Aromatherapy Bible
Gill Farrer-Halls R180
Essential oils are a natural and healthy alternative to chemical cosmetics
and skin treatments. They can also help soothe and heal your body, emotions, and
spirit. This comprehensive illustrated reference explains how to choose and use
essential oils for beauty and personal care, physical and mental health,
relaxation, and as aids to meditation. It includes contains complete
instructions for aromatherapy-based skin and body treatments and for making your
own creams and lotions; remedies to help overcome worry, anger, stress,
depression and other troubling emotions; aromatherapy techniques to enhance
self-massage, sports massage, and intimate massage; first aid and healing
techniques for simple ailments and for use in pregnancy and with babies,
children, and the elderly; and aromatherapy meditations for calm, insight, and
clarity and for psychic cleansing. It also includes a Directory of Essential
Oils giving the properties and uses of 75 common and exotic oils.
The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils
R175
By Julia Lawless
The complete guide to the use of aromatic oils in aromatherapy‚ herbalism‚ health and well-being.
A definitive text‚ this is one of the bestselling aromatherapy books of all time with vital information on plant origins‚ medical herbalism and the properties and actions of herbs and essential oils.
It covers 165 oils‚ their actions‚ characteristics‚ principal constituents and folk traditions and is a must for experienced aromatherapists and beginners alike.
This essential handbook is used by aromatherapists all over the world and is one of the most successful titles in this area. It includes an A-Z listing of an enormous range of internationally relevant aromatic plants. Comprehensive information is provided for each entry‚ for example:
Common name‚ Latin name‚ botanical plant family General Description - what it looks like Distribution - where it's found Herbal Folk Tradition - traditional uses Actions - what it's good for Extraction - How the oil is extracted Characteristics - what the oil looks like‚
and which other oils it blends well with Safety Information.
The Encyclopedia also covers:
History of aromatherapy and herbalism
How aromatic plants work on your body and mind‚
How to make your own blends
Uses for oils in the home.
This is a classic guide to essential oils and will remain a vital source of information for generations to come.
The
Enchanted Formulary R195
Author: Lady Rhea with Eve LeFey
Make your own oils, blends, and fragrances—and make your dreams come true!
The proper oils, blends, and fragrances are central to the practice of Wicca, and essential for many spells, candle magick, mojo bags, ritual bathing, incenses, floor washes, potpourri, anointing sacred objects, and much more. For over thirty years, Wiccan expert Lady Rhea has been creating her own special formulas that she supplies to some of the world’s quintessential Pagan stores such as The Warlock Shoppe and Enchantments—and now she shares them with you!
In The Enchanted Formulary, Lady Rhea gives you the recipes that she’s perfected over three decades and also shows you where to get some of the harder-to-find ingredients. Some of the 300 blends included are formulas for love; money, luck, and success; healing and personal transformation; and uncrossing and protection. You’ll also learn:
The magick of oils
Mixology (how to mix and blend)
Magical application (different uses of oils for magickal purposes)
Popular perfume fragrances today and the their role in magick
Astrological influences on when to blend your oils
The Enchanted Formulary can be easily used on its own or with Lady Rhea’s The Enchanted Candle, and each recipe comes with detailed information on the origins of the fragrance. The road to self-empowerment begins here!
The Essence of Aromatherapy
Glenda Taylor R55
A beautifully illustrated introduction to essential oils. In a highly presentable format it gives clear guidelines on how oils can be most effectively used. Also gives information on the most appropriate remedy for a number of common complaints.
