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Aromatherapy (Part Three)
Essential Oil Recipes for Specific Areas of Healing
Stress and Anxiety Relief
Anxiety
5 Drops of Chamomile Oil
5 Drops of Lemongrass Oil
30ml of Carrier Oil
Stress
5 Drops of Peppermint Oil
5 Drops of Lavender Oil
30ml of Carrier Oil
Muscle Tension and Muscle Pain Relief
Muscle Tension
½ Tablespoon of Ground Allspice
½ Tablespoon of Ground Nutmeg
5 Drops of Geranium Oil
120ml of Carrier Oil
Muscle Pain
½ Teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper
½ Teaspoon of Ground Tumeric
5 Drops of Rose Oil
5 Drops of Tea Tree Oil
120ml of Carrier Oil
Chest Congestion and Mucus Relief
Chest Congestion
5 Drops of Eucalyptus Oil
5 Drops of Pine Oil
30ml of Carrier Oil
Mucus Build Up
5g of Dried Nettle Leaves
5 Drops of Frankincense Oil
480ml of Carrier Oil
Strengthening The Mind
Focus and Concentration
½ Tablespoon of Ground Myrrh
5 Drops of Rosemary Oil
480ml of Carrier Oil
Mental Strength and Clarity
1 Tablespoon of Dried Rosemary
5 Drops of Peppermint Oil
5 Drops of Spearmint Oil
480ml of Carrier Oil
Combating Fatigue
Energizer
½ Tablespoon of Dried Juniper Berries
5 Drops of Thyme Oil
480ml of Carrier Oil
Citrus Energy
5 Drops of Lemon Oil
5 Drops of Lime Oil
30ml of Carrier Oil
Good Night’s Sleep
5 Drops of Lemon Balm Oil
5 Drops of Ylang-Ylang Oil
30ml of Carrier Oil
Upset Stomach Relief
Digestion
½ Tablespoon of Dried Catnip
5 Drops of Ginger Oil
5 Drops of Spearmint Oil
480ml of Carrier Oil
The next Aromatherapy post will cover the Magickal side of scents, including but not limited too, Bottle Spells, Spiritual Components and Ritual Baths.
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Honors and Devotions to Freyja in Everyday Beauty & Self-Care
Freyja, my lady, my goddess, is known throughout time to be the goddess of love and war, of fertility and death, of sex, beauty, and magic and sorcery. She is second to none out of all the goddesses, save only one: Frigga, Odin’s wife and queen of the gods. Her beauty is so monumentally great, that men, gods, dwarves, and giants have all desired her.
In addition to the mere maintaining of beauty and good health being in and of itself an act sacred to Freyja, there are other, more specific devotions and honors to be made, by incorporating them into the beauty rituals one keeps.
Gold
Gold is sacred to Freyja, her hair is golden and her famous necklace, Brisingamen, is made of gold. The names of her daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi, both literally mean “treasure.” Wearing gold jewelry and using care products that contain gold particles honor this.
Amber
Among other things, Freyja is famous for shedding tears of gold whenever she cries, and this has earned amber the attribute of being called “Freyja’s tears” in lore. It is attested that Brisingamen has at least one jewel, though most people say it has many and that there is strong likelihood of it being amber.
Cats
Freyja is the goddess of cats, and her chariot is pulled by the two largest and chiefest among all the cats she keeps. The “cat’s eye” style of drawing on eyeliner is a marvelous way of honoring this.
Father
Njörd, god of the sea and winds, seafaring, fishing, wealth, fertility and prosperity, is the father of Freyja and her twin brother Freyr. He is my male patron among the gods (but still second to Freyja). Honoring the familial connection between father and daughter, and their roles in my life, includes such things as living on a pescatarian diet (which is great for the skin, among other health benefits), and incorporating sea-sourced items into personal care rituals, such as seaweed and pearl powder, and sea salt bath soaks and scrubs. Sea-sourced jewelry, such as pearls, coral, and shells, also honor them.
Love
The obvious flower of love is the rose, which is thankfully a PERFECT addition to skincare. Bring on the rosewater and rose oils! There is also honey, not only for its associations with amorousness and sweetness, but golden honey is sacred to Freyja and pretty much all of the gods (and it’s the base ingredient for mead).
War
Throwing back to Freyja’s relation to a sea god, wearing sharks teeth jewelry has its own associations with war and power. Black eyeliner and black eye makeup is another means by which enemies in war are intimidated, and it is historically documented that “Viking” cultures wore it on the regular.
Falcon
I am uncertain exactly how to honor this aspect of Freyja - aside from the obvious options of wing-shaped jewelry and wing designs on fashion - as the goddess possesses the power to shape-shift into a falcon, using a cloak of falcon feathers, and travel the world. I would not advise adorning oneself with real falcon feathers, for expense reasons and most importantly for endangered species reasons. Given that falcons are solar-associated birds, I guess that one thing would be to slather on the SPF! Certainly to remember to put on an abundance of aloe (a healing succulent that thrives in arid, sunny climates) for general good skincare and sun-aftercare.
