Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Maybe this is the list of ingredients for a 100% successful fumigation of insects - upon a physical as well as spiritual level:

"Comparing the beauty of his beloved to a garden, Solomon (The Song of Solomon 4:14 in the Old Testament) lists saffron, cinnamon, frankincense and myrrh as some of the plants cultivated in this metaphor. We sense the magnitude of his admiration because these plant products commanded very high prices in ancient markets."

SAFFRON is a dark GOLD colour - is it not?

I remember now...MR D'AJANI gave me a word that he couldn't remember the English translation for and it must have been SAFFRON...he said 'orange' as a colour and I couldn't get it but then he said to colour rice...and dried, powdered SAFFRON looks dark gold/mustard yellow...that type of colour...and I guessed SAFFRON but I had no idea...perhaps he meant 'Indian Saffron' as in TUMERIC which is a real GOLD colour, as I look down the page...

"Remedies across Arabia: A general remedy for colds, flu, fevers, coughs and bronchitis is to take four to five cups of thyme tea a day. Thyme is antiseptic, antispasmodic and antifungal. It is also an expectorant and vermifuge (worm expeller)."

I am sure that THYME was also mentioned and also the 'bark of a tree' so perhaps WALNUT tree...

At any rate - if you tried with all of the 'possibles' and experimented with fumigation - what fun, I am sure you would get there in the end:

FRANKINCENSE
MYRRH
ground CARDAMON seeds (one or two depending upon size - as far as I can recall)
A tiny bit of WALNUT BARK
TUMERIC/SAFFRON
LEMON/CITRONELLE a few drops of this oil
A pinch of CINNAMON

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