Subject: A Nettle Colleen?

   Dear Ms. Angelique,
   Your web-site is fascinating. It is well to learn that you are both Empath and Witch. Perhaps you would answer a question -- or just think about it enough to pass along an opinion.
   What's the best natural aid for CBT and like torment?
   How do you feel about the use of stinging nettles in Scening? This wonderful plant yields us one of the most nourishing of teas: pregnant women are instructed to drink it for iron, and one famous Yogi subsisted upon it entirely. Nettle fibre has been used to craft both fine and durable paper and cloth, much like hemp or flax. A large clump of nettles keeps neighborhood boys from hanging out behind the garage :)
   Stinging Nettles have another use... After reading in "The Herb Book" by John Lust that nettles (Urtica diocia) could be rubbed and stung into the skin as a relief to arthritis, it was no great stretch to understand that they might safely be rubbed in certain *other* places! It didn't take much experimentation to discover that here was something very special. I won't go into detail now, but must add that the *trick* is learning just how much of the stimulus to apply as the session progresses: at first it is very stingy and painful and a very gentle touch is plenty. But a point is reached where the leaves and stems may be forcefully rubbed over the areas being treated and the feeling ceases to be one of pain and one is aware instead of what feels like an energy coursing through those parts of the body. Of course gloves must be worn or another means used to keeing the things from stinging the fingers (wrapping the leafstems with tape works).
   Please accept the above information as an offering from a sort of "Johnny Nettleseed". Could the stinging nettle become the Patron Plant the Spiritual Domme? Why not. Please give this thought. Nettles are extremly easy to establish and thrive almost anywhere. Chances are good that they can be found in the woods and fields near you home; seeds -- or better roots -- are easy to come by. One might even keep a few potted specimens in the dungeon...
   It would be pleasant to read your opinion on this. t. is a 44 year old male adventurer and devotee who is saddened that Vancouver is so very far away. Oh yes, the subject line refers to a "Nettle Colleen." Many women with red hair are of Irish ancestry...
   Sincerely, t.