The Mythicum: An Archetypal Guide to Aromatic Therapy (Aromatherapy Reimagined) Hardcover – September 19, 2025

What if healing is not only anatomy and chemistry, but myth and fragrance? The Mythicum invites you into a world where the ancient descent of Inanna into the underworld becomes a map for our own struggles, losses, and rebirths—and where the scents of plants become living companions on that journey.Drawing from medical physiology, medical anthropology, and the art of aromatherapy, this book weaves together clinical science with mythopoetic narrative. Sixty-one essential oils are paired with legendary and mythological figures, each one a mirror of human experience: Basil with Demeter, Sandalwood with Perseus, Cedar with Gilgamesh, Lotus with Siddhartha, and many more.Within these pages you will find:Mythic Vignettes: Poetic retellings of Inanna’s Descent through seven gates, each gate an archetypal stage of loss, surrender, and transformation.Essential Oil Monographs: Clinically grounded profiles of oils, with attention to safety, chemistry, and therapeutic potential, informed by the gold standard of aromatherapy science.Aromatic Practices: Rituals and safe applications for diffusion, anointing, and blending, crafted to help the reader embody myth and scent together.Mythopoetic Insight: A lens for understanding grief, identity, and renewal through mythic archetypes and aromatic allies.Whether you are a clinician, trained aromatherapist, or simply a seeker drawn to story and scent, The Mythicum offers itself as more than a book—it is a guide, a lantern for uncertain times.Step into the descent. Discover fragrance as story, story as medicine, and medicine as the art of becoming whole. Read more