catherine yronwode wrote, On 11/18/2006 8:53 PM:
> Meltdarok wrote:
>> CoreyWhite wrote, On 11/17/2006 3:59 PM:
>>> I went out to the store and bought a whole bunch of eucalyptus scented
>>> candles and aroma therapy oil. I have my diffuser burning the aroma
>>> therapy oils now, with my candles burning in the dark. And there is a
>>> powerful scent in the air. Eucalyptus feels healing and refreshing.
>>> Like your whole life is better.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else use aroma therapy?
>> I don't use aroma therapy per se, but I've been burning incense ever
>> since I was *allowed* to have my own matches, heh. I started using
>> Gonesh after I graduated high school, and have been a loyal customer of
>> that brand ever since. Right now I have sticks of Gonesh #6, #12, #8
>> (stick&cone), Love, and Jasmine. I also have two brands of Nag Champa
>> including 2 boxes of the original brand, a box of stickless traditional
>> Tibetan Monastery incense, and a bag of frankincense & myrrh.
>>
>> So I've been burning incense for quite a few years, and yes I think the
>> scents are soothing, and can be powerfully uplifting as well.
>>
>> --
>> meltdarok
>>
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>
> I too have been using incense for decades. My favourites have changed
> now and then, but always near the top of my list are the brands Four
> Roses Agarbatties (joss sticks),
I don't understand what joss sticks means.
> Lakshi Dhoop,
What does this mean? I used to use a "dhoop stick" years ago, but
haven't seen it in quite a while, Gonesh #6 is close to that smell.
> Nag Champa, Green Champa,
> Russian Rose, and an old joss stick type i have been unable to get in
> years, but which smells quite a lot like the newer brand Super Hit. The
> one i haven't seen in years was an unusually coarse and thick brown-grey
> joss stock on a fuschia-coloured bamboo strip, and burned very slowly.
> It as so common all around the Bay Area during the 1960s - 70s that i
> never thought it would disappear, but it has. Anyway, Super Hit is close
> in smell to that one.
>
> I also use scented oils and bath crystals in my spiritual work.
Would you mind telling us how?