The Essential Oils Handbook
R145
All the oils you will ever need for health, vitality and well-being
Jennie Harding
Packed full of information and superb photography, this new addition to the Essential Handbook series will delight your senses and enhance your life with fragrant and mood-lifting oils
Whether through massage, a hot aromatherapy bath or a cooling compress, essential oils can bring life-enhancing benefits to everyone. In this new book within the Essential Handbook series we learn how to incorporate essential oils into our lives. The first section describes how the oils are extracted from plants, evocatively explains how they have been used traditionally in different cultures, and guides the reader in the best ways to integrate them safely and effectively into his or her daily routine. This is followed by an invaluable directory of 100 oils, each complemented by a full-colour photograph of the plant from which the oil is made. Every entry offers examples of how you can use the oil to benefit both mind and body, whether massaging sore muscles with rosemary oil or adding ylang ylang to a bath to calm your mind. For each oil, key points are highlighted to provide essential information and fascinating facts at a glance. Authoritative yet accessible, this book will delight everyone who wants to use oils to promote their well-being, or who simply takes pleasure in these complex, alluring fragrances.
Fragrant Pharmacy
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Healing Power of Essential Oils
R235
By Rodolphe Balz
Essential oils - fragrant essences for health and well-being, are among the most popular natural remedies today. The heart of this book contains an index of essential oils and their many properties. More than 200 essential oils are described in precise detail here, followed by a particularly comprehensive therapeutic index which makes it easier to put them to practical use.
Magical
Aromatherapy: The Power of Scent
Scott Cunningham R85
Magical Aromatherapy by Scott Cunningham combines the modern science of aromatherapy with the ancient science of magical perfumery. Together they make a powerful system that can improve your life and bring you what you want. Already, over 170,000 people have found out how useful this book can be. You can, too!
In these pages you'll discover how to use aromas from fresh and dried herbs and essential oils to make changes in your life. You can use them to bring you love, peace, protection, psychic awareness, happiness, joy, and more.
You'll discover that the dried seeds of celery can be used to enhance psychic awareness or bring restful sleep. The fresh flowers of gardenia can be used for peace, love, and spirituality. Honeysuckle can be used for weight loss and prosperity. This book includes full instructions on how to use these three and ninety-seven more aromatics!
If you do magical rituals, you'll also be thankful for information such as the ruling planet and element for each of the herbs. Also given are aromas of the seasons, lunar cycles, days of the week, and zodiacal signs. You'll also learn how to make, store, and use essential oils. Cunningham also includes addresses of essential oil distributors; fresh and dried plant distributors; and aromatherapy organizations and publications. There's even a glossary and a great annotated bibliography, as well as a history of magical perfumery.
Even if you've never done any magic in your life, you can use this book. For example, to attract love, "visualize yourself freely giving and receiving it as you smell the crushed fruits" of the caraway. You can repeat this several times a day, especially if you are worrying about your current relationship.
And if you've been doing rituals for a long time, you will find this book to be invaluable. The correspondences and information will allow you to use aromatics to enhance any of your rituals. This is truly a book anyone can use.
Magical
Oils by Moonlight
Maya Heath R210
• Understand essential oils, their blends, and uses
• Discover the power of the moon phases
• Learn the meanings of oils
• Choose the appropriate day and time
Throughout history, the power of fragrance has been used for magic and personal empowerment, and the power of the Moon and stars has been
acknowledged to have a hand in human destiny. Just as you would plant your
garden for the most abundant harvest, personal ritual and magic can be greatly enhanced by timing your magical work with the appropriate phase of the Moon.
Magical Oils by Moonlight is a unique work that explores the craft of blending and
using oils for both pleasure and power, laid out across the monthly cycle of the
Moon’s phases. This is a complete guide to all aspects of wish magic and spiritual attunement, with an extensive essential oil reference section.
Music for Aromatherapy & Massage
R120 item
added 19 Feb 2009
This album has been compiled by Medwyn in close collaboration with various 'alternative' therapists taking tracks ideally suited to aromatherapy, reflexology and other forms of relaxation therapy, from his vast library of best selling recordings.
The value of natural plant oils has been recognised for more than 6,000 years for their healing, cleansing and mood enhancing properties, as well as for the simple pleasure of their fragrances.
Track Listing:
1. Letting go of Tension
2. Healing Hands
3. Release
4. Natures Way
5. Harmonics
6. Sleep
Approx Running Time: 48:24
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