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I really enjoyed this book, it had alot of information in it for the compounding of ritual incenses as well as some information on oils. Keith Morgan seemed to have had experience and success with all his recipies and formulas and the reader can easily see that.I especialy enjoyed the section on incense for the kabalistic tree of life as well as recipies for the different zodiacal signs. Mr. Morgan also had recipies for obtaining love for both straight and gay men and women. I own several of his other books and have found them all to be quite usefull to me in my daily practice. And I must say that the high priest incence is my most favorite of all....when I use it in my temple it adds such an air of mysticism to the ritual. If your wondering why I gave the book 4 stars instead of five, its because the author is a little redundant in his writion. At the end of each and every recipe in his book he writes the same instructions for storage and use. This is by no means a bad thing though and it shouldnt discourage any serious student from purchasing this title. Keith Morgan has made a wonderfull contribution to the Craft with this usefull, informative, and no doubt magickal book. Enjoy all who read and use this text. Blessed Be

I have a huge collection of natural beauty books and this is among the biggest, loaded with appealing pictures, suggestions and natural recipes. While I prefer organic beauty products, which in this case is not to be confused with natural, most the recipes will be improved if you use organic products when you make your mixtures. It's worth the price especially if you like reviewing recipes to use or improve upon and prefer easily written material. This book could serve as a good intro to natural beauty for young teenage girls.

Although this is not a book I consult everyday, I do love the author's attention to esoteric detail. I believe he has meditated with the essential oils long and hard and gotten to know the spirits of them in depth. Not for everyone, but this book is a delight for people looking for a deeper, esoteric understanding of essential oils. Recommended!

This book is great if you are a beginner. Has melt and pour recipes, candle recipes, and easy bath recipes. If you are looking to experiment with making cold processed/hot processed soap, this is NOT the book for you! If you are into arts & crafts and looking for a hobby, this book was made for you...You'll love the bright photos, and the recipes are easy understand.

Although much of the contemporary material on Tibetan medicine focuses on herbs and acupuncture, they are only a small portion of this ancient healing practice. In Tibetan Ayurveda: Health Secrets From the Roof of the World, author Robert Sachs provides a more in depth, comprehensive examination of a highly integrated medical science that, at best, must seem very peculiar to most Western health practitioners. The primary source used by Sachs was the Gyud-Zhi. This is a shortened title for what can be translated as "The Ambrosia Heart Tantra: The Secret Oral Teachings on the Eight Branches of the Science of Healing."

Sachs points out that, according to Tibetan spiritual history, the origin of these tantras was the Buddha Vaidurya or the Medicine Buddha as he is commonly known. To present these teachings in the customary form of a dialogue, Buddha Vaidurya emanated Himself as two beings: the sage Yile Kye who raised pertinent questions and the sage Rigpe Yeshe who provided the answers. As for the secular history of the Gyud-Zhi, its teachings are believed to have originated in India. Then, in the eighth century, King Sronstan Gampo invited physicians from all over Asia to share their healing practices at what was probably the world's first international medical conference, which established Tibet as the holistic medical capitol of ancient Asia.

Sachs highlights the pertinent aspects of this eight-fold healing tradition, which includes diagnosis, lifestyle changes, nutrition, and both physical and meditative exercises. He points out that lifestyle changes are the least invasive of the therapies and therefore the most important. Upon diagnosis, a Tibetan physician will first look to diet and exercise to affect a change in a patient's condition. The diagnosis is based on a patient's physical characteristics much like Indian Ayurveda. The three physiological types are then subdivided by personality profiles thus formulating six constitutional types. Sachs includes self-evaluation tests then outlines the basic nutritional practices associated with each of the six types. Next, he examines exercise, which centers on Tibetan tai chi and chi kung, rejuvenation exercises, Yantra yoga and Kum Nye, the integration of mind and body, all considered integral to a well-rounded healing program. After instigating the various lifestyle changes, the Tibetan physician may then precipitate healing through Len Nga, a powerful detoxification and rejuvenation therapy similar to Indian Pancha Karma.

