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By FIONA SOLTES
The Tennessean
Six years ago, when David Stewart's 85-year-old mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer and given six months to live, the family chose an interesting path.
They took her off her medicine, switched to natural supplements and herbal teas, and anointed her regularly with oil.
She lived four more years.
Intrigued by the biblical principle of James 5:14-15 ("Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well."), Stewart and his wife discovered that the scriptural oils were still available today — and the healing was every bit as powerful.
Frankincense, myrrh, rose of Sharon, spikenard and other essential oils can offer more than fragrant aromas, Stewart and others contend. Research has shown that high-grade essential oils carry electromagnetic frequencies that were part of the original plant's regenerative system and that those frequencies can stimulate immune response, invigorate production of white blood cells and directly affect gland and chemical processes in humans, as well.
And when they're used in conjunction with prayer, Stewart said, the oils "magnify intent."
"Aromachemistry is really God's love manifested in molecules," says Stewart, a retired Methodist minister, former university science professor and author of "Healing Oils of the Bible" (Care Publications, $19.95).
"What I've come to realize is that these oils will respond to prayer. They have intelligence not found in chemical drugs. They can only be created by God, not made in a laboratory."
According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, ...
[more here]
[which contains the fascinating notion...
"Critics might contend that healing through biblical oils — whether instantaneous or after repeated applications — is only faith tricking the body into believing it has been healed."
"faith tricking the body into believing"? What on earth does that mean?
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