{"product_id":"on-time-perfume-oil","title":"On Time Perfume Oil","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eON TIME\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\u003eYou would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet the timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd that that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space. Who among you does not feel that his power to love is boundless?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yet who does not feel that very love, though boundless, encompassed within the centre of his being, and moving not from love thought to love thought, nor from love deeds to other love deeds?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut if in your thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLet each season encircle all the other seasons: ambergris accord, frankincense smoke, orris root, angelica, bergamot, and white tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Let each season encircle all the other seasons: ambergris accord, frankincense smoke, orris root, angelica, bergamot, and white tea.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491950121116,"sku":"LunacyActivismProphetOct25-1","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/7891\/8812\/files\/ON-TIME-web-The-Prophet.jpg?v=1772998346","url":"https:\/\/blackphoenixalchemylab.com\/products\/on-time-perfume-oil","provider":"Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}