Sex and Fertility
Honestly, any essential oils and herbs with aphrodisiac properties will do. Additionally, coconut oil has a consistency and absorption properties that make it the next best thing to natural human lubrication for sex. Using coconut oil for body cleansing and hair care is top tier.
Death
Believe it or not, charcoal is the best item or ingredient to honor this aspect of Freyja. Teutonic funerary rites involve pyres, always, which renders charcoal and ashes. Charcoal is highly chemically absorbent, and is known in skin and hair care for its purifying and detoxifying properties, while medicinally it can save someone from poison going into the bloodstream if used quickly enough.
Twin
Freyja’s twin brother, Freyr, like other Vanir, is a god of fertility. His realm is pleasure and prosperity, rain and sunshine, abundant harvests, peace, and lots and lots of baby-making. His hall is in Alfheim, the realm of the elves (yes, he lives with elves). How does one add elements to self-care and beauty that honor both the Lady AND her beautiful twin? Well, one fun way is to wear ear-cuff jewelry that comes up in a graceful point at the ridge of the ear, mimicking elf ears. Another way that connects to the earth element in honoring the twins - aside from all the floral and plant-based suggestions already given - is by incorporating clay and mud masks into your usual beauty to-dos. It’s good practice to do a face mask at least once a week, better if twice.
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Best thing I’ve seen in an ITV show off late?
Is someone calling out a female lead’s sacrifice. YES! I mean ofc Abhi is a bit of an ass as the way he went about it but FINALLY it felt nice to watch someone going:
“WHAT IS THE USE OF YOUR SACRIFICE AND THIS INTERNAL NEED OF BEING GREAT WHEN THIS SACRIFICE HAS RUINED EVERYTHING!”
And the reason why I love it because I am exhausted of watching female leads being lauded for having “kept quiet” about a secret that ideally should’ve been revealed or “making sacrifices” with everyone cheering them on when that sacrifice actually ruins lives for a lot of people.
No. Keeping quiet and sacrifices are far too romanticized. They are NOT worth it. The consequence of the actions determine the worth of the sacrifice!
And ofc, while making the decision to keep quiet or sacrifice you aren’t aware of how this works out - but what matters is when you’ve seen the ultimate result of your actions - YOU NEED TO REFLECT.
Lol I know I’m expecting a LOT from Indian television (like the show doesn’t even put the blame on Akshara but paint that Aarohi and Abhi are being numbskulls for asking why she went on sacrificing) - but hey, when Abhi went that he hated Akshara sacrificing her love because her sister also loved the same guy (and her sacrificing it by denying that she ever loved him), that made sense.
Sigh, I know the show is still making Akashara “amazing” for having sacrificed - but I got my two minutes joy when Abhi and Aarohi went “wtf why would you do this that effectively destroyed two families?”
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Best thing I’ve seen in an ITV show off late?
Is someone calling out a female lead’s sacrifice. YES! I mean ofc Abhi is a bit of an ass as the way he went about it but FINALLY it felt nice to watch someone going:
“WHAT IS THE USE OF YOUR SACRIFICE AND THIS INTERNAL NEED OF BEING GREAT WHEN THIS SACRIFICE HAS RUINED EVERYTHING!”
And the reason why I love it because I am exhausted of watching female leads being lauded for having “kept quiet” about a secret that ideally should’ve been revealed or “making sacrifices” with everyone cheering them on when that sacrifice actually ruins lives for a lot of people.
No. Keeping quiet and sacrifices are far too romanticized. They are NOT worth it. The consequence of the actions determine the worth of the sacrifice!
And ofc, while making the decision to keep quiet or sacrifice you aren’t aware of how this works out - but what matters is when you’ve seen the ultimate result of your actions - YOU NEED TO REFLECT.
Lol I know I’m expecting a LOT from Indian television (like the show doesn’t even put the blame on Akshara but paint that Aarohi and Abhi are being numbskulls for asking why she went on sacrificing) - but hey, when Abhi went that he hated Akshara sacrificing her love because her sister also loved the same guy (and her sacrificing it by denying that she ever loved him), that made sense.
Sigh, I know the show is still making Akashara “amazing” for having sacrificed - but I got my two minutes joy when Abhi and Aarohi went “wtf why would you do this that effectively destroyed two families?”
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Reminder: you can love, revere and honour the Sun while recognizing the damage She can cause to your skin. 🌞 It is Summer, so adore the Sun, bask in Her shine, but do not forget SPF.
Sincerely, the Baltic Demon
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favorite quotes: Governor’s Illness/督主有病 by 杨溯
“十七，人这条命留着不是为了吃喝拉撒的。总会有一个人，能让你豁出命去保护，就算她死了，你也要豁出命去报仇。”
"Shiqi, people don't stay alive just to eat and shit. There will always be someone who you will want to protect with your life. Even if she dies, you will want to lay down your life for vengeance."
