By Anita Kalnay, RA^®, EOT^®

Recently, the Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) community created a blend called Born Free. This blend was formulated by Dr. Bruce Berkowsky in response to the traumatization of the people of Ukraine that has so deeply touched us all. 

According to Dr. Berkowsky, the intent of the blend is to “soften the layer of trauma.” It will be used by Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) practitioners in their work with Ukrainian refugees. The recommended protocol is to apply two drops of the blend to six specific acupuncture points after needling in order to deepen the action of the treatment: CV (conception vessel) 6,15, and 17; kidney 7; and heart 9. 

Alternative points will also be used in accordance with needling patterns, as government regulations and cultural sensitivities vary from one refugee camp to another (these camps are located in several different European countries). 

The SPE Blending Process

SPE blending does not simply involve static drop counts for each oil used, but rather it is a fluid process that involves conscious soul-to-soul connection to each oil. Additionally: “In SPE, deep acting blends are built in layers in order to create a three-dimensional dynamic and to reflect the lower-to-higher layered nature of the soul.” 

The members of the SPE group all have had the opportunity to create the blend and relate to it through their own experiences. The blend itself is created in small batches, with a series of layers constructed on different days (one layer per day). 

There are two central references used in the SPE blending process:

1.    Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils, which offers an in-depth profile of the inner soul nature of 122 essential oils. (The most extensive description of this kind that I have ever seen in our field.)

2.    The SPE Repertory of Essential Oils, currently about 2,500 rubrics (regarding symptoms, constitutional traits, reactional modes, etc.) divided into three sections: general; mental, emotional and dreams; and physical.

Creating the Blend

“The Ukraine situation is a staggering social trauma . . . including disturbing visuals and high intensity explosives.”

“The premise of the Born Free blend is to create a light-infused aromatic frequency that can carry and transmit the wave frequency information of solace and peace.”

─ Dr. Berkowsky

Recently, Dr. Berkowsky and his Spiritual PhytoEssencing students conducted what he refers to as a cosmic light projection. Cosmic light projections involve the use of transmitter/receivers designed by Dr. Berkowsky that are constructed of stones and crystals arranged in a very specific pattern. These stones and crystals surround a bowl that contains a SPE essential oil blend (in this case, the Born Free blend) and selected SPE gemstone essences (Dr. Berkowsky uses his Natural World Alchemy Method to produce all of the SPE gemstone essences).

All participants set up their transmitter/receivers that link into, and amplify, the signal generated by Dr. Berkowsky’s much larger transmitter/receiver station (his station features copper pyramids surrounded by copper spirals, pulsed electromagnetic field generators and a scalar light wave generator).

Quantum physicists suggest that scalar waves can pass beyond the time/space dimension into what they refer to as the non-local space. The non-local space is populated by an infinity of wave forms that can store and transfer information. As the non-local space is beyond the time/space universe, it enables the transmission of healing energies to distant locations. 

Essential oils and gemstone essences vibrate information-bearing waveforms of characteristic frequencies. With the proper alchemy technology and the power of intention, these waveforms are readily and instantly transmitted via the non-local space to distant places. 

Dr. Berkowsky suggests that “In the case of Ukraine, the idea was to bring some solace to the individuals. The healing impact of this projection, subtle as it was, still served at a quantum level as a contribution to the healing of these people.

“The projection spread light not just to Ukraine, but also the Russian people, tens of thousands of whom who are being used, and dying, as cannon fodder in a brutal and utterly pointless war that they have been thrust into against their will. Russia is an autocratic state. As John Edward Acton famously wrote, ‘Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’”

The Born Free Blend 

Born Free is referred to in SPE as a situational blend, which a blend that is specific for ameliorating the psychospiritual impact of a particular situation (e.g. grief, divorce, disease, etc.), as opposed to a deep-acting constitutional blend. Situational blends can be highly customized for a particular individual or can be formulated to have general relevance for a large group of people (as with the Born Free blend). On the other hand, SPE deep-acting constitutional blends are tailored to engage with the unique, soul-nature archetypal pattern of one particular individual’s inner-core identity and so have no relevance regarding anyone else. 

