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28.0000° N, 45.0000° W (TIDAL ARCHIVE)

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Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin: Post Date:
6 Sept 2025

28.0000° N, 45.0000° W (TIDAL ARCHIVE) (2025) is a photoessay by Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin observing transatlantic flows of energy and material. Indexed within this constellation of vessels is matter relating to the sacred, geological, and incidental. A wave washes ashore as herbal liquidities. Contained and preserved, this material draws on the knowledge of Afro-spiritual plant medicine practices and traditions.

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Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Clear quartz, for balancing, clarity, amplification.

Dried grass, found, harvested from 54.1560° N, 1.3260° W.

Rose, high vibration, for connecting to heart, joy.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Coriander seeds, for abundance, success, protection.

Moon water, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 13.1400° N, 59.4560° W.

Okra seeds, once hidden, carried from West Africa to the Caribbean.

Rainwater, x4 drops, collected, harvested from 51.5409° N, 0.2590° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Atlantic Ocean, x1 drop, collected, harvested from 50.0660° N, 5.7160° W.

Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Hibiscus, high vibration, for cleansing, rich in Vitamin C.

Sea moss, rich in minerals. Harvested from 13.8525° N, 60.8985° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Lavender, lives in duality. For protection, calming, uplifting.

Moon water, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 13.1400° N, 59.4560° W.

Okra seeds, once hidden, carried from West Africa to the Caribbean.

Rainwater, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 13.0750° N, 59.5350° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Caribbean Sea, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 18.0000° N, 77.5000° W.

Clear quartz, for balancing, clarity, amplification.

Sea moss, rich in minerals. Harvested from 13.8525° N, 60.8985° W.

Slate, found, harvested from 50.6640° N, 4.6200° W

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Caribbean Sea, x4 drops, collected, harvested from 18.0000° N, 77.5000° W.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 50.5580° N, 2.4390° W.

Root ginger, warming, a circulatory tonic.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Coriander seeds, for abundance, success, protection.

Lavender, lives in duality. For protection, calming, uplifting.

Moon water, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.5050° W.

Okra seeds, once hidden, carried from West Africa to the Caribbean.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Moon water, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.5050° W.

Rainwater, x4 drops, collected, harvested from 51.5409° N, 0.2590° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Lemongrass, for detoxifying, digestion, respiration.

Moon water, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 13.1400° N, 59.4560° W.

Rainwater, x6 drops, collected, harvested from 51.5409° N, 0.2590° W.

Root ginger, warming, a circulatory tonic.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Hibiscus, high vibration, for cleansing, rich in vitamin C.

Moringa, rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 6.3670° N, 2.4270° E.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 53.3500° N, 1.8000° W.

Root ginger, warming, a circulatory tonic.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Clear quartz, for balancing, clarity, amplification.

Moon water, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.5050° W.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 50.5580° N, 2.4390° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Wire, found, harvested from 51.4730° N, 0.0710° W.

Clear quartz, for balancing, clarity, amplification.

Dried grass, found, harvested from 54.1560° N, 1.3260° W.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 50.5580° N, 2.4390° W.

Sea moss, rich in minerals. Harvested from 13.8525° N, 60.8985° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Moon water, x5 drops, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.5050° W.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 50.5580° N, 2.4390° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Atlantic Ocean, x1 drop, collected, harvested from 13.2150° N, 59.4940° W.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Sea moss, rich in minerals. Harvested from 13.8525° N, 60.8985° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Caribbean Sea, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 18.0000° N, 77.5000° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Atlantic Ocean, x1 drop, collected, harvested from 50.0660° N, 5.7160° W.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Dried grass, found, harvested from 54.1560° N, 1.3260° W.

Eucalyptus, for respiration, cleansing, protection.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Wire, found, harvested from 51.4730° N, 0.0710° W.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Caribbean Sea, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 18.0000° N, 77.5000° W.

Dried grass, found, harvested from 54.1560° N, 1.3260° W.

Moon water, x2 drops, collected, harvested from 13.1400° N, 59.4560° W.

Rocks, collected, harvested from 50.5580° N, 2.4390° W.

Root ginger, warming, a circulatory tonic.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Coriander seeds, for abundance, success, protection.

Okra seeds, once hidden, carried from West Africa to the Caribbean.

Moon water, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.5050° W.

Seashells, collected, harvested from 13.0780° N, 59.5180° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Moon water, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.5050° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Coriander seeds, for abundance, success, protection.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Okra seeds, once hidden, carried from West Africa to the Caribbean.

Sun catcher, roaming, unfixed.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Rainwater, x8 drops, collected, harvested from 51.5409° N, 0.2590° W.

Rose, high vibration, for connecting to heart, joy.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

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Coriander seeds, for abundance, success, protection.

Mint, for soothing, stimulation, clearing, abundance.

Okra seeds, once hidden, carried from West Africa to the Caribbean.

Sea moss, rich in minerals. Harvested from 13.8525° N, 60.8985° W.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Chamomile, for easing stress, nausea, headaches, pains.

Lemongrass, for detoxifying, digestion, respiration.

Root ginger, warming, a circulatory tonic.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Barbados corals, collected, harvested from 13.2100° N, 59.4990° W.

Hibiscus, high vibration, for cleansing, rich in vitamin C.

Mint, for soothing, stimulation, clearing, abundance.

Moringa, rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants.

Rose, high vibration, for connecting to heart, joy.

Sun water, for cleansing, empowerment, growth, vitality.

Notes

Jason Allen-Paisant, The Possibility of Tenderness: A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams, Penguin, 2025.

Iris Bayley, ‘The Bush-Teas of Barbados’, The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, vol. 16, no. 3, May 1949, 103-12.

Aleya Fraser, Caribbean Herbalism: Traditional Wisdom Moden Herbal Healing, Ulysses Press, 2025.

Édouard Glissant, Poetics of Relation, trans. Betsy Wing, The University Michigan Press, 1997.

Michele Elizabeth Lee, Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing, Wadastick, 2017.

Karen M. Rose, Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal, and Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine, Fair Winds Press, 2022.

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