I now have web site through Google Sites, you may check it out. Right there you can purchase a reading with me or purchase one of my scarf and hat sets. https://sites.google.com/view/wilds-color-cauldron/home  Here in this blog section you may make a donation for live readings from my youtube site. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTcMrK8YpLHM50XStbbAriw?view_as=subscriber

I can custom make any type of Tarot Quilt that you may like. Below are some already made that have found homes. Others are unfinished and details may be added just for you. Please message me and we can work out the details.

This is finished and is ready for it's new home. 36 inches in Diameter  Skulls and Animal Elements.

This one is unfinished and other details can be added it is 20 inches in diameter

This one is Machu Picu and is unfinished details can be added. 20 inches in diameter

This one is a blank and can have details added, it is unfinished 22 inches in diameter

Moon Phases with Gold Star

Introducing Quilted Tarot or Alter Cloths. These lightly quilted clothes measure approximately 27" by 24" .  The Round one is 26" inches in diameter.  They can be costume ordered or choose from one of theses designs.  Total cost with shipping is 65.00$, with a 20.00$ deposit upon request.  Each is made from Cotton Quilting Cloth.

Hermit Lamp Deviant Moon

Quilted Charka Colth

Quilted Moon and Elements

Quilted  Goddess and Elements

Quilted Star and Moon

Moon Phases with Elements

I am now offering Tarot Readings. I have been called by spirit this past year to bring my tarot skills to the for front. I am now offering my elemental seven card spread. This spread goes straight to the heart of the matter. It is not about fortune telling. It is about the energies that are going on in the now. It will allow you to know the foundation of the matter, so that you can make the appropriate decision that will help move you forward.

At this time the for 40:00$, you will receive a detailed out line of each card, along with an overall impression of your reading. Plus a photograph of the layout. This will be sent to you via email.

Email at wildfeatha@yahoo.com put “Attention Reading” in the subject line.

“WildFeatha gave me an excellent reading based on my current career. There were several elements of the reading that verbalized what I had long been feeling. I feel that I have a better sense of the action I am to take. I also received symbolic messages which had profound meaning for me, reaffirming my next step. Thank you so much, WildFeatha, for your talent & expertise.” Kitten Weights and Tarot.

Here is my review! My reading by Heidi was amazing! She reads cards like a pro! Her intuitive hits also got her even closer to the mark! Jennifer Ball

The reading I received from Heidi was amazingly insightful.

I couldn't believe all the personal things that she easily picked up on, things that I never reveal or discuss with people outside my family and small circle of friends.

Her reading style is very warm, personable, and genuine.

The immediate impression she gives is that of someone who is quite knowledgeable in her craft, naturally spiritual, trustworthy, and sincere.

I would readily and wholeheartedly recommend her readings to anyone!

-- Kristy Hardway

 

All Hats are 40.00$ including shipping within the US.  All Hats are Hand Spun Wool, Herb Dyed and Hand Made.  Please email me at wildfeatha@yahoo.com if interested. Please put "Attention Hat's" in subject line.

Popular Leaves Samll Cloche KI030

Elm Bark Open Lace KI031

Juniper Needles Large Brim KI032

Goldenrod Variegated KI033

Juniper Dark & Tan KI034

Popular leaves NZ Grey Watch Cap KI035

Dark Juniper Shell KI036

Rhododendron Beret KI037

Red Cabbage Beret KI038

Black Walnut & Onion Skin KI039

Birch Bark Skullie KI 003

Black Walnut with Flower KI023

Yarrow Cloche KI004

Nettle Cloche KI005

Alpaca Darlk Hat KI1022

Popular Leaves Hat KI1024

StJohnswort Hat with Flower KI1026

Mix Color Hat KI025

Tansy Hat Ruffled Brim KI027

Japanese Knowweed Shell KI028

St Johns Wort Watch Cap KI029

Elements and Elementals (With a note on the Quarters)

*Elements are the four energies that comprise the building blocks of Aristotelian physics. In this worldview all things are made up of the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. As Wiccans we take the view that this is spiritually true. These elements, together with the animating principle of Spirit or Divinity or Mind, form the Universe around us, seen and unseen. Elements are not beings or personalities, but energies of the universe classified. They are neither dead nor alive, but forces at work that can be tapped into and used in our magick and worship.*

Each element corresponds to a direction and certain principles or characteristics.

