☀️Welcome to #2 of 3 posts looking at the use of essential oils during ancient days and some of the similarities that carry on today.
Daily Living with Essential Oils Then & Now!
(Christmas is coming!)
(Christmas is coming!)
>>>>It is wise to keep oils in your house!
Proverbs 21:20 says “Precious treasure and oils remain in the house of the wise.”
Proverbs 21:20 says “Precious treasure and oils remain in the house of the wise.”
❤️Families in ancient days used fatty oils for fuel and food and used aromatic essential oils for tasks of daily living.
Most references to oils in the Bible are related to worship, ceremonies and burial preparations.
🌲Most of the time I think of people from the Bible using oils for anointing or burial purposes, but they also used oils for emotional health and prevention of disease. Hmmm… those uses, emotional health and wellness sound a lot like me, a definite “me too” moment.
We learn more about what oils were used as part of daily living in Healing Oils of the Bible by David Stewart Ph.D.
🍃”The truth is that not only were the 33 species of aromatic plants and oils identifiable from the Bible in use by the peoples of that time, there were many more. Most of the oils and fragrances commonly used for medicines and fragrances for deodorants, perfumes, and incenses around the homes and businesses were omitted from the Bible because their mention would not contribute to making their theological point. To find what other oils were in use during Biblical times, one has to rely on archeological records of the Babylonians, Sumerians, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, Arabians and other cultures that surrounded and occupied the Hold Land at those times.”☀️Priests in the Bible had a ton of responsibilities (leading worship, caring for people and also caring for temple grounds). They were also skilled apothecaries, preparing and mixing various oils and herbs for anointing, for incense and for healing, says Stewart.
In the Bible, the word anointment means literally ointment. Stewart says Biblical ointments were always composed of essential oils. “In Biblical times essential oils were often mixed in a vegetable oil base such as olive, flaxseed, walnut, sesame or almond. But vegetable oils alone were never used for anointing, writes Stewart. Precious oils always indicated “the use of essential oils such as cassia, hyssop, frankincense, spikenard, galbanum, myrrh, onycha, cinnamon and/or calamus.”
🍋CURIOUS NOTE: An interesting note Stewart shares in his book is the lack of citrus fruits, trees and oils. Where is the lemon oil? 🍋“… Citrus is of the Chinese origin and was not known in Europe and the Middle East until around the tenth century A.D. … In modern aromatherapy, citrus oils play major roles in the healing of the body, mind and soul, but such medicines were unknown to the people of the Bible.”
Question: Have you used essential oils when giving or receiving a massage? Have you had the great benefit of receiving a Raindrop Technique session?
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A little Christmas Spirit: Pentatonix official video: O Come, All
Ye Faithful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj7Pr42rliI
Ye Faithful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj7Pr42rliI
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