Divine Archetypes: Consciously Crafting Self

The Tattvas Collection

A line of exquisite, therapeutic grade, organic essential oils

Agarwood • Betel Leaf • Galangal • Kaffir Lime Leaf • Massoia Bark
Jungian analyst E.C. Whitmont stated, “Every pattern of adaptation, outer and inner, is maintained in essentially the same unaltered form and anxiously defended against change until an equally strong or stronger impulse is able to displace it.”ⁱ We are talking about the very structure of change, and being able to create an inner sense of security that is strong enough to allow us to shift the outmoded way of being and move into richer dimensions. The Tattvas collection offers the architecture to create a stable foundation onto which we can consciously craft our inner-dimensions and impact our outer reality.

Understanding the Navel of Creation – The 5 Great Elements

– Maya Tiwari

In employing the five elements, one can consciously work with the subtle self, with the express intent of freeing oneself from the manipulation of unconscious causation patterns.

According to the Rishis, from pure consciousness arose the sound of OM. In turn, the Five Great Elements took birth. These five elements take the form, in the human body, of the three doshas, or bodily humors. It is from these doshas that our individual constitution … is formed. As we come to identify ourselves with these primal elements, we create a bridge that allows us to climb back to the sky: we approach our cosmic roots.ⁱⁱ

Tattva (or tattwa) can be translated as thatness, which can be further understood as “the essence which creates the feeling of existence.”ⁱⁱⁱ

Tantra stipulates that all matter is composed of a combination of five tattvas … i.e. elements. The Shiva Swarodaya explains that, “Creation takes place due to the tattwas and by them it is sustained.” In the Tantraraja Tantra, Shakti asks Shiva, “Where do all the tattwas exist, in the body or out of it?” Shiva replies that the tattwas permeate the entire body and mind. Everything you do and think is under the influence of these tattwas. Therefore…it is necessary to understand how the tattwas behave and in which manner they can be controlled and utilized.^iv

These five elements form a connected series in which each successive element is derived from its predecessor. This is analogous to the concept of dropping into form, as each succeeding element inherits a heavier vibration. Deepak Chopra explains the vibrational nature of matter beautifully:

So the physical world, the world of objects and matter, is made up of nothing but information contained in energy vibrating at different frequencies. The reason we don’t see the world as a huge web of energy is that it is vibrating far too fast. Our senses, because they function so slowly, are able to register only chunks of this energy and activity, and these clusters of information become “the chair,” “my body,” “water,” and every other physical object in the visible universe.^v

So “the essence which creates the feeling of existence” or “inherent self” is just a label describing emanations of form, to help us interpret self and environment. For example, what we refer to as the element earth is not meant to be taken literally, but is to be understood as a combination of light and vibrational patterns that have collated to “act like” a specific set of behaviors. This ties into the “net of illusion” to which all great sages refer, which binds and blinds our understanding of ultimate reality. The ironic aspect of working with the tattvas as a system is that one does not want to be ensnared and bound by them. As Shiva stated, it is necessary to understand how they behave so they can be controlled and utilized. The tattvas inhabit the first five chakras and heavily influence all of our behaviors.

As all things manifest in dualism, there are positive and negative aspects to each of the five elements. A major focus of mediation, breath and sound work in many traditions is to become “one who has gone beyond the elements”—one who has reached enlightenment, or as Jung would call it, individuation. But to do so, one has to engage with and purify the patterns that are associated with each element. Tsong Khapa wrote, “[T]he self is not the same as the [mental and physical] aggregates, nor is it anything other than the aggregates.”^vi

This passage refers to the ways in which personal elemental arrangements manipulate our existence, by being in constant interplay with external resonant factors, which are stimulated and then set behavioral patterns into motion. Although we are not ultimately the elements, indeed they are, “the essence which creates the feeling of existence.”^vii

Understanding this allows one to more objectively observe one’s life and look for the patterns related to each element and how they behave together (each element exhibits set traits, and in combination, yet a different dynamic), and build a practice to bring all of the elements into balance or direct them to a specific goal. If you desire, you can use the Tattvas essential oils to aid in transcending the elements: earth absorbed back into water, water back into fire, fire back into air, and air back into ether, until you awaken.

The first element to evolve is ether, also called akasha or undifferentiated matter, which contains an infinite amount of potential energy. Ether is the subtle state in which both energy and matter exist in their dormant potential state at the heart of consciousness. As the energy inherent in the particles of akasha begins to vibrate, movement is stimulated and the element air emerges. Because the particles of air have the greatest freedom of movement, the air element is seen as an all-pervading motion. The excessive energy that the movement of air creates stimulates the emergence of the next element, fire. There is less movement in the fire element than in the air element, and this decrease of motion enables the fire element to cool into the water element. In the water element, the particles are confined within a definite space, moving within a small radius. The final element evolves from a further decrease in energy vibration, which causes water to solidify into earth. The following lists the elements (combining descriptions from several traditions) in increasing order of density:

The Element Signatures

-- John Mumford, M.D.

