In Jewish mysticism, the Erelim are huge angels who look after plants and vegetation. They observe what is happening in the natural world and report their findings directly to God. This is easy for them to do as they apparently have 70,000 heads, and each head has 70,000 mouths. Each mouth has 70,000 tongues, and each tongue has 70,000 sayings.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others.
Although a few old books...