There is the inclusion of camphor as a trace element in the Love’s Passion blend. The associations of camphor are water, Cancer, and the Moon. All of these influences have already been addressed in other ingredients. This is where it becomes important to understand the action of the trace element on the overall effect of the blend.
Those who have studied the workings of homeopathy are familiar with the principle that more is less. In order to strengthen a homeopathic remedy, it is decreased in strength. Homeopathy uses catalysts to spur on the body’s own natural mechanisms of reaction.
While the practice of homeopathy is involved, to a large extent, in the awakening of the immune system in the treatment of disorders, aromatherapy may be used in a parallel way to arouse the inborn systems of instinctual response.
Camphor is used therapeutically as a tonic to arouse energy. It can be used as a kind of smelling salt. With its piercing aroma, it has some shock value. It acts as a call to arms for body and mind. Magically, it can be used to awaken past lives.
Again, it reaches deep inside the individual and shakes loose the things that are buried or inhibited. Its inclusion in this formula is to awaken the deepest seeds of passion, to shake loose the restrictions of social prejudicial behavior, and to touch the base instincts that lie dormant in all of us.
Again, to relate its effect to homeopathy, there are other parallels. Homeopathy, in its remedies, uses trace amounts of poisons—elements that, if introduced to the body in greater amounts, would cause sickness or death.
The trace elements included in many aromatherapy blends are those that are most highly irritating. Some of the prime candidates for use as trace elements are: anise, cayenne, cinnamon, citronella, clove, frankincense, lemon, lemongrass, lemon verbena, myrrh, oakmoss, orange, peppermint, wintergreen
Hopefully, these sample blends will illuminate some of the subtleties that are encountered in the art of magical aromatherapy. It is possible to specifically direct the effect of a magical blend to a very precise purpose, to respond to an individual situation, a finely tuned purpose, an exact need.
Of course, expertise in the art of producing aromatic blends is elevated through the continued development of knowledge, experience, and inspiration. The information revealed within these pages is designed to form a stable and broad foundation from which to strive for increase and expansion.