Rosicrucian Beacon Magazine - 2013-03 - AMORC

y Jack Coggins
atuRE in its wisdom made the dandelion
one of the most abundant of all the herbs. The
temperate and cold regions of both hemispheres
are its habitat: Europe, Central Asia, North
America, and the Arctic and south temperate
areas. We find them everywhere; in meadows, fields, lawns,
along roadsides and pavements and almost any other place
not shaded from the sun.
The dandelion is nearly impossible to eradicate.
Anyone who has tried to remove a dandelion from their
lawn must have thought that nature erred by allowing this
“nuisance weed” to overrun almost the entire populated
world. Still, it exists, so there must be a special purpose for
the lowly dandelion. In reality, the dandelion is a veritable
ruler in the plant world, for it belongs to the Composite
family, “the highest of all plant families, the culmination of
the plant kingdom.” I hope that this article will give you
added respect for it.
As Food
In times of need, food is where you find it. Since the
dandelion is found almost everywhere it is one of Nature’s
means of assuring a constant food supply for man,
animals, birds and even bees. Actually, its scientific name,
Taraxacum, is an Arabian version of the Greek word,
Trogemon, meaning edible. Once, when insects destroyed
the entire harvest on the island of Menorca, the inhabitants
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