| If I were only allowed one essential oil in my | | | | for frankincense |
| collection (heaven forbid that should ever come to | | | | The downside of this exciting news, is that it is |
| be!), it would have to be the sacred frankincense oil. | | | | bound to make an already rare and expensive |
| Boswellia sacra, sometimes called carterii, has been | | | | essential oil, become worth its weight in gold once |
| one of the most ancient and widely used essential | | | | again. |
| oils, and fragrances, for thousands of years in | | | | Aside from its massive healing potential, in my humble |
| religious and spiritual ceremony throughout the world. | | | | opinion, frankincense deserves the highest regard for |
| While there seems to be quite a debate raging about | | | | the spiritual properties it contains, and the ability of |
| the sacra and carterii botanical monikers, each being | | | | frankincense to bring transport one into deep |
| used to identify the same tree, sacra seems to be | | | | meditative states, and altered states of awareness |
| winning out now as the name of choice. This is a | | | | and consciousness. It is one of the most powerful |
| new debate, and before now, frankincense has most | | | | essential oils to anoint one's self before meditation, |
| widely been known as Boswellia carterii, and while | | | | using a few drops on the third eye or sixth energy |
| there are a few other varieties, the particular variety | | | | center of the body, sometimes referred to as a |
| that is most widely known is Boswellia sacra. | | | | chakra. |
| Frankincense grows well in only 3 places in the world, | | | | Frankincense contains psychotropic properties that |
| Oman, Yemen and now Somalia. As has been | | | | induce visionary states of awareness. Those |
| frenquently referred to in Biblical literature, | | | | properties are the reason it is such an excellent oil to |
| frankincense was one of the gifts brought to Jesus | | | | anoint with before any spiritual or religious ceremony. |
| by the Three Wise Kings. Indeed, how wise they | | | | The Three Wise Kings must have known this and |
| were. Not only does frankincense contain all the | | | | given it to Jesus as a means for direct |
| anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties of many | | | | communication and communion with God. It brings |
| essential oils, it is also the only known anti-tumoral oil. | | | | such an awareness of the Divine, and in fact, has |
| There is recent excitement about frankincense in the | | | | been used in the Catholic Church as an fragrance to |
| world of science and medicine, (see BBC News for | | | | sanctify the Church before services for eons. |
| more info.) about the ability of frankincense to turn | | | | I use frankincense daily, anointing myself with its rich, |
| off the DNA of cancer cells, and return the DNA to a | | | | hypnotic and heady aroma, not only to keep me |
| healthy state. According to immunologist Mahmoud | | | | centered in an awareness of my divinity, but to act |
| Suhail, "Cancer starts when the DNA code within the | | | | as an aura of protection around me while I am out in |
| cell's nucleus becomes corrupted," he says. "It seems | | | | the world. It acts as a beacon of spiritual armor, |
| frankincense has a re-set function. It can tell the cell | | | | surrounding me with its majestic power and grace. |
| what the right DNA code should be. | | | | Frankincense has been a favorite for over 25 years |
| "Frankincense separates the 'brain' of the cancerous | | | | now, and was the impetus to me to start down the |
| cell - the nucleus - from the 'body' - the cytoplasm, | | | | road of all of my spiritual devotional practices. It is an |
| and closes down the nucleus to stop it reproducing | | | | ally and necessity in my daily life. |
| corrupted DNA codes." | | | | Frankincense is truly a gift fit for a king, or in my |
| The implications of these findings are quite | | | | case, a queen! |
| extraordinary and promise great things in the future | | | | |