Earth is North, stability and growth. This is the cornerstone and foundation of all magick. This element is aligned with the feminine.

Air is East, inspiration, dreams, intellectual knowledge, magickal spells. This is a masculine element.

Fire is South, passion, courage, creativity. This is also a masculine element.

Water is West, healing, love in all it's forms, birth and rebirth, the womb of the Goddess. This is a feminine Element.

Spirit is the Center, the animating principle. As well as those who have passed to another plane.

Elementals on the other hand ARE beings that have been experienced in many forms by magickal practitioners. Many of them are associated with one of the Elements.

Most feel that the Elementals have an animalistic mentality, meaning that they operate on a lower level of consciousness then we do, like animals. They have an animating spirit that does not belong to the human plane of existence.

Gnomes- Earth, North.

They are givers of material gain and stability. Rulers of the forest, they are seen often as little people or green light. They are protectors of outdoor circles and groves.

Sylphs- Air, East.

They are givers of wishes, knowledge and dreams. They are envisioned as fairies or white lights, delicate beings with wings. They are protectors of magickal applications.

Salamanders- Fire, South

They are givers of Passion and creativity, rulers of fields and fire. They are seen as blue flame, dragons, lizards. They are protectors of hearth home and business.

Undines- Water, West.

They are givers of love and healing and friendship. Rulers of water, they are envisioned as mer people, sirens, or pink light. They are protectors of the gates of death and karma.(5)

AIR

The elements come from the very beginning. They are the most ancient form from the big dream of life. The elements open up the connection between Earth and Sky open born of the great element ancestors. Essence Energy. Air is direct engagement with spirit. In breathing the ancient ancestor.. The original breath of life. Shamans blow the energy into the person, with flower essences, smoke and other. Used in Energy form. Ritual and ceremony engaged by speaking. Speaking can be a ritual, that technology spreads around the world. Words most engaged with speech, the word. The word therefore can be consider sacred. So a Vow is a spoken.. We are always in relationship with the elements. People make vows that they often disregard. So Story and Storytelling in a good way is part of air. Wrong stories are being told by media, that is making society crumble. Reclaim the story for the sacred relationship with air. Of all the elements we take air for granted and this is why things crumble. We need to step up speak. Ground and stand. Vision, far seeing, in-vision, different realms of life. being able to visualize. Breathing life into inspiration, more creative. Place with a vista is a good place for a ritual of air. Open sky. Storms clear the air. Air relates to mind and whole mental body. Air is always in an excited states, it is a gas... Lots of banging around of molecules. Excess air goes into great ideas but nothing goes no where. How do we manifest it. People with anxiety energy up in their heads, are not in right relationship with air. That is why they need to ground with Earth. In our thought with higher ideas, speech and actions. Think how we experience air, like Goldilocks just right. Teach how to show up exactly as needed. Clarity of the heart insight to see doubt for what it is and step over it. Clear heart with truth, air element with truth. See our vision. Ability to see what is doubt. Understanding doubt and critical thinking. Doubt is paralyzing and critical thinking is valuable. Critical thinking opens the mind. Ali to vision. Truly make hour heart sing, through critical thinking. Qualities of truth telling. Quality of critical thinking. Clarifying of vision. Learning to engage a storytelling in our life.

Air power is to dismantle things in an instant. What story to want to leave behind... restore your story. Illumination, hope, rebirth of a dream, creativity, inspiration, hope, innovation. How we dream.

Stagnation and suffocation. Speaking the truth. The blade truth cuts both ways. Clean cut heals quicker.

Make a Air shrine or alter, Singing Songs, Speaking blessings, Speak prays.(1).

The sylphs tend the air element, directing the flow of air currents and atmospheric conditions. They purify the atmosphere and aerate every cell of life with the sacred breath of Spirit. They are bearers of the life-sustaining prana that nourishes all living things. On subtle levels, the sylphs transmit the currents of the Spirit from heaven to earth.

The sylphs often have thin, ethereal bodies that transform gracefully into myriad shapes as they soar through the air. Sylphs are able to travel at great distances very quickly, and giant sylphs can actually span the skies and interpenetrate the earth, the water and the fire elements.

