Sometime
in 2007, I had what is called a "clairaliant" or
"clairfragrant" experience. I was in the waiting room of a Life
Coach. She had a small water fountain, which I enjoyed. As I got closer to it,
I could smell a great fragrance blend emanating from the fountain. I inhaled
it, and felt an immense rush of emotional healing. Wow, I thought, this is a wonderful
blend. She is a genius! Having this blend in the fountain of her waiting room.
I tried to identify the blend in my experience. I could tell it had palmarosa,
geranium, rose and many other components. I sat there and memorized the smell,
so I could put it in context with one of my 90 plus blends. When she came out,
I asked what blend she had in the fountain. She was surprised, as she had put
some Eucalyptus in it several hours ago, but that it should be gone now. I told
her what I could smell. She tried, but couldn't smell anything. After going
home, I asked for heavenly help in re-creating that blend. Got a basic recipe,
came close, but didn't quite make it. I set that project aside, but kept it in
the back of my mind.
About a year later, as I got involved in making all my
blends again, I brought out the recipe and tweaked it, worked on it. I had a
few new oils, including Muhuhu (African Sandalwood) and Frangipani. I came up
with a recipe, tried it for a while, but it still wasn't quite right. I took
turns combining it with previous blends, to see if I could come up with the
"right" one. Finally, I came up with the recipe, that is as close as
possible, close enough to perfect. This fragrance was manifested to me through
the gift of the Spirit. I was able to create a version of it literally. It is
for emotional release and meditation and is rich in oils that allow reaching
for angelic realms.
Then,
I needed a name. Nothing seemed right. I was reading in Craig Child's book, House of Rain, and came across a
description of Sitalpu. That was it!
This
is a Hopi word referring to the Flower World, a luminously colored spirit realm
that exists along side this one. They believe it allows ancestors to move out
of the ground they are buried in and flow into clouds, flowers and stars, where
they are free to follow their children on long migrations.
The following notes are from Fragrant
Heavens, by Valerie Worwood. This book has been a profound inspiration to me in dealing with essential oils and fragrances.
"p.
xviii, Aroma evokes memory and we can identify the part of the brain involved,
but nobody has any idea how the aroma of jasmine, say, can make a picture of a
garden on a warm starlit night jump into your head.
Plants
are the interface between cosmic energies and the earth, upon which we depend.
p. xx, Essential oils ARE captured light,
passed from the heavens, by plants, to us.
…activate
the receptors of love, compassion and empathy.
They are an informational network, carrying messages and crossing
boundaries, operating on many different levels.
through them, we can contact the wisdom of nature, the power of light,
the energy of the universe and the love in our hearts…if molecules could be
angels, they would surely be essential oils.
p.
8, Edward Bach, the man who invented Flower Remedies, attributed certain
medicinal qualities to plants because the plants themselves told him what they
were…the spiritual realm is seen as the source of accurate information…if you
want to know what a plant can do, go to the source and ask it.
p.
10, The difference between our approach and indigenous peoples' is the effort
we put into learning about plants. We'll
spend time reading gardening books, while they sit with a plant for hours, days
even getting to know it…they go to plants as a pupil goes to a wise person to
learn.
When
people use stones, sound, dance, and plants, they are seeking to make the
connection with something they know is there…people want to reconnect…incense
is burnt to experience enlightenment directly, to connect with something they
know is there.
p.
55, People have always used fragrance to contact spiritual realms. Fragrance performs many roles. Helps the mind to focus and concentrate,
relaxes mind and body and opens heart to receiving…creates a link between the
conscious and unconscious mind…expands space between thoughts.
p.
58, Angels have their own aromas and can be difficult to replicate with
earthbound fragrances.
p.
67, If angels are a link between the minds of man and God, fragrance is one
language we speak. Fragrance stimulates
and releases truth, opening our higher self, making us receptive to angels as
we vibrate more spiritually, aligning our energy more closely with the angelic
realm.
p.
71, By using the fragrances of nature with clear intent and purpose, it is
possible to use essential oils to bring angels closer to us…shouldn't we take
the thread of light offered to us; grasp it within our hearts, and give praise
and thanks for such help…the angel is the driver of the bus, travelling to
different realms. Fragrance is the
route. It puts us on the right track,
but we need to signal as well. At a bus
stop this is done by putting out our arm, when using fragrance, the signal is a
mental one, and so when using angelic vibrations, we need to use prayer,
meditation and good intent and purpose.
p.
72, Heavenly vibrations are different than those on earth and to find them, the
most likely route is through making blends, which have a vibration different
from those generated by the plant world.
p.
85, Everyone has a unique spiritual fragrance that carries the vibrational
frequency of our own spirit and is in harmonic resonance with our inner
selves…one that we are at ease with but, at the same time, the capacity to
affect us emotionally on the very deepest levels, stirring and moving us in
ways that can be exciting, provocative, illuminating, and liberating.
p.
95, Nothing gets closer to the brain than aroma…Aroma is one of the means by
which memory is laid down by its as yet mysterious recording mechanism.
p.
102, When dealing with invisible forces and despite differences in belief,
location and time, people have used fragrance as a protective shield between
them and the perceived negativity.
Cedar, pine and juniper have been widely adopted this way…Native
Americans have used sage, wormwood, cedar and sweet grass.
p.
104, Fragrance and spirituality have always been inextricably linked.
p.
117, Aside from the physical body, we have an "aura", a light that
surrounds the body and is often depicted as a halo in paintings of saints and
holy people. We also have energy centers
in the body known as "chakras" and some say, "etheric" or
"astral" or "mental body", all usually invisible energy
fields that connect us to the universe.
p.
121, Auras are an aspect of our natural selves and the natural world. There is nothing weird or magical about them.
p.
124, Essential oils are a way of connecting cosmic energy to us…
p.
129, The oils can stir or agitate the auric field, stimulating it to reorganize
itself into a state of harmony…it "lifts" the spirit by raising the
vibration, but it is not the oil itself that causes the lift, because the human
organism does that for itself. The oils do,
clear the quagmire in which we may have got stuck, allowing us to shift our
perspective, change our spiritual position, and move on to a higher state of
being. Picture a TV screen that is
"out of sync"…by adjusting the antenna, we can bring images back into
"sync", the same place, locked together in proper position so a
coherent whole results. Essential oils
seem to have the same effect on the human aura…bringing them into sync, locked
together in a harmonious whole.
Harmonized in this way, we are better able to get in touch with our
higher selves, our spiritual core.
p.
153, Fragrances help concentrate the
mind and change it from a confused cacophony of negativity into a stilled
surety of harmony and peace…finding a fragrance that has a special spiritual
effect may take a little time, but it is worth it."
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