The one reservation I have is that Sachs likens the Tibetan practices to macrobiotics and alludes to several macrobiotic practitioners and their works. Although somewhat benign for healthy types, macrobiotics has never been independently confirmed as a realistic therapy for the seriously ill. I would be inclined to say that Tibetan practices have more in common with Indian Ayurveda rather than macrobiotics. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this work for both lay persons and health practitioners alike who would like to expand their horizons and add to their knowledge of alternative therapies.

arrived in excellent condition and quicker than delivery date specified.

This is a great book...exactly what I was looking for. This jumpstarted me on my journey to creating some awesome recipes with the basic knowledge I needed to creating my own lotions, etc. I would recommend this to anyone who really wants to do things right, and healthy.

The book gives great information on the basic ingredients for lotions , but theres no "SIMPLE beginners recipe" in here, except perhaps at the end in the "Beauty Food" chapter.
many of the recipes make such a small amount of lotion that youre measuring infintessimal amounts of ingredients.
I would have preferred to see a couple of simpler recipes included, using perhaps one or two easily available oils rather than a half dozen oils that all have to be specially ordered.
At the end of the book I find myself thnking, hmmm. I'm so glad this isnt the first book I read on how to make lotions and etc.
My final take on it is , Great if youre looking for inspiration, not so great if you think this will bring you the easy starter recipes .

I really loved this book the only draw back is that most things you made have to go in the refrigerator,
I would really like someone to come out with receipes that are marketable and preserved with things like essential oils instead of just having to put everything in the frig.
#1 My kids might think it is food and try it.
#2 I don't think the next time you go to use it cold stuff on your face is not what you are after for your skin to asborb ingredients it needs to be warm not cold.
#3 It is alittle confusing. I couldn't figure out what they meant by a certain type of oil. This book is defintely not for the beginner and it is not easily readable for making receipes.
#4 It would have been better had they made the book like a receipe book with the spiral binding so when you are trying to make the receipe the book is easy to keep open.
I would like to see more research done on the foods on your skin verses the other products people are using. People need to see real results that have been tested and tried and then documented. Maybe a college could do this for someone??? I know that if people are not careful they could transfer bacteria to their skin if they left the product in the frig to long and keep using it. Yes I know just like food but if they aren't aware of the dangers it could have adverse side effects.

I liked this book because it explained in detail, the proper use of ingredients. It gives easy to use formulas as well as giving explanations of why certain ingredients were used and substitutions of ingredients to get the results you desire. Some reviewers said the products were difficult to find, but with a simple web search, I found Glory Bees Food to be an excellent source. This book is a great start if you want to start a business. It helps you to understand the process of formulation. Thus far, this is my favorite book on the subject.

I found this book very interesting as a beginner for Essential Oils and Aromatherapy. This is my first time ever been expose to this. I could understand clearly what the book was talking about, and is written for people to understand specially beginners that are interested in using Essential Oils and Aromatherapy in a regular basis in their routine life, I call this book the Essential Oils and Aromatherapy 101.

As a relative healthy girl in my mid-twenties I assumed I was doing everything I could to stay that way. After reading this book I have realized there are aspects of my mind, body, and soul that I have been neglecting. The suggestions of how to incorporate aromatherapy in a persons life were very helpful and so easy. I have immedately felt a difference in myself and my spirit. I highly reccomend this book to people of all ages and encourage everyone to try essential oils, especially those who do not believe in the tremendous benefits of them.

If you want to read a good book on aromatherapy, I'd suggest you go for 'Aromatherapy for Dummies' by Kathi Keville instead. In fact, in many places in Patton's book, you find she borrowed liberally (as in the same phrases and paragraphs) from Keville's book. Also, if you're looking for recipes, you'll find them, as long as her company doesn't make a similar product. If it does, then she's helpfully listed all of the products you can buy from her company in its own appendix. Pretty much, you're paying for a book-long advertisement for her products.

In all fairness the aromatherapy world is always evolving, but I did have to disagree with some of the essential oils Mary Lee was recommending for children, especially after my own training and certification in the field. The information she writes is not harmful, just not the most recent.

I found this book very interesting as a beginner for Essential Oils and Aromatherapy. This is my first time ever been expose to this. I could understand clearly what the book was talking about, and is written for people to understand specially beginners that are interested in using Essential Oils and Aromatherapy in a regular basis in their routine life, I call this book the Essential Oils and Aromatherapy 101.

