The Ultimate Guide to Aromatherapy and Essential Oils: An illustrated guide to crafting over 100 formulations for healing and wellness

by Athena Perrakis

Since ancient times, essentials oils and aromatherapy have served utilitarian purposes, as well as sacred ones. Our sense of smell accesses our limbic brain-- the oldest part of our central nervous system--and impacts our mood, our health, and our ability to create and recall memories.

Aromatherapy was used in ancient Egypt and essential oils were used as medicine against the "Black Death" pandemic in the Middle Ages. Today, aromatherapy is used in hospitals and other clinical settings to reduce stress and anxiety, and essential oils are employed for their antibacterial and antimicrobial properties.

The Ultimate Guide to Aromatherapy is a comprehensive guide to one of the oldest healing arts in history. Filled with techniques, tools, and tips, readers will learn everything they need to begin using essential oils and aromatherapy. Additionally, more seasoned practitioner will appreciate the breadth of oils covered in the book as well as innovative formulations for specific blends.
You will learn how to create:
-Essential oils for healing, including special formulations for specific conditions and recovery
-DIY cleaning products and home care products utilizing essentials oils
-Potions and scents for making a gathering place sacred, or attracting love and prosperity into your life.
-Healing formulations for protection, grounding, meditation, and safe travel.

With comprehensive practical information as well as rich narratives on the history and lore of essential oils, you will expand your competency in working with essentials oils and fragrances, as well as learn the magic behind this sacred craft.

240 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2018

About the author

Athena Perrakis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sage Goddess, the world’s largest source of sacred tools and metaphysical education. Each week, Sage Goddess reaches almost two million people across the globe, on every continent and in more than 60 countries. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in educational leadership, and has 15 years of experience as a professor, corporate trainer and consultant, and educator. Athena has traveled the globe and worked with CEOs and senior executives from the Fortune 50 companies. But her metaphysical experience, in which her current work is largely rooted, spans more than 30 years. During that time, she has become an expert in gemology, astrology, Tarot, aromatherapy, Reiki, and herbal medicine. Her Etsy shop was the first online metaphysical storefront to reach the Top 10 stores in the handmade category around the world. Today, there are more than 3000 products available through SageGoddess.com – everything from essential oils and ritual perfumes to candles, jewelry, gemstones in every form, home decor, clothing, body art and temporary tattoos, canvas art, and more.

Athena’s work with Sage Goddess centers on the concept of a truly holistic spiritual practice, one in which every person who discovers her work can truly find themselves. She believes that all paths lead us Home, to our Source Creator, and she teaches that all creation myths and stories are ‘true’ insofar as they are echoes of ancient narratives. Athena herself descends from a lineage of Mediterranean and Native American healers. This union of sacred cultures and practices, fused with her training in mythology and western civilization, is the basis for her teachings, which explore the intersections of legends and traditions to find collective common threads. She embodies the Divine Feminine mysteries, giving tangible form to the ethereal realm of goddesses and medicine women. Through her writing, online courses, and material offerings, Athena helps others cultivate and maintain sacred space in their lives for peace, healing, and abundance.

Her guiding philosophy is that those who develop and maintain a consistent and sustainable spiritual practice – one that aligns with their own cultural values and spiritual beliefs – will enjoy a longer, healthier, and happier life. To that end, her mantra “Held to a higher standard, bathed in a different light” reminds people that they are accountable for their thoughts, actions, and interactions. Those who believe and stay both faithful and authentic will experience a different peace; from there, all things are possible and unfold effortlessly in perfect time.