FREE: Rose of Jericho

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The Legend tells the tale of how when the Lord Jesus Christ went into the desert for 40 days to pray and Meditate, God sent the Spirits of the Four Winds to blow a seemingly lifeless tumbleweed called the Rose of Jericho to his feet; this sacred Rose of Jericho followed Christ during his days within the desert. During the dawn the Rose of Jericho would collect the moisture of the night's dew. Each morning Jesus would put his fingers to the Rose of Jericho and collect the little water it had and quench his thirst from the drops of water from the branches of the plant. After the 40 days with in the desert, Jesus blessed the plant as a magical talisman of resurrection and sustaining life through hardship.

The Rose of Jericho also known as the Resurrection Plant or Anastatica Hierochuntica, other names include Saint Mary's Flower, and Mary's Hand, within Espiritismo and Sance is part of the Division of Plant Spirits which include the Selaginella lepidophylla "Jericho Rose" known to Hispanics as La Siempre Viva or La Flor de Piedra. The later being the one that is sold most frequently in Hispanic Botanicas. The Rose of Jericho is by far the most widely known and sold of tumbleweeds. Its magical properties as a talisman are undisputed and was used by the Spanish Monks and Friars as a symbol of the Holy Trinity and imported the plant to the Americas to demonstrate to the Native Americans the power of the Spanish Christian God and the concept of rebirth. It is a staple plant within homes of Curanderos, Espiritistas, Brujos, Sancistas and Santeros. The plant can be kept on an altar, a book shelf, or a table of its own. The Rose of Jericho is not just a talisman but also a powerful Spirit which bestows its owner with spiritual abundance.

You will receive one dormant plant.