Flowers,
Plants and Herbs
Flower: The flower and the blossom are both universal symbols of young life. Flowers are associated with the sun, because the arrangement of its petals is reminiscent of the shape of a star; they may be innocent representatives of spring, or they may designate lust and the realm of the erotic. They are transitory, evoking a certain "joie de vivre," or an understanding of the fragile quality of childhood. The flower is often a representative of beauty. From Online Symbolism Dictionary
Plants & Herbs: Many
plants have a rich history of fact, folklore, symbolism, and mythology that often dates
back thousands of years. Generally, the plants that have the most lore connected
with them are those which were most useful to man as food, medicine, or commercial
products or those which impressed him with special characteristics such as striking size,
beauty, or longevity. But plant folklore, symbols, and myths also represent men's
efforts--ranging from naive to sophisticated--to fulfill basic human psychological needs,
especially the need to explain the unknown. Thus gods, devils, witches, and magic
make up much of the body of world plant lore. From
The Herb Book by John Lust
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