Ether

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  Ether is expansive and is the divine, opens one to spiritual gifts such a clairvoyance, clairaudience and being a clear channel – all information beyond the mind;
  
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  Ether is ones inner muse, and teaches and promotes the highest expression of Self, understanding truth, and expressing that personal understanding as a lifestyle;
  
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  Understanding gestalts and working with symbolism, myth, and subtle information;
  
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  Good communication skills and expressing clearly what one means and feels, the ability to really hear what others say, including what is left unsaid.
  

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  Feeling spaced out, afraid of being alone or lost, feeling heavily disoriented;
  
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  No spiritual life or what elevates and transcends this world;
  
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  Difficulty recognizing and expressing ones own truth;
  
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  Difficulty with communication, hearing what others are saying or saying what you mean.
  

Air

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  Carries and facilitates positive change, relates to the intuitive body;
  
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  Promotes curiosity, learning, and flexibility on all levels;
  
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  Allows the mind to achieve new insight and fresh perspectives;
  
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  Associated with abstract understanding and dreaming. Air is the element of active dreamers—the visualization of what could be;
  
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  Promotes freedom from any attachments (dogmatic, emotional, etc.);
  
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  Use in meditation for shifting consciousness, and to direct consciousness and swiftness in all forms;
  
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  The element that bridges the mundane and the divine, to foster love of all types, forgiveness and compassion.
  

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  The inability to finish projects, scattered energy, being jittery;
  
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  Too much air disturbs the mind and causes difficulty concentrating, thinking things through, or sitting for meditation;
  
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  Too much air leads to poor internal anchoring and being overly swayed by environmental factors;
  
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  Not enough air constricts the heart center and one holds grudges, does not allow one to give or receive love and one will take a dismal view of life.
  

Fire

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  Capacity to initiate projects on every level, passion, enthusiasm and warmth;
  
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  Transmutation of any situation that does not serve one’s highest self;
  
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  As the element in which form first comes into being, fire gives rise to the personal ego being birthed—experiences centered in personal identity;
  
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  Ability to direct personal will; the need to directly act upon ideas in the physical world, increase;
  
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  Divine masculine, protection and champion energy;
  
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  The sensations of bliss, growth, change, and evolution and relates to the mental body.
  

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  Arrogance, self-centered attitude, feeling superior; being dominating or believing “my way is the only way”;
  
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  Lack of self control, volatile expression of self, instability, can be consuming and childish, a devouring force;
  
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  “Hot” issues: anger, being quarrelsome and confrontational or the lack of fire creates inability to stand up for ones self or deal with confrontation.
  

Water

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  Feelings, rhythm, things that wax and wane (the moon, the ocean), the unconscious and subconscious;
  
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  ‘Pregnant waters,’ pervasiveness, creativity, receptivity—seeks the lowest ground to be contained;
  
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  Expresses the state of all emotions (ice) frozen emotions, the ability to thaw/release (steam), clean, murky, salty (tears), fresh, brackish, etc.,
  
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  The dream and soul medium—allowing one to actively accesses and work with the collective unconscious and use dreams for personal growth;
  
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  The divine feminine and working with and understanding all that that is;
  
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  Feeling contentment not determined by outside circumstances, empathy toward others.
  

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  Emotions that consume and drown, being emotionally desolate or tempestuous;
  
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  Using escapism to avoid life, unable to work with or understand dreams.
  
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  Internally brittle, in need of soul level or emotional nourishment;
  
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  Manipulated by emotions, relying on external circumstances to create feelings of contentment.
  

Earth

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  Stability, security, being grounded; family linage and DNA healing;
  
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  Determination, patience, endurance, practicality;
  
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  Acquisition, increase and creating abundance;
  
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  Increases Devic communication, one’s “green thumb,” and the ability prepare and understand creating nutritious meals, positive parenting, and practicing generosity.
  

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  Plodding, heavy, dull, slow, greedy, gluttonous;
  
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  Being stuck, lacking creativity, overly pragmatic;
  
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  Being stubborn, entrenched in a way of being, only believing what one can understand with their sense organs.
  

The Essential Oil Signatures

A Divine Archetype can be understood as a model that embodies an aspect of the collective unconscious, complex thought forms, which can be thought of as unconscious organizers of ideas ultimately leading to behaviors. Simply put one can try on different aspects of the divine as easily as slipping on a new sweater by leveraging the associated vibrational pattern embodied within the corresponding essential oil, hydrosol or amulet. With focused work and active intent working with the Divine Archetypes lines will allow one to energetically align with the energetic blueprint held within the desired archetype, re-patterning personal energies allowing one to consciously craft personal energies and mold the deepest aspects of Self at will.

