{"product_id":"on-giving-perfume-oil","title":"On Giving Perfume Oil","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eON GIVING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2022 we created\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blackphoenixalchemylab.com\/product-tag\/on-children\/\"\u003ea pair of fundraiser oils\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadapting a chapter from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet into scent. Considering the challenges that await in 2025, we’ve decided to continue this work with a monthly series of fragrances that will gradually complete the entire book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProceeds from these scents will be donated to a series of trustworthy charitable organizations, selected month by month; everything above the cost of production will be donated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1923, The Prophet (\u003ca\u003eGutenberg Press link\u003c\/a\u003e) has been translated into more than 100 languages, continuing to inspire new readers with its lyrical observations of human nature and open-ended spiritual instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book imagines a series of pronouncements offered by the sage Almustafa (“the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day”) to inhabitants of the fictional city Orphalese as a gesture of gratitude for their hospitality during his twelve-year stay. One by one, various citizens step forward and ask for Almustafa’s thoughts on a long list of topics such as love, death, commerce, justice, and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Prophet responds with wisdom that could be considered non-denominational, though clearly influenced by the Lebanese author’s familiarity with Sufi and Maronite beliefs as well as the work of Transcendentalist poets. After satisfying the Orphalesians’ many queries, at last he boards a ship setting sail for his homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince Gibran set these events outside of any known time or geographical location, Almustafa’s wisdom can be received today, or in the future, and ring just as true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen love beckons to you, follow him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough his ways are hard and steep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when his wings enfold you yield to him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when he speaks to you believe in him,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou give but little when you give of your possessions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is when you give of yourself that you truly give.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd what is fear of need but need itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are those who give little of the much which they have—and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd there are those who have little and give it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd is there aught you would withhold?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll you have shall some day be given;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTherefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else from you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd what desert greater shall there be, than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of receiving?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSee first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor in truth it is life that gives unto life — while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd you receivers — and you are all receivers — assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the freehearted earth for mother, and God for father.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish: pomegranate, rose, myrrh, frankincense, and neroli.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe sales from February, March, and May’s scents from the Prophet series (On Giving, On Eating 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