Magical application also involves a limited number of traditional transmittal methods for employing the virtues of fragrant blends. Perfume oils may be prepared to be worn by the subject of the magical aromatherapy endeavor. These may take two forms. One is designed to exert influence on the wearer of the scent.
The other may be intended to influence those who may come in contact with the aromatherapy subject. Oil blends may also be used in connection with magical rites. Such is-the case when employing a scent in an incense, ritual bath, or in anointing the person or a symbol of the person with the scented blend (as in the case of sympathetic candle magic).
In addition, fragrances may be produced as magical powders, waters, or floor washes. In theory, any blend may be employed in any of these mediums. However, there are certain traditional applications that are often observed. As in all aromatherapy practice, however, the magical aroma therapist must remain sensitive to the particulars of the situation at hand and employ skill and creativity in devising the best way to remedy the problem at hand, too.
Some of the more clever ways that have been used to deliver a magical fragrance to its destination involve such tactics that some people may not be aware that some magical influence has been exerted on their behalf.
A few drops of oil may be added to the laundry of the subject. While it is diluted enough by the wash water to avoid oil stains and overpowering aromatic evidence, the subtle residue continues to influence the subject throughout every waking hour of every day.
Another creative method of application has been to treat the bedsheets with the desired magical blend. When the benefactor of the magical virtue of the scent drifts off to sleep, the oil blend will work its magic through the night, delivered right into the subconscious thought of the unsuspecting subject.
The magical use of aromatherapy, like its healing applications, has a limited number of common methods of delivery. The chosen method may depend, in part, on what type of magic is to be used. In general, there are three different types of magical processes that may be practiced. The first is tied to the will and intention of the magician.
Effect is generated by a pure extension of will. This is energy raised from within and directed to its purpose. Oil preparations used in this kind of magical working may be for the enhancement of the magician as much as for the traditional effect that the magical blends might exert on outside situations.
The second type of working is related to the will of the magician but is based on the magical principle of creating an effect on a symbolic representation of the person or situation to be altered, thereby initiating an effect on the intended recipient of the change as well. This is known as sympathetic magic, and is the root workings of many well known magical disciplines, such as voodoo.
The traditional voodoo doll is a prime example of this kind of working. The final type of magical undertaking involves the use of forces and energies outside of the practitioner. This may include the enlisting of the aid of fairies, demons, angels, spirits, or actual deities. In this kind of working, the oil blends employed may be made of scents sacred to one entity or another.
There are a number of different transmittal systems of the fragrant blends. There are several mediums that may be prepared for specific types of use, and certain methods for the employment of the magical blends once they have been prepared.
Some of the more common methods of application are the wearing of the fragrance by the subject (again, be careful of irritants!) or, if the scent is to act upon someone other than the petitioner, the introduction of the blend into the surroundings of the person on whom it is intended to create an effect.
Oils may also be used to anoint candles or symbolic representations if the undertaking falls under the trappings of sympathetic magic. In the case of the use of fragrance to honor or for the appeasement of outside forces or entities, a more ritual approach may be taken, such as the introduction of the scent into the ritual incense.
Some of the possible mediums that may be produced for the application of magical oils are perfume oil, anointing oil, fragrant bath, scented waters, floor washes, spray mists, incense, and sprinkling powders. The general formulas for the production of these types of products are presented here.