"Aromatherapy: Physical Benefit or Spiritual Delusion?"translated

"AROMATHERAPY: PHYSICAL BENEFIT OR SPIRITUAL DELUSION? – An orthodox apologetic approach to the boundaries between physical therapy and occult concepts", is the topic on which the Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus Mr. Seraphim informs in the following video. Following a series of updates on modern unorthodox "healing", "health" and "wellness" practices, "which have a close relationship with modern occultism and are promoted by the leaders of the "spirit" of the "New Age of Aquarius", His Holiness mentions about "yet another unorthodox "therapeutic", "Aromatherapy", which, as we will prove, is not satisfied with any "its healing properties and potential", but it is another channel of channeling occult elements into modern societies".

"The Church does not outright reject the use of perfumes or vegetable oils," His Holiness points out, noting at the same time that "both the Holy Bible and the liturgical life of the Church are full of the use of fragrances. But what he rejects is any attribution of spiritual or supernatural properties to material objects independently of God's grace."

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