In the 1920s, the physician and homeopath Dr. Edward Bach made his great discovery of the healing effects of various flower essences. Intense and revelatory, his experiences in nature resulted in thirty-eight “flower remedies.” He describes these as bringing courage to the fearful, peace to the anguished, and strength to the weak. But the therapeutic effects of the remedies were never limited to emotional states. They are equally effective in the treatment of physical disorders. Barnard begins the process of explaining this phenomenon. He describes how Bach made his discoveries and examines the living qualities of the plants in their context and how the remedies are actually produced. The result is remarkable. The author recounts his observations so that readers can experience, in a living way, the complex ways in which the remedy plants grow―their gestures and qualities, ecology, botany, and behavior. C O N T E N T S: Author’s PrefacePreface in the American EditionIntroduction 1. A Growing Sensitivity2. Down by the Riverside3. The Sun Method4. Heal Thyself―Free Thyself5. Not the Right Remedy6. Cromer7. The Last of the First Twelve8. The Architecture of the Twelve Healiers9. The Four Helpers10. The Seven Helpers11. The First of the Second Nineteen12. The Boiling Method13. Holding Back from Involvement in Life14. Finding Fault with the World around Us15. What Has Got into You?16. The Coming of the Light17. Making the Pattern, Breaking the Pattern18. Apathy, Depression, and Despair19. The Pattern in Practice Appendices1. The Story of the Travelers2. Twelve Ways of Being Unwell3. Which Plants Come from Where?4. Homeopathy, Dilutions, and a Numbers Game5. Chronology from 1886 to 20026. Building a Repertory of Plant Gestures