Like giant transformers, sylphs conduct the currents of the mind of God unto the mind of man. They also work to purify the air of pollutants—everything from car exhaust to toxic fumes emitted from factories and other industrial processes—before these can pollute the water and the earth.

The air element corresponds to the mental level of existence, and thus the sylphs also have the job of purifying the mental plane. The mental plane can become polluted by negative thoughts that feed hatred, anger, racial prejudice, religious bigotry, resentment, pride, ambition, greed, jealousy and other poisons of the spirit.

The angelic realms are believed to represent the highest planes of existence, many mythologies, including Judeo Christian, use the image of angles, beings of power who act as guides protectors and messengers. Archangels represent a particular category of angel.. In the arch angelic ream, there are four general angles called upon to represent the powers of the elements. When people refer to the watchtowers, traditionally they are most often referring to these angelic beings, or aspects of these angelic beings. Witches have borrowed form Judeo Christian magic in the names of and associations of these beings, even though they may differ from some mainstream craft concepts and material. Traditionally each angel is associated with an element and a direction, sand should be used with their traditional associations, unless through personal experiences and communication, your are guided to do otherwise.(2)

Raphael Healer East of Air.

Colors: Yellow or gold and blue
Season: Spring
Time of day: Dawn
Element: Air
Astrological signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius

To Dare or to Know

Air

Plane Mental

Key word life breath

direction East, sometimes Self

colors, yellow or blue

Sense Smell hearing

Principal, masculine

Nature, hot and mosit

Season, spring

Zodiac, Gemini, Librai and Aquarius

Age, Silver

Kabalistic world, Yetzirah, formative

Sacred Gemonetry Octahedron 8 sides.

Tarot Suite Swords

Tools incense and blades

Element Slyph fairy

Totems crow, rave, eagle , hawk, the birds

Angle Raphel

Greek Eurius

Norse Sudhri

Egyptain Tuamutef Jackle head East

Description, thought logic language, communication, abstract, intellect.

Deities, Zeus, Hera, Uranus, Jupiter, Juno, Macha, Nuada, arianhod, thor ,nut, isis, horus, inannna.(3)

(1)http://whyshamanismnow.com/topics/shamanic-series/working-with-the-elements/

2. https://www.summitlighthouse.org/elementals-nature-spirits/
   (3) http://christopherpenczak.com/

