12-12-2006, 01:13 PM
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# Then the LORD said to Moses, Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels (about 12.5 pounds or 6kg) of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels (about 3kg) of fragrant cane, 500 shekels of cassia--all according to the sanctuary shekel--and a hin (about 4quarts or 4liters) of olive oil. Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil.?- Exodus 30: 22-25
# Although myrrh, cinnamon, cassia, olive oil and calamus (if that?s what fragrant cane refers to) don?t treat epileptic seizures, they still have many therapeutic properties. Much more than most people might think. Some of the treatments are very interesting because they relate to some of the medical miracles that doctor Jesus has been credited for. These include: antiseptic to heal wounds (myrrh, cinnamon, cassia, olive); menstrual disturbances or uterine hemorrhage (myrrh, cinnamon, cassia); rheumatism (myrrh, olive oil); fevers (cinnamon, olive); pruritus (olive oil); dropsy/edema (olive oil). www.botanical.com for reference.
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http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=42854
Is not Jesus Chanel a legitimate translation? Are the words "the work of a perfumer" in the Bible?
http://www.cyonic-nemeton.com/Cosmetics.html
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Cosmetics have been used for as long as there have been people to use them. Face painting is mentioned in the Old Testament (Ezekiel 23:40) and eye shadow was used in Egyptian burials dating back to 10,000 BC (Llewelyn) The word "cosmetae" was first used to describe Roman slaves whose function was to bathe men and women in perfume. (Keville, Green) Since the Egyptians, each subsequent civilization invented unique words that referred to cosmetics and fragrance as one science, but the science eroded after Rome. Anthropologists speculate that primitive perfumery began with the burning of gums and resins for incense. Richly scented plants were fused into animal and vegetable oils for ceremonial anointings and for pleasure. From 7,000 to 4,000 BC, the fatty oils of olive and sesame were combined with fragrant plants to create the original Neolithic ointments. When the Egyptians were learning to write and make bricks in 3,000 BC, they were also importing large quantities of myrrh. The earliest recorded items of Egyptian commerce included spices, gums and other fragrant plants that were reserved mainly for religious use. (Keville, Green)
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