanliness that made me find many things revolting.
That now changed. I learned gradually to look at everything from a
higher viewpoint, and I saw entirely new connections. Finally I could
follow my entire life back to my birth and go through it again, this time
from a higher point of view.
And so I started to organize my life anew and brought clarity to all
the connections. I was now ready to cleanse not only myself but also
the relationships with people from my dark period. I started to accept
the scars on my body and realized that the operations had been an
opportunity for me. I learned to be grateful for all the learning
possibilities my life had given me and started to realize that I could
even help other people through my experiences. Slowly I understood
that man has to start at the bottom and climb one step at a time, proving
himself worthy with each step he has reached. A rough outline of a goal
began to take shape, a goal that had always slumbered deep inside of
me. In order to achieve this goal, I had many steps to take. The energy
of the Wild Oat gave me the leading thread or direction to achieve the
goal.
It was at this time that I met my future wife. I immediately had the
certitude that she was the right one. We married shortly after our first
meeting. To this day I have never regretted that step; I also have the
certainty that I never will.
The final Bach Flower that closes this therapy is Willow. Through
Willow I learned to take responsibility for my destiny. I recognized that
everything that happened was ultimately due to what I was carrying
inside of me. I now know that the darkness in my life has given me a
great opportunity for learning. Was I not the builder of my own destiny?
I had arranged the stones in my quarry, so that now I could build a
house with them. It was not the bad disease or evil doctor who had
given me all this suffering, all the scars. No, I alone was the perpetrator
and the victim. All the things that I did to myself finally allowed me to
reach a point where I could be rational and could courageously view
problems as chances to learn. I try now to do justice to the lesson I’ve
learned.
The Bach Flowers were catalysts for me. They gave me the strength
and courage to see myself as I really am, and to be able to say yes to
myself. They haven’t changed anything about me externally and yet
they have changed everything. They have helped to merge my body,
soul, and spirit, have given them the opportunity to work together. Two
drops out of a thirty-milliliter bottle of water and alcohol. No scientific
thinker will accept that! The Bach Flowers help one find the way
inward. Often one must clear the blocked street or shovel the snowed-in
road. It takes longer to reach one’s goal, but once the road is free and
clear, we are free to travel it, with all its consequences; this road is
always worth it.
 The positive restructuring of one’s personality is not always experienced
as dramatically as in the previous account. Often, the positive
transformation of one’s consciousness is initially apparent only in smaller,
seemingly trivial behavioral changes. A fifty-year-old consultant from an
old military family wrote:

The first time I had a very positive experience. My furrier promised to

do an alteration for me at a low summer price—“maybe it will cost fifty
marks,” he had said. When I went to pick up the alteration with a friend,
the furrier himself was not there. His mother handed me a bill that was
100 marks higher, because supposedly new fur had to be used. I left it at
that, which was a pattern of mine—always putting up with this type of
situation. A couple of days later it suddenly hit me. I got on the phone,
spoke to the furrier right away and explained my situation to him. He
explained it as an error on the part of his mother, and said I should
deduct the 100 marks from the final bill. It was that simple! For the first
time I had consciously stood for what was rightfully mine. For me that
was an experience.
In some cases, new perspectives and realizations for the spiritual and
soulful development of the personality are obtained after a relatively short
period of treatment. A Swiss social worker writes, “In my religious
development I experienced a positive step in the direction of faith, trust, and
the ability to pray without making any special effort.”
In every case one can conclude that Bach Flower Therapy sets in motion a
positive process of development. According to one psychologist: “The
question, if the problem of a personal situation has been solved, cannot
always be answered unequivocally. But the development process has been
set in motion, and has such an individual course, that it sometimes cannot
be verbalized for other people.”
Following is a typical account after therapy of a few weeks, in which the
author, a naturopath, has been participating in a seminar:

Today is the end of the first bottle, and with it the first cycle of my
drops. What I have learned so far with their help is, I think, the ability
to touch my own shadows. I studied many things outwardly that I
thought could never be inside of me, because they made me feel so
uncomfortable and ashamed. But obviously these feelings are part of
me.
Aggression, fear, hate, and despair all lived deeply hidden in my inner
self and suddenly, with the use of drops, I experienced them outwardly
for the first time. Things were happening to me that, I am certain, would
have never occurred if I had not been ready for them. I fear that I have
experienced and discovered only a very small part of my shadowy side,
but I believe very strongly that my body and my soul will only let me
deal with as much as I can handle. Somehow, this thought gives me
confidence in myself and I feel protected and sheltered.
 2
WHAT IS THE COURSE
of a Bach Flower Therapy?

Because Bach Flower Therapy corresponds to the inner powers of each

individual, we can safely say that there are no two identical developments
resulting from the same Bach Flower Therapy. With a Bach Flower Therapy
it does not make much sense to try to develop either a course of action or a
record of symptoms as one might in a true homeopathic repertoire. Trying
to do so would shift one’s view from what is best and unique about Bach
Flower Therapy, which is the inner dynamic of the individual.
The course of therapy depends on a constellation of occurrences, which
takes into account both the history of the patients and their surroundings,
but above all the “quality of time.” All of these factors play a deciding role
and color patients’ symptoms in an individual fashion. Because these
factors are unique to a given moment and person, the development and
course of a therapy cannot be repeated.
While the observations presented here are drawn from twelve years of
practice with Bach Flowers, they may serve to inspire awareness of the
beginning Bach Flower patient’s own observations.
Primary reactions that could appear in the first days after starting the
therapy include:

a. A deep inhalation and a change in eye expression immediately after

ingestion
b. Intensified sensory perception
c. Feelings of warmth and joy throughout the entire body
d. Reactions, as if responding to sensations caused by electricity, a sting, a
flash, a prickly feeling, cold, etc., especially on the left side of the body
e. A strong need for rest or sleep because so much energy is being used up
on an inner plane