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This aromatic and magical memoir comes to you from the pen of well respected chaos mage and expert on aromatics Ray Sherwin. The contents include: * A bottle of patchouli * Hocus Pocus * Ritual Magick for the BBC * A spooky aside * The fats of life * The old bazaar in Cairo * Using essential oils therapeutically * using aromatherapy products at home * Monographs on my favourites oils * Therapeutic Index * Health & Safety Data regarding storage & handling of essentials oils * 2 Poems

'I dare say, that for the early eighties, Id Aromatics, (which we sold in 1990), was the strangest shop in town. There certainly wasn't anywhere else you could obtain mandrake root, oakmoss resin or dragon's blood powder and, looking around the shop, which was a veritable Aladin's Cave of strange liquids, powders and gruesome looking roots, I had no difficulty in sympathizing with the folk who, rather aggravatingly, repeated the question "How did you get into all this?"' — excerpt from Strange Smell in the Car.

IOT Books says: "Certainly one of the most interesting books to come out recently, Strange Smell in the Car is a personal philtre of all things aromatic by the respected and wizened chaos magician, and co-founder of the IOT. Having run a successful aromatics business for years, and written some of the most influential books on chaos magic to date, Ray has created a microcosm of his love and gnosis on the world of magical oils, perfumes and aromatherapy. Packed with interesting details this book is highly recommended for anyone interested in the art of aromatics and magick."