the Bach Flower Remedy:
Pine

Pine: Remedy from the set of the Second Nineteen

About this music

A song with lyrics by Harriet Edwards realised in a performing version for voice, sax, piano bass and drums and performed so far on just two occasions.

A slow harmonically complex piece in 2/2 time. Dark and intense as befits the subject matter (cf. lyrics).

Lyrics for Pine

Lyrics by Harriet Edwards. Show lyrics

About Pine, the Bach Flower Remedy

‘I blame myself. Even though I have been successful I know that I could have done better. I work hard but I make errors and I am dissatisfied with what I achieve.’

State derives from the severity of the father. Pine people feel bad about themselves and are discontented with their efforts. Schaffer says the state comes from ‘dogmatic, excessively moral concepts and powerful commandments’ – she refers to the Protestant work ethic, guilt about sex, suffering and penitence, moral severity, the expectation of punishment. Katz and Kaminski write that the Pine person feels a disproportionate guilt. Felings may arise from childhood when the person learned to internalize blame for dysfunction in the family system, or they may stem from a religious background which emphasises sin and error more than salvation and grace.

The need to release energy that is blocked, not hold on to past patterning.

For those who blame themselves. Even when successful they think that they could have done better, and are never content with their efforts or the results. They are hard-working and suffer much from the faults they attach to themselves. Sometimes if there is any mistake it is due to another, but they will claim responsibility even for that.

Pine is an emotional condition which develops over time. Like a mole it burrows out of sight, reappearing unexpectedly. Or, as with certain traumatic events, it remains buried in memory, to surface years later.

Clearly Pine is a complex remedy state. It involves more than guilt and self-blame. It contains a personal life story for the individual, parts of which may be hidden or suppressed. Pine helps to establish way-markers in the biography or life journey, like the hilltop clumps of trees which are prominent in a landscape. Acting within the detail of a person’s feelings, Pine also helps to strighten out tangled and confused emotions – just as Pine’s needle-leaves are narrow and straight.

The Pine remedy can take us on a journey to reassess the past so we can be more accurate about present circumstances.

This account of this Bach Flower Remedy is based on the book Bach Flower Remedies : Form and Function by Julian Barnard.

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