Uncanny ScentsNARCISSE NECROMANTIQUE J. W. Dotson, MD “Earth’s keys to thee, illustrious king belong, Its secret gates unlocking, deep and strong.” Orphic Hymn to Hades “Sacred to Pluto was the narcissus…” PLUTO, Fritz Brunhubner, 1934 Pluto was discovered in 1930 and named by an English 11-year-old girl… a charming story unless you believe she was a child…
“While in Cairo I had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of a certain Sheikh … My servant warned me to beware of this man, and said he had the reputation of being a magician and dealing extensively with the evil one; however, I always found him very friendly and obliging, and he certainly…
The Shimmering Perfumes of the Shining Ones J.W. Dotson, MD Fragrant and Radiant Symphony: an enquiry into the wondrous correlation of the healing virtues of Colour, Sound and Perfume, and a consideration of their influence and purpose, Roland Hunt’s 1937 book, is arguably the first published account of the perfume correlations with the seven color rays…
Colors and perfumes call to each other, or as Baudelaire tells us , they “correspond” and propagate messages so that touching one causes a sympathetic vibration in another, humming through the luminous Ether. Violet is simultaneously a color, a flower and a perfume; they are mutually resonant and conflated in their qualities.
Avery Gilbert’s What the Nose Knows previews the six stages of postmortem decay: fresh/bloat/active decay/advanced decay/dry decay/remains.
Siddhi is a Sanskrit term meaning an occult power (like the ability to levitate, or see into the future) which is usually the accomplishment of long years of yogic meditational practices. One of the rarest of these faculties is the power to materialize perfumes out of nothing, and one of the only known masters was Visuddhananda Paramhansa.
