Healing Fragrance of Ancient Scripture: Essential Oils

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

FRANKINCENSE & MYRRH FOR WONDERFUL MEDITATION

FRANKINCENSE :
What are the Documented Uses and Benefits of Frankincense? Asthma, cancer, depression, infection (colds, coughs, pneumonia, respiratory, staph, strep), immune stimulant, inflammation, meditation, muscles, nervous conditions, spiritual connection, supports the nervous system, stress, ulcers and vertigo.

What is the Aromatic Affect on the Mind? It is uplifting and centering. Has a sweet, balsamic and warm aroma with incense-like overtones.

What is the Spiritual Influence? Sacred Frankincense Essential Oil has been used to awaken our spiritual awareness and connect with spirit for 5000 years or more. It will help us release parts of our ego which hold us back from connecting with our soul, as well as feelings of unworthiness and insecurity.

Once we are able to connect with our spiritual side, we can embrace our true purpose in the world and become more spiritually driven rather than ego driven.

Use Sacred Frankincense Essential Oil during meditation to connect with spirit and stay centered in yoga or meditation sessions.

What Chakra is Affected? Opens the heart, throat, third eye and crown chakras.

Most Interesting Historical Reference?

Did you know that Frankincense was traded over 5000 years ago in North Africa and on the Arabian Peninsula?

Did you know that Frankincense Oil was found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb in Ancient Egypt? King Tut died in 1323 BC!

Frankincense is a wonderful meditation tool that can help if you are having difficulty keeping the rampant mind at bay. Using Frankincense deepens your meditative practice and helps you to keep focused.

Frankincense is an ancient tree resin that has been used for centuries in sacred ceremonies, religious rituals, spiritual meditation and holistic medicine. It was in widespread use by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks and Romans.

Frankincense resin comes from the Boswellia tree which grows in mainly Africa. To collect the sap, the tree bark is cut and the sap is allowed to ooze out of the bark. The sap dries on the tree and is then collected.

As incense, the raw chunks of resin are directly set on a heat source, such as hot coals. Burning Frankincense is believed to affect the crown charka. It helps with meditation by deepening the breath and brining the body and mind into a harmonious state. There is a quality to the scent of burning Frankincense that seems to reach a forgotten corner of the mind. It is an exotic, yet familiar smell that can assist in promoting spiritual focus and creativity.

As a medicinal substance Frankincense was thought to cure vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and tumors. It is also used to treat skin inflammation, headaches and allergies. In China it is used to treat leprosy and gonorrhea. Frankincense is edible and can also help with digestion. Ayurvedic medicine uses Frankincense for treating arthritis.

Edible Frankincense must be pure for internal consumption. It should be translucent without any impurities. It is often chewed like gum, but it is stickier because it is a resin.

Frankincense has also been used in Aromatherapy to relieve anxiety and promote a sense of well-being. It is used to alleviate depression.

Personally, it feels as if burning Frankincense during your day helps to encourage sacredness in your life. Give it a try

MYRRH :

Most Interesting Historical Reference?

Did you know that Myrrh is recorded in Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical texts on record? Ebers Papyrus dates to about 1550 BC and contains over 700 remedies for almost everything including cancer, asthma and of course, embalming.

Where is the name derived from? Myrrh comes from an Arabic word "murr" meaning "bitter".

Why is this information so important? Its not, it’s just a fun fact!

What are the Plant Properties? Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumoral, analgesic, anti-infectious, antiviral, anti-parasitic, antiseptic, astringent and tonic.

What are the Documented Uses and Benefits of Myrrh?Bronchitis, diabetes, cancer, viral hepatitis, fungal infections (Candida, eczema, ringworm, athletes foot, vaginal thrush), tooth and gum conditions, skin conditions (wrinkles, stretch marks, chapped, cracked), diarrhea, dysentery, hyperthyroidism, and ulcers.

What is the Aromatic Affect on the Mind? Its warm and woody aroma is uplifting.

What is the Spiritual Influence? The benefits of Myrrh include the spiritual and emotional as well. Myrrh is very spiritual oil and has been used in religious ceremonies and rituals for over 5000 years!

Myrrh releases fears, difficult or painful experiences as it relates to us or the world. It asks us to be more accepting, trusting and non-judgmental of ourselves.

When we can love and trust ourselves more, than we don’t attract situations that are as painful and we learn to integrate our physical with our spiritual being.