Born Free Blend Formulation

The rubrics selected from the SPE Repertory of Essential Oils for the formulation of Born Free to help identify relevant essential oils were:

Third Chakra (Solar Plexus)

-    To support the will of the Ukrainian people during this brutal assault.

-    This chakra is the seat of will. 

Desire to Escape

In this case, to flee the bombs and missiles that are laying waste to their towns and cities.

Typhoid Miasm

The central themes of the typhoid miasm are danger of losing your place of comfort if you don’t do something soon; sudden loss; critical period; danger, risk, urgency; do or die—either successfully resolve the crisis through short, intense effort or die if the effort fails; impatience; and taking risks.

There is a focus upon recovering lost ground—wants the same thing back that was lost; reaching a position of comfort; grab it, want it all right now; an intense short effort is needed to find rest. In the failed state of this miasm, there may be collapse, loss of will, inactivity, defeatism.

Fourth Chakra (Heart)

To address feelings of disheartenment and to help assuage emotional wounding. 

Netzach-Victory (one of the Tree of Life vessels)

In Hebrew, Netzach means victory. It is the vessel that sustains the soul’s potential for overcoming obstacles and any factor that interferes with the divine energy flow. 

Earth Element

Associated with nurturing, grounding and connection to the land to address feelings of deprivation and disconnection from the homeland.

Water Element

Associated with fear and anxiety.

Smaller rubrics used include fear (of being murdered), passionate (about freedom and national identity), and grief.

The goal of the blend (reflected cumulatively in the above rubrics) is to support hope and will and to assuage emotional trauma.

The blend contains 11 main component oils and 3 alchemy essential oils. SPE features various alchemy techniques developed by Dr. Berkowsky. The three alchemy oils in this blend served as the “surrounding essence,” “invisible sparks” and “magic drops.” 

Use of the Blend 

The blend was prepared and then diluted to 5% in unprocessed jojoba oil. The AWB practitioners will be taking the blend to various refugee camps in Europe. 

Approximately 30 people can be treated with the contents of one 15 mL bottle of the 5% dilution. Thus, 10 bottles can be used to treat 300 people.

My personal experience of making and using the blend was a softening of the issues that I felt were obstacles and limitations in my own personal life, including an immediate reduction in ongoing hip pain that I have felt since the COVID lockdown. 

I also used the blend in a massage with a client, who is a well-known Buddhist teacher. He continued to use it as a take-home blend and had vivid dreams that offered resolution. He also sent a blend to a Star Group healing program of which he is a member. Those of us who used the blend had similar experiences.

Because I study the Gene Keys, I intuitively correlated the Born Free blend with the 57th Gene Key, which is very much about moving beyond the field of suffering and unease into trust and clarity with gentleness. 

As I continue to use the blend at home, I have noticed a softening of the worries that might otherwise plague my mind as obstacles or limitations. It truly speaks to the heart of compassion in a gentle way! Also, as our community opens its doors to refugees from Ukraine, I feel that I now have a tool that I can offer them that in some way may comfort their journey of loss and relocation and welcome them into new freedoms here in Canada. 

If the blend and process of creating Born Free sparked your interest, please contact Dr. Berkowsky to receive the formulation at https://naturalhealthscience.com/contact-us/. If you are interested in creating, preparing and using the blend in direct reference to the Ukraine situation, or personally with clients or family members, please feel free to share your experiences! 

If you would like to train in the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE), Dr. Berkowsky is initiating a very affordable SPE Membership Program that, for a low annual fee will provide you access to his SPE Members-only e-mail messages, and monthly classes, certain recordings, cosmic light projections and blending exercises. At discounted prices, you would also have access to his SPE Gemstone Essences and SPE essential oil blends and reference guides (such as the SPE Repertory of EOs). He is also in the process of making arrangements with certain essential oil retailers to offer high-quality oils to SPE members at discounted prices. The membership program is scheduled to begin in August.

About the author: Anita Kalnay, RA^®, EOT^®, has 30 years of experience as an aromatherapist and intuitive healer. She holds a diploma in Spiritual PhytoEssencing and has more than 3,200 certified hours in various natural health modalities. She is also a natural perfume designer and works with more than 500 essential oils. Located in the Comox Valley, BC, Anita currently serves on the CAOA board of directors. You can learn more about Anita at www.genieinabottle.ca.