With detailed profiles of more than 30 of the most common essential oils for well-being, this is a valuable resource for anyone hoping to expand their knowledge of essential oils and their properties. Kaufmann also explains essential oil dilution and safety, shares the best carrier oils for each application, and includes tips for buying and storing oils. This thorough and welcoming guide includes recipes for oil blends that can be used in diffusers and personal inhalers as well as for bath salts, salves, linen sprays, and more. But why do each of these scents provoke specific, visceral responses? In Nature’s Essential Oils, certified aromatherapist Cher Kaufmann demystifies the how and why behind essential oils, explaining the environmental factors that impact the chemical make-ups of herbs and plants and how they trigger our physical and emotional responses. Lavender is calming and relaxing lemon uplifting and stimulating. Water can be a source of life or wash away an entire coastline in a tsunami. Wind can be a welcome breeze or knock a town flat in a tornado. This book argues that many instances of the contributions of black people had been left out of the history books, and gives many examples.Īnyone who has had any exposure to the natural elements of nature knows that they are powerful. Societies developed myths and prejudices in order to pursue their own interests at the expense of other groups.
According to Rogers, color prejudice was then used a rationale for domination, subjugation and warfare. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisions-all humans belong to one “race.” He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from issues of domination and power between two physiologically different groups. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. NATURE KNOWS NO COLOR-LINE NatureKnows no Color-Line RESEARCH INTO THE NEGRO ANCESTRY IN THE NATURE KNOWS NO COLOR-LINE. Research into the Negro Ancestry in the White Race J.