Aromatherapy for the Soul : Healing the Spirit with Fragrance and Essential Oils

List of Charts and Illustrations xi Introduction xiii PART ONE: ON THE CELESTIAL WINGS OF FRAGRANCE Let There Be Light: Plants and Their Spiritual Nature 3(16) The Singing Forest 4(4) Plants That Feel and Speak 8(5) The Sanctity of Plants 13(2) Essential Oils: The Unseen Energies 15(4) Using Essential Oils for Spiritual Union 19(24) Thought, Intent, and Purpose 20(3) Purification 23(2) Handling and Storage 25(1) The Spiritual Connection 25(10) The Heavenly Atmosphere 26(3) Anointing 29(3) The Sacred Waters 32(2) Body Oils 34(1) Spiritual Blending 35(1) Blending with Prayer and Affirmations 35(1) Methods of Use 36(7) Carrier Oils 39(1) Special Care 40(3) Prayer and Meditation 43(20) Prayer 44(15) ``Dear God . . .'' 47(1) Taking the Pathway to Heaven 47(3) Blocks in the Flow 50(3) Creating Your Spiritual Haven 53(2) Heaven Scent 55(4) Meditation 59(4) On Perfumed Angels' Wings 63(18) Angelic Aromas: The Angelic Vibrations 71(1) The Angelic Fragrances 72(9) A Fragrant Transition 81(12) The Fragrance of the Spirit 85(1) Making the Transition 85(2) Using Essential Oils to Make the Transition 87(6) Spritzers 88(1) Hydrolats 88(1) Fragrance and Transition --- The Long Tradition 88(5) Remembrance of Fragrance Past 93(8) The Aroma-Genera Experience 96(5) Fragrant Clouds of Purity and Protection 101(16) The Beneficent Home 104(2) Clearing the Atmosphere 106(2) Misters and Sprayers 107(1) Water Bowels 108(1) Essential Oil Cleansing Bundles 108(1) Energy-Cleansing Baths 108(3) The Elements 111(1) Holy Smoke --- for Purification 111(6) Fragrant Plant Bundles 113(4) Multidimensional Bodies 117(20) The Subtle Bodies 120(4) Essential Oils and the Human Auric Field 124(13) Choosing Essential Oils for Subtle Energy Work 129(8) PART TWO: AROMATHERAPY AND THE SPIRITUAL CONNECTION Vibrational Aromatherapy 137(24) The Chakras 139(1) Body Scanning 139(7) Using Vibrational Aromatherapy in Treatment 146(12) Music 146(1) Sounds 146(1) Color 146(1) Aromas 147(1) Accessories 147(1) Treatment 147(4) Miasms 151(1) Energies 151(1) Healing the Spiritual Crisis 152(6) The Fragrant Symphony 158(3) Energetic Aromatherapy 161(32) Essential Oils and Spiritual Healing 163(3) In the Room 164(1) In the Auric Field of the Client 165(1) On the Healer 165(1) Essential Oils and Distant Healing 166(2) Healing Lists 168(1) Essential Oils and Reiki 168(1) Essential Oils and Energy Workers 169(1) Essential Oils and Crystal and Gem Therapy 170(4) Essential Oils and Channeling 174(4) Essential Oils and Color Healing 178(15) The Essential Oil Spiritual Profiles 193(99) Capturing the Fragrance of Your Favorite Flowers --- What to Do If You Don't Have the Essential Oils 194(95) Glossary of Therapeutic Properties 289(2) The Aromatic Traditions 291(1) The Goddess of the Sacred Trees 292(25) Ancient Egypt 293(2) Mesopotamia 295(2) The Hebrew Tradition and the Kabbalah 297(3) The Christian Tradition 300(4) Ancient Greece and Rome 304(2) The Vedic Scriptures 306(2) Islam and Arabia 308(2) Buddha of the Sacred Tree 310(2) Taoism and Chinese Tradition 312(1) Shinto and the Japan Tradition 312(2) The Native American Nations 314(3) Appendix One: Safety Data 317(2) Appendix Two: Suppliers 319(2) Bibliography 321(8) Acknowledgments 329(2) Index 331(12) About the Author 343