The Unknown Land

“Crawfish Unconscious”

February 17th, 2021

Sandalwood

 

Santalum Album -Sadalwood

Origin: India

Plant part used: Wood

Source: Wildcrafted

Method: Steam-distillation

 

Description

Sandalwood Essential Oil – Indian sandalwood is the most revered sandalwood in the world. This one is soft, creamy and rich. It is elegant, round and smooth with a velvety texture, that sets it way above many of the other woody oils. Santalum alba is native to India and has been harvested for perfume, ceremony and ritual for many thousands of years. It is extremely calming to the mind connecting the crown with the base chakra making it a very helpful oil to use in meditation. It is also used as a base for the preparation of attars.

 

Personal note: “... the crawfish

symbolizes instincts stirred from the deep pool of the unconscious (or

maybe pre-consciousness). Instinctive fears, and a wildness that

cannot be explained, dwell here. If we accept this part of us, if we

do not fight what the moon touches in us, then the wild instincts will

subside." The Brady Tarot, The Moon card.