Chapter 45, Xiahou Lian
“信过一段时日，开过光，也求过签，也请过长生牌位。庙里那些杂七杂八的名目，挨个做了个遍。可是有什么用呢，上天听不见你的祈求，神佛也看不到你的磕头，求不得的，依旧求不得。”
"I believed for a while; I got blessings, begged for fortunes, and set up longevity tablets. All those rituals in the temples, I did them all. But what's the use, the heavens can't hear your prayers, and deities can't see your bows. What you can't have, you still can't have."
Chapter 57, Shen Jue
“我身无长物，只有这一条命还值点银子。我把它送给你，你要吗？”
"I have nothing, only this life is worth a few silvers. I want to gift it to you, do you want it?"
Chapter 66, Xiahou Lian
“佛爷，求你，罪是我的，报应是我的，罚我，不要罚他。”
"Buddha, I beg of you, the sins are mine, the karma is mine, punish me, do not punish him."
Chapter 115 , Shen Jue
夏侯潋打开瓷坛的盖子，夏侯霈残余的骨灰映入眼帘，这是夏侯霈留在这世上最后一抔尘灰。他想起那个与他阔别了八年的女人，她有着潋滟的唇，锋利的眉，像一把刀，刀尖向前，仿佛可以斩碎万物。眼泪无声无息地划过脸颊，落进骨灰坛，那抔尘埃中顿时深了一块儿，像一个经年的疮疤。
Xiahou Lian opens the ceramic jar, and Xiahou Pei's remaining ashes comes into sight. These are the last traces Xiahou Pei has left in the world. He remembers that woman who has already left him eight years ago, her glistening lips, sharp browns, like a sabre, tip pointing forward, seemingly capable of shattering all. Tears silently slide down his cheek, falling into the jar of ashes. That bit of ash immediately darkens, like an aged scar.
Chapter 118
夏侯霈永远是那个模样，好像凭着一把横波，世上所有艰难险阻都会被斩碎成泥。他后来才知道她并非无所不能，她只是有一颗深广的心，她的心可以容纳世间万难，她的刀便可以斩灭万法。
他是夏侯霈的儿子，也必定要拥有和她一样的勇气。
Xialou Pei had always been like that, as if all the difficulties and dangers in the world can be reduced to mud with Hengbo. He only learned later that she wasn't truly invincible. She just had a great heart, and as long as her heart can bear all the difficulties in the world, her saber can cut through all its limitations.
He is Xiahou Pei's son; he needs to have her kind of courage.
Chapter 118
“看见你了，少爷。你是我的极乐。”
"I saw you, shaoye. You are my Nirvana."
Chapter 124, Xiahou Lian
“我觉得够了。虽然风风雨雨这么走过来，可光咱们俩相遇这一点，就足够我甜一辈子。”
"I think it's enough. All though it's been a stormy road getting here, just the two of us meeting is enough sweetness to last me a lifetime"
Chapter 124, Xiahou Lian
“你怎么就不明白呢？你和我们不一样啊，我们这些人，死了就死了，埋骨荒野也没什么。可你不同，你就算死也要躺进金漆玉裹的大棺材，吃供奉受祭拜，热热闹闹的，怎么能和我们一样，死在无名之地，做无名之鬼？”
"Why can't you understand? You are not like us! People like us, dying is just dying. It doesn't matter if our remains get lost in the wild. But you are different, even if you die you are going to be lying in a gilded grand coffin, receiving offerings and prayers, like it's a bustling affair. How can you be like us, dying in nameless places to become nameless ghosts?"
Chapter 132, Xiahou Lian
“去吧，”沈玦道，“你生，我去找你。你死，我去陪你。”
"Go," Shen Jue says, "If you live, I'll come find you. If you die, I'll go with you."
Chapter 132
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"I have lived a thousand lives and I have loved a thousand loves. I've walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. All because I read."
~ George R.R Martin
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Yeh Nora Fatehi ko feminism peh bolne kisne Diya ????
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Goddess who is known as Jayanthi (The ever victorious), Mangala (the auspicious), Kali (the remover of darkness and the conqueror of kaal as in time), BhadraKali (the auspicious and gentle form of the Devi representing protection and destruction of enemies), Kapalini (the one wearing a garland of skulls) Durga (The primordial Goddess), Kshama (forgiving one), Shiva (The bestower of auspiciousness), Dhatri (one who supports the life of all the beings), Svaha (The one who receives the oblations of the rituals), Svadha (one who gets the oblations given to the ancestors), My salutations to you.
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वो भी क्या दौर था।
"It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that had ebbed and flowed between the walls, into the walls, over the years.."
- Nora Roberts
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"Blue-hued Mother
Shed your tears
As you tell me
Who do you want to embrace -
The Flare or the Cresent?"
-K🤍
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“what was the most pain you have ever felt”
healing from someone, i once thought i would heal with
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a painter never needs his paint,
for colors come & can’t look faint.
what art will need is heart & mind.
the words erased may stay behind.
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Taare zameen par for parents is what baghban is for kids
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