AMARANTHUS or LOVE LIES BLEEDING

For a flower whose name from its Greek source means ‘unfading’ its little wonder that the blossom is always associated with everlasting love. Amaranth is the common name for the Amaranthaceae, also known as the pigweed family. A lasting red pigment in the stems and leaves characterizes the amaranth plant. In ancient Greece, the Amaranth was the symbol of immortality and was sacred to Ephesian Artemis. Commonly believed to have special healing properties it was used to decorate images of the gods and tombs. It is written that the flower enables the soul to encounter and to transmute pain and suffering, and transcend consciousness. It has the herbal power and ability to move beyond personal pain, suffering or mental anguish by finding larger, transpersonal meaning in such suffering.

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