HERB - citing, ahem, newage materials in handouts...

[Knaus, Robert F.]

Another $0.02 in a similar vein. . .

Include a disclaimer for all materials - 
Eg:
Witches Brew - poor history, but clear & concise descriptions of methods in
a period style
Joe's Perfume - nice ingredient list, ignore the references to synthetic
oils
English Perfume industry - history is good, period recipes although unclear
instructions


-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Temple [mailto:noxcat at hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:44 PM
To: herbalist at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: HERB - citing, ahem, newage materials in handouts...


(I won't go there on the loosing credibility by citing a book some might 
find "offencsive" simply because it's from another religion. That's off 
topic, and might cause a huge flame fest.)

Use an annotated Bibliography. Also, you might want to verbally explain in 
class why you include the book. Don't sacrifice the quality of the class by 
not including a book that you say "has the clearest explanation of modern 
perfume blending". This is more of a "here's how to achieve the period style

without getting into trouble" class rather than a "this is how to be totally

historically accurate" class, right?

Lady Katerine Rowley
Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra
mka
Mary K. Temple
Austin, Texas

>Pardon while I lay this question before the list...
>
>Right now, I'm working up a handout for class on making 'medieval-style'
>fragranced oils and sweet waters. (There is a shortage oferiod recipes for
>making fragranced oils, though I have some, and it is illegal in the US to
>make sweet waters by distillation (because of the alcohol component), so I
>am going to cover using essential oils and/or plant parts to make
>fragranced oils and waters.
>
>I've been going through my bookcase looking for the clearest, best
>resources I have on fragrance work, and there are some good ones. However,
>one of the sources that I feel has the clearest explanation of modern
>perfume blending (which people are going to be interested in, I think), is
>a very new-agey, 'wiccan' book (_Witches' Brew: Secrets of Scents_ by
>Morwyn). I'm trying to decide whether to include it in my list of
>resources with appropriate caveats (her history is also very poor) or to
>leave it out in order to avoid offending people and/or losing credibility.
>Advise?
>
>Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
>disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
>	"Oh it's all too much, too grim, too lovely, too -- how should
>	I put this? It's general chaos." -- Edward Gorey
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