Healing Oils of the Bible

Great Resource
Everything you wanted to know about oils and Biblical application.

Natural Alternative for Good Health
Some readers will consider this book radical, and, according to my search for synonyms, it is. If you have the same word-processing software I have, you’ll see that “radical” equates to “fundamental,” “essential,” “sweeping,” “thorough,” and “far-reaching” with other adjectives letting you know to expect something “major,” perhaps with a “drastic” change in thinking or lifestyle.Once you know, for example, that molecules in essential oils are smaller than those in, say, cooking oil, you realize the vital essence of herbs can rapidly permeate every cell in the body. To try this principle, I did as the author suggested and dabbed peppermint oil on a toe, expecting to taste peppermint as he said might happen. It didn’t, but within minutes, the strong fragrance of peppermint went through me as though I were holding the bottle to my nose.This book, however, is not full of tricks but is filled with interesting information and the natural health alternative I wanted to swap for vitamin pills and over-the-counter meds. Since I get headaches from perfume and have sensitive skin too, I began with caution, experimenting with essential oils from plants I normally use to season foods (thyme, sage, oregano.) By thinning the essential oils with cooking oil, I’ve had no problems. Just the opposite in fact. My allergies eased and, thanks to one of the many essential oils having anti-viral properties, I even got over a virus quicker. Pretty radical! But then, God’s way often is.

Good book, too much preaching….
Let me state up front, I don’t share the author’s religious beliefs, and I knew I’d have to be reading things I heavily disagree with in buying this book. My main interest was I wanted to see an overview of what oils were used during those times and for what reasons. I’ve not completely finished the book yet, but the book has more than satisfied my needs to see what oils were around in those days and how they were used. It didn’t answer my questions about where these uses came from, which civilizations were the first to discover and use essential oils and what they were originally used for. So, I will probably look into other books that cover the history of aromatic oils better, so thats fine. But I will also look at other books that go more into the energy work and spiritual value and uses of oils in a neutral way without having to read about “satan” and “chosen” people, etc. etc. etc. I bought another book on Kindle that looks interesting about real “evidence based” uses of essential oils, but I do recommend this particular book if you want to know some of the history of aromatic oils and their uses 2,000 years ago, as used by ALL religious and races of those times. Good book, too preachy, but worth buying.

Great book
Good book

Little slow going at times but has some good information

Das Buch hat mich mit Begeisterung angesteckt, mich über die unsäglichen Wunder und Geheimnisse der Schöpfung zu freuen! Es ist phantastisch, welch hilfreicher Reichtum in der Natur verborgen ist. Erfrischt haben mich auch die intelligenten Querverbindungen zum biblischen Wort, zur medizinischen Wissenschaft, zu konkreten Erfahrungsberichten, zu praktischen Anwendungen und zur kreativen Seite im Menschen. Von mir aus müsste es nicht unbedingt mit einer spezifischen Produktelinie verbunden sein, aber dies hat mich beim Lesen auch nicht gross gestört. Ein motivierendes Buch, das viel Freude und Farbe in mein Leben gebracht hat: Seit ich es gelesen habe, “sammle” ich Düfte, und kann so “im kleinen Köfferchen” ganz preisgünstig, und wann ich gerade möchte, auf “Duft-Weltreise” gehen, quer durch den ganzen Globus! I love it!