[amazon_image id=”0934426988″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Healing Oils of the Bible[/amazon_image]

Chapter 1 is titled God, the First Aromatherapist.  It’s main focus is on the fact that when God created Adam and Eve, he placed them in a garden.  This garden was supposed to be able to sustain and provide for their every need.  “This suggests that God’s original plan was that his children be in contact with essential oils-living and breathing in their presence throughout life” (9).  On page 1, the book states, “Perhaps a lesson to be learned from the story of creation in Genesis is that God intended that we live in an environment permeated with the gentle scents of essential oils” because “They are emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically healing.  God has imbued the aromatic molecules of plants, not only with the power to heal us when we are ill, but to nurture and preserve our health when we are well just by breathing them-even in minute quantities.”

Diffusing gives us the best of both worlds, we get all the comfort and convenience that comes with modern technology, while enjoying the benefits of essential oils, like God had intended.  “The emotionally uplifting effects of inhaling the fragrances of oils are alluded to in Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, and Hebrews, but not discussed.  The spiritual attributes of oils are suggested in many places in the Bible…but are not explained” (5).  The Bible is not a book about essential oils or aromatherapy.  However, essential oils were such a natural part of the lives of the people that they are alluded to, but an explanation isn’t given because it is assumed that everyone knew about them and used them in their daily lives.

Page nine is very interesting.  It talks about the Egyptian embalming process and compares it to the burial practices that were followed in Jesus’ time.  The Egyptians would use “cedarwood, frankincense, and myrrh” … “rosemary, juniper, and cinnamon” this process took forty days to complete.  The coffins were also usually made out of cedarwood.  During the New Testament era, sandalwood was used.  Basil was used in Jesus’ day.

This book is very interesting and full of information.  Get a copy and follow along!  🙂

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