I have just been reading the comments listed here. Im surprised at the negativity, but I can see where they are coming from. I found this book to be mind opening, inspiring, and educational. It was given to me as a gift 2 yrs ago, and I have taken many essential oil baths with no harmful side effects. Im getting ready to start another bath series now, and Im very excited. I think essential oil baths are very healing and have helped me very much. I would like to encourage readers and potential buyers of this book to please not be swayed by the negative comments posted here. Read the book for yourself! Even if you DONT do the baths, the concepts this book teaches can open your mind and give you an insight into life that you didnt have before. It would be a shame to miss out on that because of someone elses opinion.

This book was just too short, good, but short!
I really liked what the author had to say and will gladly buy other books by the same author!!!!
I would like to see more things done with the stones that she uses in this book, and this could have been a 1000 page book and been just fine with me!!!
Again books with receipes really need to have spiral binding, it is too hard to try to keep these books open and would love a bigger book!

Having studied with Milli in the 90's, and after having done hundreds of baths myself, I have to say that my spiritual journey has been greatly enhanced and quickened as a result of my association with Milli and by taking the Essential Oil Baths. Not only have some of the most profound healings of my life accured whilst taking the Essential Oil Bath therapies, but my love, respect and honour of the plant kingdom, from which the essential oils are derived, has flowered. Aromatherapy, which I studied over 20 years ago, and still practise, barely touches upon the spiritual potential of essential oils.This aspect of healing that can be derived from the baths, is missed and overlooked by many Aromatherapists, who are not taught, and therefore are afraid, to look beyond and outside of their square. I am so grateful to Milli who has had the courage, the insight, the wisdom and compassion to put forth, in a simple manner, a therapy that everyone can benefit from. It is a shame that fear, ignorance and pride could in any way prevent someone from purchasing this book. This book is invaluable to anyone who is serious about emotional and spiritual healing with essential oils.I recommend it wholeheartedly.

I did not realize just how paradigm-shattering, though, until I read some of the first responses here on Amazon. It seems that this book has touched a nerve, perhaps even tipped a sacred cow or two. ;-)

Essential oil therapy is not aromatherapy, something Ms. Austin takes care to point out. It is perhaps understandable that the therapy's divergence from fundamental guidelines of aromatherapy could be found threatening by aromatherapy practitioners. After all, they have had to struggle for acceptance (or at least shelter from criticism) from a conservative medical establishment. Still, it is a shame to read such vitriolic and unfounded criticism.

This book is about a powerful healing modality. Its author is responsible, thorough, and truthful about how it works.

The Healing Bath contains careful instructions about the uses of essential oils in specific situations. Ms. Austin is clear and upfront about the potential effects certain essential oils can have as they interact with the body's subtle fields. She describes in detail how to prepare in advance to prevent or reduce any discomfort, and what to do if one does experience any unexpected effect or emotional response.

I found this book fascinating, so much so that I looked up the author and arranged for a private consultation. Over the last few years, I have done two separate rounds of Essential Oil therapy baths. The therapy and results are, in my experience, highly beneficial and life-changing. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking new information about healing.

I have been using essential oils and aromatherapy a great deal on myself. Milli Austin's book does suggest using essential oils in much higher dosages than most aromatherapists recommend, but if anyone tries her baths, they are life changing. I don't believe she is negligent at all. She is simply attuned to using the oils in a different way than they are generally used. If you are a sensitive person you may want to use a bit less oil than she recommends but her baths do what they are meant to. Taking the baths weekly on a regular basis helped me to get in touch with my issues with anger and emotional inhibition. I had startling past life flashbacks emerge that were very relevant to my life today. I feel like I underwent an absolute transformation using the bath recipes suggested in her book.

This book is written by the founder of Young Living Essential Oils, Gary Young. However, it is NOT "brand specific" information. It includes scientific information about essential oils, but better yet ... it tells you which oil(s) to use for specific maladies!

For instance, I have a mole on my face and do NOT want to have it surgically removed. I consulted this book, and found the recommendation to use Oregano oil on it. I have been using the oil on it for almost one week, and have started to see a change in the look and feel of the mole. NOTHING I have tried over the years has done this for it!