Agarwood (Aquilaria filaria)

Betel Leaf (Piper betel)

Galangal (Alpinia galangal)

Kaffir Lime Leaf (Citrus hystrix)

Massoia Bark (Cryptocarya massoia)

Earth is the sacred vessel, or container, in which spontaneous order may arise, allowing the air and water elements to express new combinations of personal divinity as the need develops, in a safe and grounded way.

A few examples of how combining energy works

Dosages & Dilutions

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  Personal anointing: application to the body in a targeted area.
  
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  Massage: Self or from another, often full body.
  
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  Ritual bathing: fragrant healing bath.
  
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  Diffusion: depending on the type of diffuser used, this can invoke a combination of the Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether elements.
  
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  Ritual Anointing: use in combination with sacred objects to amplify the energy or use to make objects sacred.
  

What you need to get started

The preparation of the anointing oil can be a very centering, mindful act in its own right, which helps cultivate the mindset one wishes to carry into practice. All you need are a few basic tools to get started:

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   Essential oil(s)
   
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   Carrier/Base oil(s)
   
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   A vessel for blending
   

Dilution of Essential Oils

Since essential oils are concentrated plant matter, they can cause skin irritation if applied full strength.² Therefore, they are typically diluted in a non-volatile base oil to prevent irritation; the guidelines for dilution are as follows, based on application.

Ritual Bathing

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  1 tablespoon of base oil.
  
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  ½ cup of milk (animal, coconut, soy, rice, etc.). Milk’s general energy is nourishing, nurturing, loving, cushioning, and fostering.
  
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  ½ cup to 1 cup of sea or Epson salts with 1 tablespoon of base oil added. Salt’s general energy is purifying, cleansing, clearing, and detoxifying.
  
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  ½ cup of milk and ½ cup salt blended together. This combination supports the clearing away of any disharmonic patterns that may hamper the new seedlings one is nurturing to fruition.
  

Diffusion

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  Earth: Any style diffuser as scent stimulates the earth element.
  
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  Water: Water based mister.
  
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  Fire: Tea light diffuser
  
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  Air: Aromatherapy nebulizer.
  
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  Ether: Aromatherapy nebulizer.
  

Example of Ritual Use

-- Edward Whitmont

Enlivening Ritual for Invoking Divine Archetypal Energy

One reason an individual would invoke the energy of the Dark Goddess is to deeply support one in exploring and healing the shadowy limiting aspects of Self and the corresponding reflexive emotions that keep one enmeshed in that state. This blend allows one to consciously understand and transmute limiting energy into an expression that supports personal growth.

Ingredients

11 drops Agarwood

Assembly Instructions

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   Take a clean 1/2 oz bottle (preferably dark glass), remove cap.
   
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   Fill the bottle almost full with apricot base oil, being sure to leave enough room for the remaining ingredients. Apricot oil, in this case, is for stimulating exchange between the subtle and mental bodies and to assist in balancing extreme emotional states and to make the changes necessary for balance.
   
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   If needed liquefy the Agarwood. To do this, bring a small saucepan of water to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and set the bottles into the water. Allow the bottle to sit in the heated water until their contents become liquid.
   
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   Add all remaining ingredients to the bottle to which you added the apricot oil.
   
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   Cap the bottle and roll back and forth 12 times in your hands while calling on each plant by name—apricot, Agarwood, Betel Leaf—to come to support you and teach you the gift they each hold. Thank them one by one for their help.
   

Enlivening Ritual

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   Take your bottle and wrap in a dusky cloth.
   
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   While gently holding your bottle, invoke the Dark Mother Goddess (or goddesses), such as Kali, the Black Madonna, or Lilith, that you feel you most resonate with and ask her to enliven your cocktail of oils, repeating Betel Leaf’s affirmation:
   
   Mother, divine, black and perfect, I call upon you to rip asunder all that is incorrect and give me the strength to hold my position against all opposition, and to call to me all who will support my journey into wholeness and my new way of being. Hold me in the velvet of your arms, feed me and cradle me, as I grow out of your dark perfection. Amen.³
   
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   Nestle your bottle on a windowsill overnight so that it can soak in the rich night energy.
   

Base Oil Signature for Dark Goddess Blend

Numerology Signature of 12

Application

About Divine Archetypes

For any questions concerning products, to purchase the Tattvas oils or the Tattvas amulets, or for information about on-going classes, including practitioner training, or to book a session with Candice, please contact her at:

Phone: 503.895.7570

Email: candice@divinearchetypes.com

Agarwood (Aquilaria filaria) 10ml. $22.00

Betel Leaf (Piper betle) 10ml. $26.00

Galangal (Alpinia galangal) 10ml. $20.00

Kaffir Lime Leaf (Citrus hystrix) 10ml. $22.00