10) The power of memory
A Series of short introductions to Mental Health. By Peter Thompson Dip. Couns. MNCS (Acc.) How often have you caught a scent in the air or a taste on your tongue and a memory has come flooding back. Or even a lost memory where you find yourself digging deeply into the unfiled papers of the mind to recall where the mind wants to take you. This happens regularly to many of us regardless of age (excepting of course the new born babe). But it is usually looked upon with a nostalgic smile and a brief conversation of what once was. Personally, I have a memory triggered by a certain smell that immediately takes me back to my first day of school at the age of four. Or a place where I am forever reminded of a holiday with my dad over fifty years ago. But there are other smells and events that bring things back to me. In the apothecary side of the Old Ways or Witchcraft as it is often called, scent is often used via a plant, herb, resin, or oil to in...