Blue Lotus and Yarrow Initiation

A Ceremonial Plant Diet at Derrynagittah with Yarrow & Blue Lotus

Honouring the warrior Goddess Sekhmet

5^th-7^th June 2026

 

 

 

 

I was recently in Egypt and had a profound encounter with the Goddess Sekhmet where she invited me to offer this unique plant initiation. We will ingest an alchemical blend of Yarrow and Blue Lotus, calling to Sekhmet and opening ourselves to the wondrous gifts that these three beings offer. 

This will be a ceremony of empowerment, in honour of Sekhmet, offering to bring each of us into our full power so we can fulfil our sacred purpose as spiritual warriors and magnificent creator beings.

 Yarrow is a traditional magical plant of Europe. One of our most powerful herbs for protection, it teaches us how to hold strong boundaries, offering stability while enhancing our vision and facilitating expansion.

Blue Lotus is a sacred Egyptian flower of transformation, elevating consciousness and offering spiritual regeneration. It attunes us to the highest spiritual vibration, creating a sense of peace and relaxation while helping us attain a vision of our role in the Universe. 

We will connect with Sekhmet, the fierce and loving lion-headed Goddess who is protector of Divine Order, truth, harmony and Cosmic law. At this time, Sekhmet is coming forward to bring balance and harmony in the World, offering to teach us how to stand in our truth with ruthless compassion and a courageous heart.

She invites us to offer up our stuck ego-patterns and long-held trauma, letting go of whatever may be holding us back from embodying our true magical selves.

 

By drinking the elixir, we immerse ourselves in these three potent energies, deepening our connections through invocation, shamanic journeying, time on the land, working with sound, anointing, and other sacred practices. We open ourselves to initiation to a new level of consciousness, whatever that means for each of us, entering the Mystery and receiving whatever our soul is ready for. We do this for ourselves and for the benefit of the collective.

The diet starts at 7.30pm on Friday evening, finishing by 5pm on Sunday 7^th June after our shared pot-luck feast. During the diet we fast while drinking the specially prepared elixir. If you are unable to fast, specific food items will be provided.

We will sleep and dream together in circle in the Temple at Derrynagittah. Let me know when booking if you are pregnant or have a medical condition. 

This will be a small, intimate group and early booking is recommended.

Investment is €440 including €120 non-refundable deposit to secure your place.

Full payment due by 28^th May.

Concessionary places are available for Way of the Wise Healer apprentices.

Please contact Marion at info@derrynagittah.ie to book your place.

I so look forward to sharing this extraordinary initiation with you!

If this is calling you, please join me and enter the Mystery!

Yarrow in the herb garden at Derrynagittah

*****Past Plant Diets*****

Plantain, Beech & Anemone Plant Diet

A Plant Initiation at Derrynagittah for building the life of your Dreams and to help manifest the Dream of the Earth

Aligning with Venus, Saturn and the North Node

18^th-20^th April 2025

In April this year Venus, Saturn and the North Node will be conjunct in Pisces April 15^th -30^th. This is a powerful astrological transit for our planet, exact on April 22^nd 2025.  It portends a time to build the life of our dreams with ease, grace, love and a solid foundation. The energies of this Gateway help us to remember our personal Sacred Dream and assist us in taking a powerful leap forward to embody that Dream in a way of Beauty. At the same time, we will align with the Dream of Grandmother Earth with the intention of helping to manifest Her Sacred Dream.

A remarkable team of plants has come forward eager to help! Anemone, the incubator of Dreams, is holding the energy of the North Node, shining a Light on the future we are moving towards. Plantain has volunteered to open us to the love and beauty of Venus and connect us with our ancestors. Beech, the Lady of the Forest, brings the energies of Saturn, helping us to put our Dreams into form and structure. Together, these three plants will hold the energy of the triple Goddess in a single elixir.

This will be an extraordinary plant initiation, and I am excited at the opportunities offered by the plants at this potent time. It is also the Easter Gateway which will further amplify the spiritual energies. The Derrynagittah labyrinth will be strongly activated.

We start at 7.30pm on Friday, finishing by 5pm on Sunday 20^th after our shared feast. This will be a small, intimate group and early booking is recommended. We will sleep and dream together in Circle in the Temple at Derrynagittah.

What is a 'Plant Diet'?

A ‘Plant Diet' is a traditional way of working with plants in order to get to know them better and receive their gifts, especially for guidance and healing. Dieting with plants in ceremony is a way to honour the plants & their Dream, to develop a deep relationship with a plant and to have a direct experience of plant consciousness. 

During the plant diet ceremony we ingest an elixir that has been pre-prepared in a sacred manner. By drinking this regularly, we receive the plant’s vibration both physically and spiritually. This vibration accumulates in our body over time, and the more we surrender, the more the Spirit of the Plant can enter our being. We bond, blend and ultimately merge. Our body charges itself like a battery from the energies of the plant and eventually the plant may transform into being part of our cells, filling us with energy that can help us as well as others. Our identity expands beyond our individuality and we experience ourself in unity with the eternal Spirit at the source of life.

Healing takes place at all levels – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, and is intended for both the individual and the collective. The ceremony provides an opportunity to heal any imbalance we may have created in the web of life. We receive an initiation from the plant and the chance to move to a new level in our lives. The Spirit of the Plant and the intent and readiness of the dieter are paramount. 

At this time on Planet Earth, the plant world is bringing important messages to assist our awakening and evolution. At a plant diet, the plants offer to initiate us to new levels of awareness, helping us to remember how to live as Sacred Humans. They open Gateways to Higher Consciousness and can give us a direct experience of other realms and higher dimensions.

Physical ingestion helps integrate and ground these new levels of consciousness into the physical body, as well as bringing the medicinal actions of the plant. During a diet, we spend our time dreaming with the plant, using methods such as journeying, meditation, time in nature, breathwork, dance, creative art or whatever is appropriate.

At Derrynagittah, Carole has pioneered plant diet ceremonies with native Irish plants (as described in her book 'Sacred Plant Initiations'). These are frequently timed to coincide with the Celtic Fire Festivals. We honour the turning of the Wheel of the Year and seek to align ourselves with the natural cycles of Nature. Participants gain particular benefit by either fasting completely or eating a restircted diet during the ceremony. We close with a shared feast.