{"product_id":"on-reason-and-passion-perfume-oil","title":"On Reason and Passion Perfume Oil","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eON REASON AND PASSION\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\u003eYour soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWould that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTherefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows—then let your heart say in silence, “God rests in reason.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky,—then let your heart say in awe, “God moves in passion.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd since you are a breath in God’s sphere, and a leaf in God’s forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRest in reason and move in passion: smoked rose attar, honeyed saffron, red sandalwood, red tea, clove bud, and frankincense.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sales from July’s scents from the Prophet series benefits \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.streetmedicaidandsupplyhub.org\/\"\u003eSMASH Street Medic Aid and Supply Hub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, who collects and distributes medical supplies through grassroots movements. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Street medics have a proud history of serving communities during protests, disasters, and daily struggles when institutional systems fail. 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