(4)http://www.ayurvedacollege.com/articles/drhalpern/air

(5) Personal notes

The Five Elements: Air in Ayurveda

The element air, called “vayu” in Sanskrit, is the second of the five great elements (pancha mahabhutus).  It comes second because it evolves from ether. As the potential inherent within space becomes active, the result is air. The element of air represents the capacity for motion or kinetic energy. Air represents all forces and the movement that transpires as a result of those forces. 
The origin of air is sparsha. Sparsha is the tanmatra--primordial, unmanifested form--of touch. Sparsha is the potential of the touch experience, expressed in its most subtle form. Touch and air are inseparable. Because of their intimate relationship, the skin (through which we receive touch) is considered the associated sense organ of the element air. The hands (through which we reach out and touch the world) are its associated organ of action.  Hence, disorders of tactile perception and those of grasping are the result of disturbances in the functions of the air element. 
To know air is to know its qualities. Air is mobile, cool, light, dry, rough, subtle, flowing, sharp, clear, and hard.  Although air is subtle, its effects are observable and so we have a sense of what it is. We associate the element air with the air we breathe. Thus, the ancient rishis recognized air as the immediate source of life. A lack of air will kill us faster than a lack of any other element. Thus, the concept of vayu (air) is synonymous with that of prana (life energy). In nature, the ancient rishis described air in five forms according to its direction of movement: inward (prana); outward (vyana); upward (udana), downward (apana), and that which balances and stabilizes these movements, a force that pulls to toward the center (samana). These five types of movements are called both the five vayus and the five pranas. 
In the body, air is expressed in the form of motion and life. It is the force allowing blood to circulate, breath to move, nerve impulses to glide, thoughts to flow, and joints to propel our movement through the world. Air is the force behind all motion. Disturbances in the functions of air result in aberrant motion. Air may move too fast, too slow, or become obstructed and blocked. Each occurrence produces different effects depending upon the location of the air that is disturbed. 
Excess motion in the nervous system results in hyper-excitability, deficient motion produces sluggishness and dullness, while blocked flow results in a complete loss of motion. For example, in the digestive system excess flow results in diarrhea, deficient flow results in sluggish motion, and blocked flow results in either severe constipation or complete obstruction. In the joints, excess motion results in hyper-mobility, deficient motion results in decreased range of motion, and blocked flow results in a frozen joint. In the circulatory system, excess motion can result in rapid heart rate, decreased flow in a sluggish heart rate or poor circulation, and blocked flow results in catastrophic consequences, such as robbing the affected area of its blood supply. This results in tissue ischemia (lack of oxygen) leading to necrosis (death of the tissue). 
The vata dosha contains both air and ether.  Any vitiation of air will ultimately result in a vitiation of vata. Vata remains healthy when motion is controlled, but able to flow without obstruction. Control prevents excess flow while freedom prevents stagnation. Balance is the key to healthy vata. 
Control of air is attained through the development of steady routines. Steady, healthy routines subsequently keep the vata dosha from becoming vitiated. A diet that is heavier will also support the development of the stability that controls motion by balancing the light quality of the air element. Emotionally, surrender leads to the highest manifestations of motion (air), and this requires faith. Thus, air flows freely in through a body and mind that has cultivated an attitude of surrender and faith in both self and the divine. By taking in the other elements, the natural tendencies (qualities) of air are pacified. 
All of creation is made up of the five elements in different proportions. In our diet, the bitter taste contains the most air. The bitter taste is composed of both air and ether; it is air that provides the uniqueness of the taste. Consuming bitter foods is an excellent way to increase the influence of the air element. This is wonderful if a person is sluggish or lazy. However, an excess of air in the diet, especially in the diet of an individual with a vata constitution, can result in too much motion. While this increases activity it also leads to a loss of stability and dryness. A proper balance in accordance with a person’s constitution and current state of health is always preferred. 
Autumn is the season of air. The season of air begins as the leaves begin to fall. The weather becomes cooler and there is a sense of transition or movement in the weather. Air represents the gradual weakening of nature as it moves away from its full bloom and moves forward to face the dormancy of winter. Nature intends for everything and everyone to become lighter at this time. There is a danger of becoming too mobile and light at this time if the proper precautions are not taken. To live in harmony with this time of year means to spend time reflecting on the activities of the past spring and summer. While motion is natural at this time, excess motion may be perceived in the body and mind as an increase in anxiety, restlessness, or sleeplessness. While it natural to become lighter at this time, excess lightness may be experienced as depletion. Once again, a proper balance in accordance with a person’s constitution and current state of health is always preferred. 
In the cycle of life and death, air represents the transitional period between being our most productive and the last years of our life. Women go through the transition of menopause at this time while men find themselves desiring retirement. The idea of motion is reflected in the transition. To live in harmony with this time it is necessary to spend some time reflecting upon the decades of our lives. While motion is natural at this time, excess motion makes the transition more difficult and may be perceived as anxiety, restlessness, sleeplessness, palpitations, and in the transient hot flashes many woman experience.(4)

Menstruation Tarot Spread

This spread is meant to help you a line with your Monthly cycle. For far to long this subject has been hidden from view. It has been know as the curse and much worse. It is a natural monthly cycle of bleeding for woman that corresponds with the moon's cycle. It is natural and normal and healthy for a woman to menstruate. Bring it up to some woman and they don't want to talk about it, they are ashamed. There should be no shame in being a woman, that is who we are in this incarnated human body at this time. As I am a woman who is going through menopause, which by the way is a process and normal. Menopause is not a disease that needs to be treated with hormones or drugs. Emotional and other issues seem to surface at the time of menopause. Issues that haven't been dealt with. Everything that we tired not to think about, swept under the rug. as it were. It is a time to reexamine our life's and clear things up and more forward into the evening of life with more clarity and wisdom. I want to come to terms myself with being a woman and celebrate that. It has been a struggle for me. Hopefully this spread will help you find some inner peace. The Spread can be used by anyone of any age. The spread can give you a good idea about your relationship with your menstrual cycle. Lay the cards with the first across the top row and next four the second and so on.

1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16

Teen Years.

