The Ancient Ritual of Anointing Oils – and Why It Still Speaks to Us
Long before "self-care" became a phrase, people were using fragrant oils to mark moments of prayer, hospitality, mourning, celebration and ordinary daily care...
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Long before "self-care" became a phrase, people were using fragrant oils to mark moments of prayer, hospitality, mourning, celebration and ordinary daily care...
Some rituals survive because we are told to preserve them.
Others survive because, thousands of years later, they still make sense.
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Long before "self-care" became a phrase, people were using fragrant oils to mark moments of prayer, hospitality, mourning, celebration and ordinary daily care... Some rituals survive because we are told to preserve them. Others survive because, thousands of years later, they still make sense.
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Some rituals survive because we are told to preserve them. Others survive because, thousands of years later, they still make sense.
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