====== Jasmine ======
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latin_names: Jasminum grandiflorum, J. officinale, J. odoratissimum, J. sambac
folk_names: Jessamin, Moonlight on the Grove, Peot's Jessamine, Anbar, Yasmin
gender_tags: Feminine
planet_tags: Moon
element_tags: Water
deity_tags:
effect_tags: Love, Money, Prophetic Dreams, Peace, Spirituality, Sex, Sleep
part_tags: fresh flowers, absolute
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===== Magical Uses =====
Dried jasmine flowers are added to sachets and other love mixtures. They will attract a spiritual (as opposed to a physical) love.
The flowers will also draw wealth and money if carried, burned or worn. Jasmine will also cause prophetic dreams if burned in the bedroom, and the flowers are smelled to induce sleep.
===== Aromatherapy =====
Jasmine (together with rose and neroli) has the honor of being one of the highest-priced plant scents. One or two milliliters of true jasmine absolute currently sells for $40.00 and up.
Jasmine is an exquisitely expensive, exquisitely delightful aromatic.
Perhaps 99 per cent of all “oil of jasmine” sold today is synthetic. This can easily be determined by the sickly sweet, chemical odor of such products as well as the cheap price. Cost and your nose will determine if the product is true jasmine.
An alternative to these costly substances are fresh jasmine flowers, but many of the plants sold as jasmine (such as night-blooming jasmine) aren’t even in the same family. Only those plants listed above should be used for magical aromatherapy purposes. If all else fails, buy a small sample of true jasmine absolute and sparingly use it.
Jasmine has often been called the king of flowers
(“as rose is the queen”). This is perhaps because the absolute is surprisingly dark-hued. Some experts detect animal-like undertones in it, and in //The Art of Aromatherapy//, Robert Tisserand classifies jasmine as a yang (masculine) plant.
In China, however, the fragrant flowers are symbolic of women. Traditional aromatherapists utilize jasmine to alleviate women’s reproductive problems and to facilitate childbirth. Moreover, the beautiful blossoms and the delicious scent seem more related to feminine energy in general.
Therefore, in direct opposition to aromatherapy tradition, I’ve classified jasmine as a feminine (yin) plant, ruled by the Moon and possessed of the qualities of the element of Water.
Because of the intensity of the odor, its scarcity and high cost, one drop of jasmine absolute on a cotton ball is sufficient for the uses listed below.
Jasmine’s powerful scent directly affects our emotional centers, making it an excellent choice for use in love rituals. Inhale the aroma with proper visualizations to enhance an ongoing relationship or to find a new one.
This beautiful fragrance lifts our spirits, dispels depression, quiets nerves and stifles worries about tomorrow. You needn’t visualize to reap these changes—simply breathe.
Jasmine’s calming, soothing fragrance is also of tremendous help in relaxing our physical bodies.
This scent can lull us into states of heightened spiritual awareness with the proper visualization. Be aware of the divine energy which is manifested within the odor. Breathe it in and connect with the energy behind all in existence.
One of the most celebrated uses of jasmine absolute is in inducing sexual desire. With proper visualization, the aroma of jasmine creates the mental, emotional and physical responses necessary for sexual arousal.
Jasmine is also used to treat emotional sexual dysfunction (in women, the inability to enjoy sexual contact or to achieve orgasm; in men, the same two conditions as well as difficulty in achieving or maintaining erection and lack of ejaculation). Sniff and visualize.
To encourage sleep, sniff the absolute oil. This may also produce psychic dreams.
The scent and potential uses of jasmine absolute far outweigh the high cost of the substance.