1 How did you Feel about your cycle before it started?

2 How did your body respond when your cycle started?

3 How did you feel emotionally when your cycle started?

4 Did you feel supported with your cycle?

Young Adult Years

5 What was your relationship with your cycle as a young adult?

6 How do you feel about being a woman?

7 How did your cycle affect your work or career?

8 If a parent, How did your cycle effect your children? Or How did your cycle effect your home life?

Older Adult

9 How do you feel about aging?

10 How does your cycle effect your spouse? Or How does your cycle effect your intimate relationship's?

11 What is your biggest fear about aging?

12 What is your view on Menopause?

Menopause Years

13 What is your relationship with your uterus?

14 What is your biggest regret regarding being a woman?

15 What is the best gift of your uterus?

16 What is the biggest secret you hold within your uterus?

Heidi Feather's youth was spent in the fields and forest of Southern New Hampshire, mostly on her maternal Grandparents farm. She was introduced to the herbs by both her Grandmothers. She felt a strong kinship with the fauna and flora of her area. She than gained her certification in therapeutic herbalism through Blazing Star Herbal School and has studied with Susan Weed. Several years ago, she was introduced her to spinning wool. She fell in love with it, and with a month she had her own spinning wheel. With her background of herbalism she knew that many of the herbs could be used as dye. In fact they are the first dyes. So she combined her passion of the herbs with her crafty side. All of her yarn is hand spun and hand dyed by Heidi. 90­% of the herbs are wild-crafted by Heidi for her dye cauldron. Heidi also wild-craft's herbal products and teaches about the herbs and dyeing. Herbs are an important part of our heritage. They beg to not be forgotten and not to be though of as just weeds..

Wild Emergence

I love dying wool and silk with plants. I have been trained as an herbalist. I taught a few classes on herbal dying and realized I was teaching more about the herbs that I love. So with that in my mind. I came up with a seven month course starting in March. Each month can be taken separately, but when taken together will give you a solid foundation to bring herbs into your daily life. This is an indepth beginner course that should wet your appetite for more.

Herbs will be explored in many different ways. You will learn to connect to the Earth. I will take you on guided meditations of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Plants. The workshop will meet at my home at 10 am, except March 25^th which is 1pm. Please bring a bag lunch with you, for the days form 10-3. I will have water and teas available to drink. This course is great for anyone of any fitness level. All you need to be able to do is walk a bit.

March is Herbalism 101

Meet and Greet.

Great Books to have in your library

How to read an herbal book

Knowing what to look for

Clues in Constituents

Clues in Taste

Resources

Wildcraft Ethical harvesting

Proper time of harvest

Essential Oils, An herbalist perspective.

April is The Root of the matter.

Dandelion Root Harvest

Dandelion Herb in depth

Harvesting time of roots

Grounding into the Earth

Honoring the Earth

Earth Meditation

Indigenous Connections to the Earth

May is Dye immersion Two Day

Dying with Plants

Good dye books

Gathering materials

Right use of minerals

Using Water properly

Honoring Water

Water Meditation

June is Tinctures,Herbal Oils and Flower Essences

St. Johnswort Herb in Depth

Honoring Fire

Fire Meditation

The power of the Sun

Using the Sun to dye

July is Drawing in the Herbs

Partridge Vine in depth

By a brook

Drawing plants

Guided plant meditation

August is Diving into Indigo Vat. Two day

Goldenrod Herb in Depth

Home grown indigo,

The fermented vat

Honoring the Air

Air meditation

September is Salves, Balms, Creams

Making Creams

Salves and or Balms

Discussing what you have learned

Wild Emergence

Name:_________________________________________________________________

Address:__________________________________City:________________________

State:_________ Zip________________ Phone:______________________________

Email:_________________________________________________________________

Dates Enrolled

March 25^th 1-6pm ____  

April 29^th 10-3 pm____  

May 20^th & 21^st 10-3pm____

June 24^th 10-3pm___

 July 22^th 10-3pm____

August 26^th & 27^th 10-3pm_______ 

September 23^rd 10-3pm________

$40.00 per day. Material fee for dye work shop $ 15.00 Total for 7 months $390.00

Work Exchange Available.

The workshop will meet at my home at 10 am, except March 25^th which is 1pm. Please bring a bag lunch with you, for the days form 10-3. I will have water and teas available to drink. This course is great for anyone of any fitness level. All you need to be able to do is walk a bit.

