The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-15
THE MAGIC OF PERFUMES

in the left foot oi a wolf. make Of lt d pomade. with ambergris and cy press powder carry this pomade upon yourself and Iare it in tIe nostiiis of the one you wish tC love you and she will love you more
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 To ward off evil spirits and hurt full phantoms. the following formu ia will be found erficacious:
 Make perfume with calamen' peony. mint and palma christa. Mix these well together; make a paste Jf them and burn when these in fluenCes are thought to be about.
 In the sacred temples of the an tents perfumes and incense of all kinds were employed. Those who wished to ask the god to foretell some future event would sleep i1i the temple one night, offering up some sacred incense to the god in question. when the latter would CUillt u ulIl LII LII anu lVNtd the future by some infailible sign Various introductory practices were ndulged in prior to this. however At the rising of the sun resin was burnt; at noon, myrrh. for the heat of this perfume dissipates and dis solves the heavy and impure eXhala tions which are all around us,' while 1t night the following incense like perfume was lighted:
 "A mixture of wine, honey, dry
 aisins, ragslone, resin, myrrh, as palath Ga sort of ebony wood), aloes tar, henbane. iris flower, juniper and lentisk. These ingredients are not mixed haphazard. but according to formula, contained in the lives of the saints, which is revealed or dictated to them while being mixed. It axhales a sweet vapor This vapor, finding it's way into the body through inhalations, bathes il in a sweet, insensible manner invites sleep and cradles it to rest so that the mystic visions are in duced. F The daily cares, which are like so many painful chains lose their heaviness and their in tensity. They become weaker and relax Acting also upon the imagi- nation. faculty so powerful in dreams, these eXhalations render them as perfect as the most pol iShed mirror + # Many times have they revived powers long lost. and many times have they quieted and scothed nerves tangled by the cares Jf the day"
 Of these substances that which is known as "henbane" is supposed to have more effect than any other and it is this substance which fig ures so largely in the preparations performing their invocations and in cantations.
 There are various personal idio- syncrasies in the effects produced by perfumes Here are a few of them:-A certain soldier always lost consciousness when he smelt the odor of the peony; a young woman lost her voice when they held un- der her nose a bouquet of odoOus oil fumes save orange blossoms-sho could not breathe when they were in the room; another woman lost her voice when she smelt musk, and she had to take a cold bath to re- cover it; Jean Quercer, secretary of Francis l.. could not endure the odor of an apple; in another case the odor of lily would cause nausea, etc, Personal idiosyncra- sies of this sort are common
 Sachet powders have aways been employed to charm, and are not merely inventions of today. Sachets may be worn in the form of a small heart shaped bag, but also in collars, bonnets, bracelets, etc. When this is done the cloth should be pricked all over to emit the con tained odor equally in all direc- tions. Many of the older talismans and amulets were nothing more than magical perfumes, which they wore to keep away evil spirits and for similar purposes. In times of epidemic perfumes of this nature might be made antiseptic and thus serve a useful purpose, practically as well as theoretically.