Cleopatra And Her Use Of Fatal Fragrance To Seduce Men
Cleopatra was said to have used a “fatal fragrance” which made men powerless to combat her wiles. It is thought that this was nothing more than a fragrant incense which, when burned in the right setting was conducive to peace and quiet or to romance.
History has recorded that her chambers were filled with beautiful odors, where rare incenses burned all the time and that it was her custom to annoint her body with fragrant oils so that those who might enter her chambers would believe that they were near a beautiful flower.
If these are the facts, it is no wonder that Mark Anthony was drawn to her exotic chambers to become enslaved by her physical charms.
An incense such as Cleopatra might have used in the formula which follows below:
Winter’s Bark …………………….. 16 ounces
Sandalwood ……………………… 24 ounces
Orris Root ……………………….. 8 ounces
Patchouly Leaves …………………. 8 ounces
Myrrh ……………………………….. 8 ounces
Olibanum Tears ………………….. 8 ounces
Wood Base ……………………….. 8 ounces
Saltpeter …………………………… 2 ounces
Light Pink Coloring ……………… 2 ounces
The above herbs, leaves, bark and resins are ground together into a powder and burned. Some people like to take a small piece of charcoal and light it and sprinkle the powder thereon.The odor of this incense is exotic in its fragrance. In some books this is listed as “Cleopatra’s Incense”.
Today we know that incense is soothing and quieting to some people’s nerves. We know, too, that each perfume has a personality of his own and may be alluring, seductive, exotic, sensuous, carefree, etc. Used intelligently it can “create a mood or an atmosphere”.
Despite the great advances which civilization made during the time of Aristotle, education and knowledge was for the rich and favored few. The great masses of people still remained ignorant and to a great extent superstitious.
The greater the works of the really informed, the greater the magic in the eyes of the ignorant. When they were given an herb for the treatment of some condition, they were kept uninformed as to what it was. When it accomplished its purpose it was still the result of doctor’s “Magic” as far as the patient was concerned.
This was a period, then, during which civilization made its first great strides and during which many famous philosophers and early scientists sprang up. They added much to the world’s knowledge by their discoveries, but the average man still lived in a world which venerated the Magic of Herbs.
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