Contact

Heidi Feather

2220 2^nd N.H. Tpk

W. Deering N.H. 03244

Phone 603-464-5581

Emails, wildfeatha@yahoo.com

wildscauldron@gmail.com

Paypal

paypal.me/wildcaudron

Checks payable too

Jean Feather

Wild Emergence

Wild Emergence

I love dying wool and silk with plants. I have been trained as an herbalist. I taught a few classes on herbal dying and realized I was teaching more about the herbs that I love. So with that in my mind. I came up with a seven month course starting in March. Each month can be taken separately, but when taken together will give you a solid foundation to bring herbs into your daily life. This is an indepth beginner course that should wet your appetite for more.

Herbs will be explored in many different ways. You will learn to connect to the Earth. I will take you on guided meditations of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Plants. The workshop will meet at my home at 10 am, except March 25^th which is 1pm. Please bring a bag lunch with you, for the days form 10-3. I will have water and teas available to drink. This course is great for anyone of any fitness level. All you need to be able to do is walk a bit.

March is Herbalism 101

Meet and Greet.

Great Books to have in your library

How to read an herbal book

Knowing what to look for

Clues in Constituents

Clues in Taste

Resources

Wildcraft Ethical harvesting

Proper time of harvest

Essential Oils, An herbalist perspective.

April is The Root of the matter.

Dandelion Root Harvest

Dandelion Herb in depth

Harvesting time of roots

Grounding into the Earth

Honoring the Earth

Earth Meditation

Indigenous Connections to the Earth

May is Dye immersion Two Day

Dying with Plants

Good dye books

Gathering materials

Right use of minerals

Using Water properly

Honoring Water

Water Meditation

June is Tinctures,Herbal Oils and Flower Essences

St. Johnswort Herb in Depth

Honoring Fire

Fire Meditation

The power of the Sun

Using the Sun to dye

July is Drawing in the Herbs

Partridge Vine in depth

By a brook

Drawing plants

Guided plant meditation

August is Diving into Indigo Vat. Two day

Goldenrod Herb in Depth

Home grown indigo,

The fermented vat

Honoring the Air

Air meditation

September is Salves, Balms, Creams

Making Creams

Salves and or Balms

Discussing what you have learned

Wild's Color Cauldron

I often wondered if I should tell my life story. It has been one hell of a ride. I think I should start at some point. Perhaps my 51st birthday would be a good start. Now I put up my photo's and art on Fine Art America. It is interesting and fun to see what is out there. Joining groups get you art out there and you get feed back, which is inspiring. Look for more post from me.
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/moon/all" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">moon photos</a>

I have started in Fine Art America of my works. I will blog more about it soon.
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/prince+edward+island/prints" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">prince edward island prints</a>

Marijuana Out of the Closet

Marijuana, just the name brings up a myriad of emotions in people. It is constantly in the headlines should it be legalized or left behind closed doors where it has been for the last century. There seems to be such a stigma associated with the use of marijuana. I am a certified therapeutic herbalist, in my experience the use of it is wide spread. I have never met any people that are totally against it use. The people that I know who use are hard working, hold down jobs, and are good citizens. It is their form of medicine to relax and unwind. They are not plagued with suicidal thoughts and violent mood swings like others who are prescribe antidepressants. To some people it is just an illegal drug that gets people high, yet it is so much more than that. It is an herb that has been used for centuries not just socially but to cure many of man's ills. So why has this herb been so unfairly prosecuted?

The war on drugs particularly marijuana is relatively a recent event. In America between 1842 and the 1890's a powerful concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug. In the early colonies it was require that all that all farmers grow hemp. Hemp was used as legal tender from 1631 to the early 1800's. The US constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the original Levi jeans and Old glory were all made from hemp.

William Randolph Hearst reigned over the newspaper industry. He owned large tracks of standing timber. Harry Anslinger was appointed to the newly formed federal bureau of narcotics in 1931. Together they produced a smear campaign against marijuana and hemp. They used the prejudiced of the times, by attacking Mexicans and Negroes. They claimed that the evil weed was the most powerful violent inducing substance know to mankind. This led to the passing of the marijuana tax act in 1937 which made it illegal to grow, sell, buy, or distribute marijuana, hemp included. In 1970 the controlled substances act lumped together marijuana and hemp as schedule 1 drugs in the same category as heroin and LSD.

