VIRTUAL SMELLS

Smell enters virtual realit

with a game headset designed

to generate odours to match

rhe pictures. The inventor,

Evclyii Shenington, has

devised a delivery system

\vhich will pump smells into a

headset under the control of

a computer program. The

“aroma~gases” are mixed with

Cal-bon dioxide and alcohol,

and stored in a hank of

cvlindrrs. Each cylinder is

comiected to the headset via

a computercontrolled valve.

ROBO-MASSEUR

INTERNATIONAL

NEVVS

DEGREE COURSES

training standards set

through the profession in

1993. This will be followed b>

the developmelit of an

inteiniediate award at

Middlesex University -

Cutificate or Diploma level -

and a Univrrsi~ Advanced

Diploma for AOC

ad~isers/;u;sessors. The final

joint programme will be at

Degree level.

An aromathemp>

course is also being planned

atJohn Moorcs University,

Liverpool. The plans inrhtdr

three stages, leading up to

dcgrw lcvcl. The stages

comprise: 1 .Universiq

ccrtilicatc, 2. Univel-sity

diploma, 3. University degree.

Student\ \vould be able to

take 1, 2, or 3 of these steps,

depending on their wish and

personal cil~cumstances, btlt it

i< cmisagcd that a high

pr~cq~ortiorl w)lM complete

the tlegw co,,r\e.

GALBANUM

AN UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE?

The recent release of‘ “The

Frag:rant Mind” by Valerie

Xnn Wor~ood, puhlishrtf hy Dotrbled>\); has bee11 >I

grrat shock toJakin

Publishing and one of its

allthors, Philippe

Mailhrbiau. \vho wrote “La

Nouvclle Aromatherapic:

caracterolo$e de< essences

et trrnpei-ameiits hunains”

translated and published in

English by the CM: Daniel

(:ornpany sunder the title

“Portraits in oils: the

personality of ai-omatl-lc-1.ap~

oils and their link uith

human temperaments”. In

the opinion of]akin there

are siqiticant similarities

hct\\reen Mrc Wor~\~~l’s

“aroma-geiiera” and the

corresponding

“characterologirs of

essences” described by Mr

Mnilhcbiau in his classes

and in his hook, although

the latter’s name and work

are not mentioned among

the sources of Mrs

Mi,nvood’s book. The

charactri-ologies, \vhich

have been taupht hy Ml-

Mailhchiau fol

appi-oxiinately firtccn !cars,

were first published in

France in 1989 hy NPI, and

rcprillted in 1994 by.Jakin

in a ne\v version of his

book.

,Jakin Publishing and

hlr Mailhebiau feel

particularly concerned

because in 1993 Mrc

TZi~~wood was inti-educed

to Mr ~lailhebiau.

&cording to Jakin fol- a

whole day she 1~1s his gllrst

a11d Mr Mailhrhiau freeI!-

alls\vewd the 111a11\

questions she asked him

about his work \vith

essential oils, and

pal-titularly ahorlt the

Chamterolo~~ of Ewncrs,

which she found exciting.

During this meeting, it is

alleged that Mrs Mhr\\~oocl

made the commitment to

quote her SOWCCS, should

<he want to make llsc of MI

Mailhehiau’s work in her

classes or in her Tvritings.

To enable readers to

form their 0~1 opinion, wc

are reproducing below,

excerpts from the books of

Mr Mailhehiau and Mrs

\li~rwood descl-ibing the

“clra~~cterologies” and

“a1-oma-~:cne1.a” of the same

cswlrtial oils (see book

ret ie\vs pages 44-45) 0

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A u&&xl, misunderstood child, inhabited by a fear he newer spealGs

abcmt, he is -without knaving it - as &id in his profound being as he: is

fragile in his body. (...I

His temperament is one ofnervmzsness: he reasorrs things more than he

experiences them. (...I

through these crises, he seeks only to retreat into total silence - a

f shutting him&f& and expressing the paradox of the in

far au&viz&h& any wea&.ni%s they map have. (...)

“They’re prone to rter~~uv problems, and if they push the

too hard Thyme may suffer nervous exhaustion, even n

breakdown. This personality can become hypenensiti

occasionaIIy retreat from the world. As children, Th

seek solitude, perhaps playing with an imaginary frien

they have brothers and sisters.