The Scented Veil: Using Scent to Awaken the Soul

by Carly Wall

Though contemporary scientists have rediscovered the power of scent on the human mind and body, the use of scents to promote physical, mental, or emotional health or to reach certain altered brain states is not new. Its beginnings are so ancient, in fact, that they are lost beyond the earliest recorded history. Every culture and religion has had its own tradition of using scent to promote spiritual development and drawing closer to the gods—or God. Edgar Cayce, the famous twentieth-century mystic and clairvoyant, also had some things to say about such use of scent in the development of psychic abilities and spiritual development. Aromatherapist Carly Wall’s extensive research into the historic use of scent and the information on scent in the Cayce readings has produced this fascinating, comprehensive, and practical book on how you can use scent to improve meditation, increase your psychic abilities, and promote your spiritual development.

141 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

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[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Scented Veil: Using Scent to Awaken the Soul is an introduction into the benefits of aromatherapy for use in spiritual and psychic development. This book includes two parts. The first part is titled Ancient Powers Rediscovered. The chapters within this section outline the use of scent for religious and spiritual purposes throughout history showing that aromatherapy has been in standard use for millennia.

The second part of the book is titled Psychic Development. This section illustrates how scent can be used to induce psychic dreams, increase concentration during meditation, and enhance psychic healing. In each of these chapters, the author outlines the best scents for these purposes as well as how these scents should be prepared for best results. Several general techniques and methods for psychic and spiritual development are also discussed.

The Scented Veil: Using Scent to Awaken the Soul is meant as a beginner's guide to aromatherapy. Those readers with little background in aromatherapy or in aromatherapy as an enhancement tool to psychic and spiritual development will find the book a useful guide and reference. Similarly, those readers with some background in these areas will find this book a handy reference.