Marihuana comes from the family of herbs know as Cannabaceae. This family includes four varieties Cannabis indica, cannabis ruderalis, cannabis sativa. and humulus genus (hops). Hops is one of the main ingredients in beer. Cannabis sativa is the plant that most people are familiar with. The plant that produces hemp is a variation of c. sativa.

Marijuana therapeutic properties are divine. The plant is a tonic, intoxicant, stomachic, antispasmodic, analgesic, narcotic, sedative, and anodyne. Seeds and leaves are used to treat cancer and scirrhous tumors. The decoction of the root is said to help remedy hard tumors and knots in the joints. Today therapeutic use of cannabis is used for depression,glaucoma, nausea, pain, muscle, spasticity, multiple sclerosis, appetite loss associated with AIDS and cancer treatment.

When used properly there are virtually no side effect with Marijuana,except for the high of course. Not all people experience the pleasuring effect that most users do. If people don't experience the pleasure effect it has been my experience that they simple don't use it. Marijuana can be psychology addictive. Chronic users may suffer from asthma and withdrawal systems.

There is no reason that marijuana shouldn't be legalized for adults. I believe it is our right to use plants as medicine or recreationally whether or not they are cultivated or grown naturally. All herbs have a rightful place in our pharmacopeia. In Germany, Australia and other countries you can not use any natural growing plant with out a prescription from a Doctor. It is all goes back to control. We have the right to use what we want to heal ourselves, no one has the right to tell us otherwise. We should be able to be sovereigns of our own bodies. Marijuana and all herbs should continue to be medicine for common people like they always have been. It is time for Marijuana to come out of the closet.

http://www.spiritofchange.org/politics-community/high-ideals-the-story-of-industrial-hemp

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Psychopharmacology_of_Herbal_Medicin.html?id=jZeaRiIFbhsC

Abstract Art What is it?

A key to understanding abstract art is to look at the word abstract itself. It is used in a myriad of ways. It is used as an adjective, noun or verb. As a noun it can summarize a text, as a verb it can remove or steal, as an adjective it is “difficult to understand.”(9) The adjective form of the word is the key that unlocks the beginning of the journey through the labyrinth that is abstract art.

Describing abstract art is akin to taking a journey through a labyrinth. Not the kind of labyrinth with an easy path to follow. The kind of labyrinth that has long slopping corridors, with twist and turns that double back on themselves. The artist have aligned the corridors with bright vivid color. The twist and turns are drenched in various forms of art expression. Yet there is a path here worn by countless artist and art followers, who have dared to enter the universe of abstract art.

“Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.”(1) Abstract art is a broad term that encompasses many different styles of art abstract or not. Abstract art began to flourish at the end of the 19^th century when artist were looking for a different way of expression. Impressionism, fauvism,surrealism, and cubism laid the foundation, by breaking the rules. Also included are expressionism, post-impressionism, and by the 20^th century we have abstract expressionism. Other terms that define modern abstract art are minimalism, post-painterly abstraction, and 21^st century pluralism.

