SteemIt: Beware the Hippy Invasion

What can I say? I am a hippy. I hug trees and stop to smell the roses or sunflowers as they are my favorite flower!

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I am first a student, then a teacher, and sometimes preacher. What I learn, I pass on to others.

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In his book, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo's character, Madeleine says, "The first two servants of the State are the nurse and the teacher". I have always been a little bit of both. My ministry is the means with which I share what I have learned.

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My intent is to help heal people in heart, soul (hobbies, faith), mind (lectures, literature, movies), body (food, diet), and spirit (philosophy, art, spirituality). I follow the Wiccan Rede, specifically that part which says:

If it harm none, do what you will. But remember, what you send out will come back to you times three! Three for the maiden, three for the crone, three for the mother when evil is shown!

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We are all of us here for a reason. We all have the right to live as we see fit so long as we do not hurt ourselves or others. We must come together, in spite of our different races, colors, sexes, or creeds, respecting ourselves, each other, likenesses and differences. If we do not help each other no one else will.

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My website, Shifra's Apothecae, is meant to help the whole person; whatever that may require. If your heart, soul, mind, body, and spirit are not in alignment, you are not going to feel right. It is my job to help you get back into alignment.

I am not a doctor or a nurse. I cannot give medical advice. Consult your physician BEFORE attempting any herbal or other alternative remedies. Seek medical attention immediately if you have: fever of 100.4 for more than three days; trouble breathing; trouble stopping blooding; weakness, drowsiness; increased pain. Basically, if your body is broken, bleeding or dying that constitutes an emergency and you should get help ASAP!

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The following is why I chose the name and logo I did:

NAME: Shifra
Hebrew; beautiful; midwife who disobeyed Pharaoh's order to kill Jewish male babies (ALL of them); improved; Exodus 1:5. Spelling in HRSV Catholic Bible is Shiph'rah; to beautify or to be beautiful. She is a beautiful girl, inside and out, with a big heart and a loving personality. Once you lay eyes on her you will be entranced by her beauty. Once you get to know her you will fall in love with her will to persevere no matter what life throws in her direction. She is confident, beautiful, friendly, and popular and everything she says makes you want to write her words on your heart forever. She makes you think and want to become a better person. She will be with you through thick and thin. If I were you I would get at least one friend who is a Shifra, because they are groovy and will be with you forever.

NAME: Apothecae
from ancient Latin (my daughter has been studying Latin since she was in 10th grade!) meaning repository, storehouse, warehouse; name of a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica; investigations into herbal remedies

LOGO (Plant): Rue (Ruta Graveolens)
Powers: healing; health; mental powers; exorcism; love.
From Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. Scott Cunningham. Llewellyn Publications, Woodbury; 2012. ISBN:978-0-87542-122-3.

LOGO (Rune): Healing Rune
Innocence: traditional meaning- man, woman, the human race; color- orange.
From The Healing Runes (p 69-70)by Ralph H. Blum and Susan Loughan. St.Martin's Press, New York; 1997. ISBN:0-312-13507-6.
From The Rune Vision Cards (p 99-100) by Sylvia Gainsford with Howard Rodway. Vega, London; 2002. ISBN: 1 84333 023 7.

Shifra's Apothecae contains the following: alternative treatments (humans, pets), gardening, recipes, book and travel blogs, etc.