Because this oil opens the heart chakra and is uplifting to the mind, it can relieve anxiety, stress and depression. Place on the heart to release this patterning and embrace relationships (self and others).

What Chakra is Affected? Promotes opening of the solar plexus and heart chakras.

What is the corresponding Chakra Color? Red and pink.

How do I use it?

Use NEAT (undiluted). Then,

Apply several drops (2-4) on location
Apply to chakras/vitaflex points
Directly inhale
Diffuse, or
Dietary Supplement.

Friday, January 10, 2014

E- Book The Perfumer - A Path to the Art

Fragrance Books Inc.

Glen O. Brechbill

Fragrance - The Heart of the Art

If you found my site thanks for visiting. The work here was a tremendous challenge in terms of ideas that I had and the time it took to assemble. I read over a hundred fragrance books before creating my early first notebook. Learning the in and outs of graphic arts, desktop publishing and web design also took a great deal of time and effort that led no where. There are just to many folks out of work within most professions and arts.

Each of my books has been copyrighted with the Library of Congress

. If you are pursuing the dream of becoming a nose in the fragrance industry I would persuade you that it is a waste of time. Three of the big five have their own perfume schools and of course this includes Givaudan, IFF and Symrise. Only the most connected reach these few coveted training programs. Gaining one of the trainee positions is very competitive. The IFF Perfumers School is only open to employees.

Fragrance is a wonderful art, but takes many years to learn. I learned fragrance as a written language. My wonderful memory I inherited from my mother whereas my organizational skills came from my father. Not clear as to how the art it is taught anymore taking into account that essential oils are being marginalized out of use through strict regulations. As simply as I can put it a composition or formula that creates a scent, or fragrance is an association of aromatic ingredients. If assembled correctly in proper proportions creates what we find in household products to fine fragrances.

What drives the creative process today is marketing data that determines trends, and gives insight to the noses. Surrounding them are evaluators, test panels, advertising, public relations, analytical laboratories, usage limits, sales and of course creative directors and upper management. Essential to all of this are factors to keep costs low so profits can be maximized. The only way costs can be maximized is to use fewer ingredients within any given fragrance blend. Givaudan, Symrise, IFF operate creative centers in Shanghai, China.

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, are held in the highest esteem in the perfume industry and reaching this coveted position is envied by all. If you want to really know what its like to work as a nose in today's creative environment just follow this link, and a new one just posted. A perfumer today has to sign a confidentiality agreement that all work he or she creates is owned by the house that employs you. Perfumer's are restricted from seeing the formulas that they create on a computer due to this ever present paranoia and distrust. Each house has literally millions of formulas on hand yet they keep creating new ones with less materials. This is a vain attempt to showcase that today's fragrances are intoxicating when in reality there is nothing new except the endless hype.

The days of an artist preparing a composition that creates a fragrance or formula by pen and paper are long gone in the big five. Few artists are trusted where they have access to anything outside a limited area in which they work. Cameras that include sophisticated computers track with spy wear, or data entry recorders every move entered on a key board into a software program that weighs and costs out the individual ingredients that create a fragrance. In house security works like WW II's Germany's former Gestapo is ever present. Say or do a wrong thing and you can find yourself black balled like me. Sounds like a glamorous profession although it is a well paid if one can work creatively within this paranoia.

It is my opinion that the fragrance industry is in the slow process of strangling itself. Any time artistry is curtailed the quality of the finished product decreases. A single successful scent has many thousands of off spring and permutations. Why would one need new ones? In the not to distant future I see a day when artificial intelligent computers such as HAL in Stanley Kubrick film a 2001: A Space Odyssey creates a scent, and the formula is mixed in a completely automated laboratory. Companies today are doing everything they can to automate work and reduce payrolls. Why would a fragrance house pay for something that they already have in their vast data bases?

The work that I did on my own was not performed in a sponsored industry training program, and is why I was black balled. I was promoted to a Junior Perfumer's position by an unscrupulous former employer who made certain through clever subterfuge that I would never work again in this coveted profession. Unfortunately outside this industry my work was useless in terms of finding a new job. Again, if you are seeking a coveted training program don't waste your time. It is only opened to those individuals who are the most connected, and can work within a fear generated creative atmosphere.

Again, thanks for visiting my site. Good luck with your fragrance search through Google, or other search engines.

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