Fauvism began in the 1900, it was all about color in it's pure form. It came forth from a group of French painters. The fauves created vivid paintings with globs of paint. It was more about the journey and emotion than painting a scene. The imprint of the brush became part of the painting. “The paintings of the fauves were characterized by seemingly wild brush work and strident colors, while their subject matter had a high degree of simplification and abstraction.”(6) They were inspired by the likes of Van Gogh and Gauguin. Fauvism paved the way for expressionism and cubism. Matisse became the leading artist of fauvsim. Matisse's Olive Trees, Collioure (1905) resulted from his collaboration with Andre Derain. This composition was created with daubs of pure color that is considered abstract. Germany in 1905 sprouted expressionism, during an era of discontent with the world and angst against impressionism and academic art. “Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and James Ensor proved particularly influential to the Expressionists, encouraging the distortion of form and the deployment of strong colors to convey a variety of anxieties and yearnings.”(3) Art was moving away from analytical composition, now it was more about the inner depth of the artist. Art was becoming internalized. Social criticisms influenced expressionist art, as more of the world became urbanized. Urbanization produced separateness among it dwellers and the art world responded with figural drawings and bold colors. “Expressionist artists often employed swirling, swaying, and exaggeratedly executed brushstrokes in the depiction of their subjects. These techniques were meant to convey the turgid emotional state of the artist reacting to the anxieties of the modern world.”(3) “In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.” (4) Pablo Picasso is know well beyond the scope of the art world. His artwork titled , Les Demoiselles d'Avignon done in 1907,presented the foundation of cubism. “The movement has been described as having two stages: 'Analytic' Cubism, in which forms seem to be 'analyzed' and fragmented; and 'Synthetic' Cubism, in which newspaper and other foreign materials such as chair caning and wood veneer, are collaged to the surface of the canvas as 'synthetic' signs for depicted objects”(4) Cubism is the style of the art, with it geometric shapes and distorted prospective that coined the word cubism. Braque another well know cubist was a close associates of Picasso they often collaborated and there art can be hard to differentiate. Other artist would start subtracting and simplifying there work. This is when the term abstract art came into being. “Apollinaire supported these early developments of abstract Cubism in Les Peintres cubistes (1913), writing of a new "pure" painting in which the subject was vacated” (4) Surrealism another corner stone of modern abstract art. Founded in Paris in 1924, by a small group of writers and artist who believe the power of imagination laid in the subconscious mind.“Initially a literary movement, many Surrealists were ambivalent about the possibilities of painting, however, the group's leader, André Breton, later embraced and promoted painting.”(2) They believed in Freud's teaching that the conscious mind was a block to the imagination. It was more of a movement than an art style, yet it laid the foundation for different kind of expression. The surrealist were intent on exposing repressed parts of the conscious mind. They used dream imagery and archetypical symbols in the form of collage, which they believed came from the subconscious mind. With the advent of WWII surrealism found it way to America. “The American painters were uneasy with the overt Freudian symbolism of the European movement, but they were inspired by its interests in the unconscious, as well as its strain of primitivism and preoccupation with mythology.” (2) Today the modern art world owes much gratitude to the surrealists. “Peggy Guggenheim's 1942 exhibition of Surrealist-influenced artists (Rothko, Gottlieb, Motherwell, Baziotes, Hoffman, Still, and Pollock) alongside European artists Miró, Klee, and Masson, underscores the speed with which Surrealist concepts spread through the New York art community.” (2) After surrealism found it's way to New York, abstract expressionism gained a foot hold in the ample Museums and art gallery’s of the city. Following the war many European modernist artist found there way to New York. They brought with them the love of cubism and fauvism. Many artist were fascinated by the work of Carl Jung, who believed that the collect subconscious was represented by archetypical symbols. “In, 1947 Jackson Pollock found his way to the drip technique. The following year, de Kooning had an influential show at the Charles Egan Gallery; Barnett Newman arrived at his breakthrough picture Onement I; and Mark Rothko began painting the "multi-form" paintings that would soon lead to the signature works of his mature period.” (8) Eventually abstract expressionism itself became academic and the reductionism theme left little to be further explore. Yet it's legacy like Pollock left a lasting impression on the art world. It would help foster Japaneses Gutai and Vietnamese Actionist. It's themes and concepts supported Neo-Expressionism in the 1980's and left a standard against which to be measured. Abstract themes continue to weave a thread through many of the art styles. One term can not begin to describe what abstract art is. To some scholars of the art world it is a picture reduced to it's simple form. So reduced that it doesn't even resemble it original shape or colors. To other scholars abstract is the well of the subconscious brought to the surface in vivid colors, dripping across the canvas like Jackson Pollock pieces. Yet most will argue that is not paint thrown or brushed upon the canvas without thought. It is claimed that one must be a fervent student of art itself, before one can even begin to attempt the abstract. The scholars of art history have given an end date to the different movements of art. How could there be a defined end? Art is constantly changing and evolving. Styles merger and change into what at the moment is modern art. Only the master can be dated, the images they leave behind go on to inspire generations to explore their own inner labyrinth, reaching into the primal depths of creation. It is more than the sums of it parts of color, stroke and composition. It is the very core of who we are, our expression of our inner universe.

Resources

(1)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art (2)http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm (3)http://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm (4)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism (5)http://www.theartstory.org/movement-cubism.htm (6)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauvism (7)http://www.theartstory.org/movement-fauvism.htm (8)http://www.theartstory.org/movement-abstract-expressionism.htm (9)http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abstract