Breaking Barriers and Finding Connection: A Heartfelt Review of Emporium Black Truffles
the nightshade truffles helped me connect. It helped me break past some barriers that I told myself I wasn't strong enough to break down. One day in particular, I won't ever forget it, I got a message of tough love. It caught me off guard, lol, but it was loud enough for me to finally hear. I genuinely don't think I would be where I am without the help of the truffles and the spirits that you work with…
A Magickal Weekend
I wanted to share some shots from the other weekend. It was classes, discussions, a guided journey, and group work using one of my truffles…It was a huge step for me as after some bitter experiences in the first couple of years with Emporium Black I had stopped putting myself out there anymore than needed. After what feels like a rebirth for me this last winter and yet another cycle of transformation and peeling off the layers of my most recent cocoon it now feels like time to…
Into The Liminal, Into The Ethers
These truffles are great for taking us to the liminal, to the Ethers, to the portals of both everything and nothingness. Whether you use them as a gateway to the unconscious or something more magical and/or esoteric…
Trust! (Truffle Prompt)
Trust! We must learn to trust ourselves. If we can’t trust ourselves it is very hard to trust what we receive from the plant spirits, our ancestors, and any other relations that are trying to reach out to us. We need to let go of that need for validation. That we need someone to confirm what we think is true
Encouraging Trust
To me the best teachers are the ones we find upon reflection, looking back over our lives. Sometimes there were people who may not have even been in our lives very long but something they did or said managed to stick with us for a lifetime, forever influencing who we continue to be.
Sacred Plant Medicine as a Way of Life
Though they can be used for a singular healing session, for me I walk with them daily just as I walk daily with any and all of my other ancestors, family, helpers, and guides. This sacred plant medicine is a way of life. It is the road I walk. Daily they help me see things more clearly, and make connections more easily whether I ingest them or not. Ingestion is just a great way to get crash courses in doing this kind of work, and the more we understand what we are doing and why, the more dedicated that help and guidance becomes.
Gratitude (Truffle Prompt)
Gratitude. Even though I do see some people freely discussing the importance of gratitude, I think there are even perhaps more that struggle with the word and the concept. I believe this dichotomy of thought exists because of unhealthy connotations towards the idea of gratitude that so many carry from their own personal pasts.
Emporium Black’s New Clothes
A large print of Mucha’s La Plume Calendar hung framed by my bedroom door for the majority of my childhood and I always loved it. My bed was positioned in the opposite corner of the room so every night as I lay in bed I would study that incredible piece of art and when I awoke it would be one of the first things I saw. To this day I still see Mucha’s style reflected in my own taste and illustration style. Art influences our lives.
Drink from the Well
What does the world need right now? I asked this of plants and they answered that what so many people need right now is the permission to feel happiness and joy again. There is an important difference between the joy and happiness that start to emerge from shadow work, soul searching, and a willingness to confront one’s darkest truths vs the empty and false appearance of an assumed joy and happiness that is affected by sheer will, but absent of personal growth. The joy and happiness gained by pathwork may not be quick to come but they are as real as the pain and darkness that preceded them.