06/04/2026
The Ancient Art of Anointing 🌿
Long before essential oils became a wellness trend, anointing oil was sacred technology.
Priests were anointed before they could serve.
Kings were anointed before they could reign.
The sick were anointed so healing could come.
Oil was the tangible meeting point between the physical and the sacred ... a signal to Heaven and Earth alike ... something Holy is happening here.
That ancient knowing never left.
Alder & Ash Apothecary anointing oils ain't perfect replicas of a biblical recipe. They're something evolved, more widely available and just as Divinely sourced.
Each blend is channeled in ritual, with intention. The herbs chosen not from a formula, but from listening to the Holy Spirit. From showing up in sacred space and asking, 'what frequency does this need to carry? What does she want to say?'
'Cause ... 'likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.'
~ Romans 8:26-27
The result is an oil that carries intention from the moment it is crafted and consecrated before it ever reaches your hands.
When you anoint yourself, your home, your belongings ... you're stepping into a lineage thousands of years old. You're doing what the priests and priestesses did. You're saying, 'This space is consecrated. This body is sacred. This moment matters. This prayer is powerful and effective. In faith, it is done.'
Because it does.
🌿 Shop our botanical anointing oils at Lotus Grove Wellness or the link in comments.