(as of 10/01/07: I have been using the Oregano oil on my moles for a while now. I have very fair skin, and am allergic/sensitive to many things. This oil is no exception. I CANNOT put the oil on my moles every day. I have to put it on maybe every 3 or 4 days. The skin around the moles becomes red and itchy. Also, the moles tend to ooze clear liquid. Be careful with the oils and USE THEM AS DIRECTED!! So far about 3/4 of my largest mole is GONE. By using the oil approx. 1x per week I have dissolved the moles by a significant amount, and the dark color is either gone or much lighter!)

The book is easy to use, very informative, and I consult it almost daily for advice. I give it 2 thumbs and 2 toes up! Excellent reference!

This is a well written, easily understood resource for anyone interested in essential oils and their uses. I bought this book after reading an article in a magazine by the author. I have since bought a couple of other essential oil books and looked at others at a bookstore and none of them came close to providing the usable information that this book does. If you are interested in this subject, don't waste your money on other books, this one has everything you need to better your health in a safe, natural way.

This is simply a marketing tool for the MLM "Young Living Essential Oils" and most of the positive reviews here from probably written by shills of the company. If you buy this book, simply be aware that it is intended to steer you to their products and no give a truly unbiased view of this science. Contrary to loyal customers of this company, there are other places to get quality essential oils - don't be fooled by their rhetoric.

I was impressed with the research that Mr. Young has done, however I was hoping it was different than all the other aromatherphy books that I had bought, but it was just pretty simple. I really am looking for something more comprehensive than this and thought it would be more like a text book. There is allot of sick people out there and we need a book that really goes in depth about healing the patient. I haven't purchased any of the oils that he produces but plan on trying them, I was impressed that he talked about the different levels of distillation, and how much the impact on even just when you harvest the oils and the changes that occur when you do that at different times. Also he talks about the energy of the person involved with the oils and that was impressive when I had just planted flower seeds in my yard and the side of the sidewalk that I did has plenty of flowers but the one my daughter did only has a few and it is quite funny looking but evident of what he was saying about the energy of the person.
Windy

I have learned so much and I still am. I am amazed,in absolute awe on how potent and powerful the healing properties of PURE essential oils are. The frequencies of our bodies have the same frequencies as the blood of the plants so it can be immediately absorbed into our cells! These researched PURE oils have a huge significant impact on our well being and health.
This book is extremely valuable and should be in every home that would like to learn a new and healthier way of living.

This book was recommended to me by one of my students in our essential oils classes. The organization of the material and the information are excellent for someone searching for information on essential oils and what they are for.

This book is not for the folks who want to just make Blends.
Its for people who want to know the science behind the oils. What groups each oil belongs in. Which is something everyone must know when blending. You need to know what oils to use if you do not have a certain oil on hand. Plus Kurt has the science down. Reading this book all the way thru will teach you how to use the oils.
So many books out there on blends, but what are you blending?
Kurts book called Advance Aromatherapy is wonderful to. I love both books and have learn so MUCH more then I ever could from other books.
I have learned how to deal with viruses , in depth.
If you are serious about this subject, both of Kurts books are a MUST HAVE.

This book continues from where a lot of books on aromatherapy left out. For those of us who are curious about how essential oils actually work, this book provides all the scientific principles. Unlike a lot of other books which merely tell us what the function of the oils are, this book not only goes in depth into the mechanics of aromatherapy, it also provides some revolutionary ideas on the use of essential oils. For practitioners with a science background, this book provides plenty of convincing and credible reasons for the use of aromatherapy in the treatment of various ailments.

However, I'm disappointed with the first half of the book which is overly "political" and has definitely gone overboard in its attack of the medical profession. Skip all that and start from the middle of the book.

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The book concentrates mainly on the chemical breakdown of various common essential oils, and does not go into any kind of depth on the use of oils. It does not address the title: Healing with Essential Oils. I found it useless and returned it. The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy is a much better text. Also consult Valnet's books for better information.

Compared to innumerable other excellent books on the subject aromatherapy, Schnaubelt's book comes up distinctly short on helpful data. For the book to be truly helpful, one must be experienced in the use of oils, and if experienced, the book is all-bar-useless given the dearth of detailed information. It's a snapshot only and, therefore, not useful as a book of reference. Not recommended I'm afraid.