Calendula Flowers & the Sun
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by Illuminated Perfume
1y ago
The calendula seedlings I purchased at ReUnity Resources on April 30th are blooming abundantly! It makes such a difference to purchase vital, organic plants, especially here in the high desert, where conditions can be challenging. We also want to be supporting local and small businesses as much as possible. I also look for companies/organizations that are not selling items that pollute, destroy bee colonies and have integrity, even in their personal lives. Santa Fe is such a small community that its super easy to know what's going on, for example, if a business owner is cheating on his ..read more
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Following Bliss
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by Illuminated Perfume
1y ago
 In June of 2007 (fifteen years ago!), at the Ojai Lavender Festival, I stepped out of my shell and "officially" launched Illuminated Perfume.  This adventure all began with a Valentines Day newsletter sent in 2007, with a focus on Following One's Bliss. My subscribers at the time were a mix of aromatherapy and natural perfume students along with customers and clients of my art and illustration business. Shortly after the newsletter went out I received a note from aromatherapy colleague Sandy Messori of Rivendell Aromatics. She was organizing the Ojai Lavender Festival on Saturday ..read more
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World Bee Day
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
Happy World Bee Day!! In May 2010 a swarm of honey bees decided to build their new home in the compost bin of our California home. This felt quite auspicious because: In August of 2009 I had joined a local group of beekeepers with the intention to have a hive. The day the bees arrived was a Friday, like today, which is attributed to Venus/Aphrodite. Backwards Beekeepers The gift of this swarm of winged alchemists, my code word for the honey bees, felt so very auspicious, as if I had been given a nod by the divine that the path I was intending to journey was correct. Since I had found ..read more
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Who By Fire
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
On April 6th a prescribed burn by the National Forest Service here in Northern New Mexico has grown to be the largest fire in our state’s history. The travesty is that if anyone bothered to ask us who live here when is the WORST time to do a controlled burn we would have all chimed in APRIL, when the land is dry and the winds are strongest. Alchemically we witness how the dynamics of the wind combined with very dry conditions has awakened elemental Fire. Of the four elements Fire has a strong relationship with transformative energies since it is destructive, purifying and regenerative, there ..read more
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The Doctrine of Signatures
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
I've been infusing calendula flowers at the perfumery, each time I work with these sweet flowers I am reminded of their star  signature, the celestial imprint that they are encoded with. Plants retain and transfer the vitality of the Earth to us, facilitating an upgrade to where it Is most needed. Calendula flowers have an affinity to the sun, as we can witness by their Doctrine of Signatures, which acts as a mode of communication without words, where the plant shows us through its shape & color what is star signature is. Recently, a couple internet trolls, hiding behind their fake ..read more
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The Equinox, Spring and VIRIDITAS
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
The Great Wheel of the Earth has birthed itself once more, we stand together at a threshold of a new astrological year. Some astrologers, like Pam Gregory, see what she refers to as new Earth on the horizon come April with the Jupiter Neptune conjunction. Whether in the Northern or Southern hemisphere, this is a time we honor a transitional point of equality between the light & dark. A beautiful symbol of the balance point in this dualistic reality here on planet Earth. This is a portal is a time of high magic. Sit with what is emerging within for this new cycle of transformation and drea ..read more
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Movie Monday: Fight Club
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
On January 31st, 2017, I wrote a Movie Monday post that echo's some of the thoughts I am about to share. The difference is, that in 2017 I felt comfortable in sharing my feelings and being out spoken. Fast forward to present time, where life is quite different and many have started using code words to avoid the sen sir. So hard to believe this is occurring in 2022, in what once was the land of the free. What felt like doom and gloom after the 2017 election was just a primer for what was to come. Auspiciously, the film Fight Club, released in 1999 and directed by David Fincher, also reeks of t ..read more
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Happy New Year from the oak woodland in Topanga...
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
Happy New Year from the oak woodland in Topanga State Park! Time is perceived linearly, associated with duality, such as beginning and ending, day to night, birth to death, etc. The truth beneath this concept is quite different, instead of a line with a beginning and an end, time is complex, like an old growth oak forest. I’m visualizing us at this new threshold, holding hands, walking together with open hearts and the power of the wild magick by our sides. The Celtic word for oak is 'duir' meaning door. The archetype ..read more
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Twelve Principals of Regeneration
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
Mark Scisenti, a friend and chocolate maker, posted the following on his instagram page -> "Are you worried about climate doom?" Paul Hawkins has one word for you REGENERATION. Regenration (noun) To place life at the centre of every action and decision. How do we do that in our lives? Here are twelve guiding principals: Does the action create more life or reduce it? Does it heal the future or steal it? Does it enhance human well-being or diminish it? Doe it prevent disease or profit from it? Does it create livelihoods or eliminate them? Does ir restore land or degrade it? Does it ..read more
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Ramblin' Rose Hat Co.
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by Illuminated Perfume
2y ago
In August, after years of waiting for the right moment, I was able to fulfill a wish of having a hat made just for me. The idea of doing something like this was planted by my local friend Geninne, who when I shared how my current hat doesn't stay on my head if there is wind, said that if I were to have a hat custom made that would not happen. She then told me about the local hat maker Sam of Ramblin' Rose. I had heard of Sam via the small maker community we have here in Santa Fe, but hadn't explored her work. Once I did, it was clear that this would be the way to go, however the timing wasn't ..read more
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