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Heavenly Scents
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This chapter focuses exclusively on sacred scents and traces smell's role in the realm of religion, particularly the Christian tradition. It concentrates on the fourth century, when scent began to play an increasingly important role in early Christian practices. Initially, smells were present in ancient Christian texts, often as undercurrents within the text's larger purpose. Ancient Christians found numerous biblical models for experiencing a domain that lay beyond the physical senses but to which the senses provided access. Through sense encounters, people in the ancient world expected and experienced interaction with their gods, even when this implied communication with realms beyond the physically finite world.
Title: Heavenly Scents
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This chapter focuses exclusively on sacred scents and traces smell's role in the realm of religion, particularly the Christian tradition.
It concentrates on the fourth century, when scent began to play an increasingly important role in early Christian practices.
Initially, smells were present in ancient Christian texts, often as undercurrents within the text's larger purpose.
Ancient Christians found numerous biblical models for experiencing a domain that lay beyond the physical senses but to which the senses provided access.
Through sense encounters, people in the ancient world expected and experienced interaction with their gods, even when this implied communication with realms beyond the physically finite world.
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