Thursday, December 16, 2010

MERMAID FANTASY STAMPS/ The Alchemy of Jasmine: Notes on Homeopathic Perfumery and the Aromatherapeutic Speculations of Roland Hunt/ 'Repose of the Seamaid' by Eric Whollem/ A cyberstamp from The Jessamine Isle/ FAUX POSTAGE




Repose of the Seamaid
THE JESSAMINE ISLE
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

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Mermaid Faux Postage Stamps
THE JESSAMINE ISLE
Eric Whollem



Repose of the Seamaid
THE JESSAMINE ISLE
2010
by Eric Whollem
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

The Alchemy of Jasmine
NOTES ON HOMEOPATHIC PERFUMERY

Roland Hunt's book, 'Fragrant and Radiant Healing Symphony,'
is a well written study of the mystic properties of perfume, taken
from an alchemical angle. Hunt was a pioneer in aromatherapy.
His book was first published in 1937.

Hunt's hypothesis is that perfumes exist in octaves that correspond
to musical notes. He also develops the idea that colors exist in these
same octaves.

Each perfume, color and tone exist in higher and lower octaves as
well.

According to Hunt, jasmine  corresponds to the color Yellow; he
places jasmine alongside of Citron in the position of three octaves
above middle C, in the key of E. This would make jasmine a slightly
greenish yellow.

Jasmine, a very potent perfume, has long been traditonally regarded
as a major basenote in incense and perfumery. Many olfactory
concoctions begin with jasmine, and build from there into an
orchestration of aroma. In India jasmine is called Mogra.


JESSAMINE

The word 'Jessamine' is an old fashioned English rendering of the word
jasmine. The stamps seen here are, of course, creations of my own literary
imagination.

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Readers may wish to view more stamps from THE JESSAMINE ISLE on this link:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/jessamine%20isle


BELOW ARE A VARIETY OF MY
MERMAID FANTASY STAMPS
(Copyright by the artist)




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My general posts of MERMAID ART can be accessed here:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/mermaids

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ARE FANTASY
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My posts that deal with ALCHEMY can be found on this link:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/alchemy

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