Heaven scent

Wow 🔥🧡 such a beautiful pic of the mural - St Mungo by Smug.

The mural trail of Glasgow is incredible. St Mungo by Smug.

✨️Every so often, a musical pairing comes along that just makes perfect sense. Elton John and Brandi Carlile joining forces for "Who Believes In Angels?" is total music genius.✨️
When you blend Elton's decades of legendary hits and timeless piano composition with Brandi's spectacular powerhouse vocals—which I've absolutely loved from her work in The Highwomen—the results are pure magic.✨️
Their vocal chemistry and creative trust shine through in every single note.
The title asks a question, but after hearing this masterpiece, yes—I believe in angels for sure! 🪽✨

Elton John, Brandi Carlile - Who Believes In Angels? ‘Who Believes In Angels?’ directed by visionary photographer and di...

Summer Solstice 🌞
'Summer' by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh 1893-4 ☀️

🌞 Today marks the , the longest day and shortest night of the year.

This beautiful watercolour drawing from The collection is 'Summer' by Margaret Macdonald . Thought to be the design for a stained glass window, it shows a plant-woman being drawn up out of the earth by a sun-man.

The abundance of summer is suggested by the bean-shaped seeds at the bottom and their long, winding shoots that mirror the curves of the woman’s body.

🖼️ Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 'Summer', 1893–4

In holistic practices, GV 16 (Fengfu) and frankincense essential oil are a classic pairing for psychic protection, shielding against negative energies, and clearing spiritual blockages.

Traditional Chinese Medicine views GV 16 as the "Wind Mansion," a highly vulnerable gateway where environmental and energetic pathogens enter the body.
Why This Combination WorksGV 16 (Fengfu): This acupoint regulates the governing meridian, which controls the body's protective energy barrier (known as Wei Qi). Stimulating it strengthens your energetic boundaries.

Frankincense Oil: Long revered in spiritual rituals, frankincense purifies the aura, cuts through negative energetic attachments, and grounds a chaotic mind.
Step-by-Step Ritual for Energetic Shielding- Set your intention: Decide clearly that you are closing your energy field to outside influences before you begin.
Dilute and apply: Mix 1 drop of frankincense essential oil into a small amount of a carrier oil like jojoba.
Dab it directly onto the GV 16 point at the base of your skull.
Anoint the crown: Dab a tiny bit of the remaining mixture onto the very top of your head (GV 20 / Baihui) to seal your upper energy centers.
Hold and breathe: Apply gentle, steady pressure to GV 16 with your thumb for 1 to 2 minutes. Visualize a barrier of bright, protective light forming around your entire body.

Alternative Holistic Tools for Protection if you want to build a stronger daily routine, you can combine your acupressure practice with these common holistic modalities:Protective Crystals: Carry or wear black tourmaline to absorb negative energy, or labradorite to strengthen and seal your aura from energetic drains.

Salt Cleansing Baths: Soak in a warm bath with Epsom salt or unrefined sea salt for 20 minutes to draw out residual psychic debris from your day.

Aura Smudging: Light sustainably sourced white sage or palo santo wood. Wave the smoke around your body and the corners of your room to clear stagnant energy.💖🙏✨️

Several prominent historical figures became famous for advancing the use of essential oils shifting their use from ancient luxury perfumes to highly systematic medical, therapeutic, and holistic practices.

1. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) – 11th CenturyThe Persian physician and alchemist Avicenna revolutionized the entire essential oil industry. Before him, plant oils were mostly extracted by heavy pressing or infusing botanicals into heavy carrier fats (like Cleopatra's Mendesian perfume). Avicenna invented the steam distillation condensing coil. This allowed for the extraction of pure, isolated essential oils for the first time. He famously used this new technology to create pure rose water and highly concentrated plant essences, cementing his Canon of Medicine as a primary medical text for centuries.

2. Paracelsus – 16th CenturyThe Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus became famous for challenging traditional medieval medicine by utilizing the "quinta essentia" (the fifth essence, from which we get the word essential) of plants. He isolated pure natural oils from rosemary, sage, and juniper to create highly specific, targeted medical remedies, proving that volatile plant extracts held distinct clinical properties.

3. René-Maurice Gattefossé – 20th CenturyThe French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé is widely celebrated as the "Father of Modern Aromatherapy". In 1910, after suffering severe hand burns during a laboratory explosion, he plunged his arm into a nearby vat of pure lavender essential oil. Astonished by how rapidly the skin healed without scarring or infection, he dedicated his life to researching the chemical, anti-microbial properties of oils. In 1937, he published Aromathérapie, coining the actual term used today.

4. Dr Jean Valnet – Mid-20th CenturyBuilding directly on Gattefossé’s research, the French military surgeon Dr Jean Valnet famously used essential oils as battlefield antiseptics. During World War II, when antibiotic supplies ran critically short, Valnet successfully treated wounded soldiers' severe burns, lacerations, and gangrene using pure essential oils of thyme, clove, lemon, and chamomile. His 1964 book, The Practice of Aromatherapy, proved the clinical power of essential oils to the modern medical world.

5. Marguerite Maury – 1950s–1960sThe Austrian biochemist Marguerite Maury transformed essential oils from a strict medical or chemical field into the modern wellness and skincare industry. She pioneered the technique of diluting volatile essential oils into nourishing carrier oils to apply them via targeted lymphatic massage. Maury opened the first holistic aromatherapy clinics in Europe, creating customized scent profiles to target the nervous system and skin rejuvenation.

In 2020, the Cherokee Nation became the first U.S.-based tribe to deposit traditional heirloom seeds into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
Key Details of the Deposit:Significance: The Cherokee Nation was the first indigenous group from North America to be invited to store seeds at the facility.Seed Varieties: The tribe sent nine rare heirloom food crop varieties that predate European colonization.
Notable Crops: The deposit included Cherokee White Eagle Corn (the tribe's most sacred corn), Trail of Tears Beans, and various squash varieties.
Purpose:
The initiative serves as a "black box" safety deposit to ensure these culturally vital crops are protected against global catastrophes.
While the Cherokee Nation was the first U.S. tribe, other indigenous groups, such as those from the Andean Potato Park in Peru, had made deposits as early as 2015.

WORLD BEE DAY 🐝🐝🐝

The Sacred Sweetness of the Bee 🍯✨Did you know that the loss of bees isn’t just an ecological crisis, but a deeply spiritual one? Across history, bees have been revered as sacred alchemists—turning the raw energy of the sun into life, color, and sweetness.
Here is why they are so spiritually important to our planet:🌸 The Cosmic Frequency: The literal "hum" of a beehive vibrates at a healing frequency that closely mirrors the primordial sound of the universe (the cosmic Om). It represents harmony, divine architecture, and the rhythm of creation. When the bees fall silent, the Earth loses its song.✨ Symbols of the Soul: For thousands of years, mystics have viewed the bee as a symbol of the immortal human soul, resurrection, and the Divine Feminine.🐝 "Telling the Bees": An old Celtic tradition holds that bees are messengers between our world and the spirit world. Keepers would whisper family news—births, weddings, and passings—directly to the hives so the bees could carry the messages to the heavens.When we protect the bees, we aren't just saving insects; we are protecting our sacred connection to the Earth and preserving the "sweetness" of life itself.Share this to spread the awareness. If the bees die, a piece of our soul goes with them. 🙏💛