Oreostemma alpigenum (Aster alpigenus)
Positive qualities: Body-free spiritual consciousness; ability to realize independent consciousness beyond the body; cultivation of sense-free states of meditation and dreaming; freeing of the spiritual body from the physical in the death transition or other spiritual experiences
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of death or spiritually transcendent states of consciousness; materialistic identification with the physical dimension; inability to recognize the reality of spiritual dimensions of existence due to over-identification with a physical plane or physical body