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prefatory notes on washing and anointing of the feet

to inform ritual, look to 1 Samuel 25:41, John 12:3, and Song of Songs 1:12-14, as well as Song of Songs 4:13. the first two relate to the intersection of women (Abigail and Mary of Bethany) performing footwashing as a form of service. look to the later two for how to inform anointment.

stepwise, i think we are looking at:

draw the footbath;
add whatever supplements to the water (e.g. epsom salts, rose petals);
dry with linen towel (or symbolically, your hair);
anoint feet with hands, including massage.

components of anointing oil

generally look to the work of cat yronwode as a good reference for herbs, etc. while mercantile see [7], and maybe look at thelemapedia [8] to dig into perfumes. in all, thes are fairly love-oriented, but we want a good base and we want positive and not forced guidance. (i'm RHP!)

spikenard: love or commitment oriented (compare with civet or other musks in thelema)
myrrh: healing, purification, protection, romance
henna: perhaps as a sigil expression medium? [2] presumes using as a form of ink, though.
frankincense: "strengthen" by way of reference to holy oil(s) [3]; corresponds to Tiphareth [9]
saffron: love, strength, etc. [4]
cinnamon: business and money (meh) but also love and protection.
aloe: stops evil talk. again, may want to exclude as RHP. but in thelema/qabalah, corresponds to the Path of Lamed, associated with the Justice card in tarot. [5], [6]

requiring careful consideration:

calamus: in hoodoo, calamus is used for control and domination (see [1]) so if we're going RHP in ritual we may want to avoid it or using it extremely sparingly. it's also toxic to ingest. mathers substituted calamus with galangal in his version of oil of abramelin. [10]
pomegrante: associated with the Path of Yod [11] indirectly (cf. image of the Yod decan). consider avoiding through connection to the underworld (cf. Persephone) yet also consider including because of links to the Eleusinian Mysteries. yronwode notes that pomegranates are often used in an offering to Shango. [12]

1 Samuel 25:41

וַתָּקָם וַתִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַפַּיִם אָרְצָה וַתֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אֲמָתְךָ לְשִׁפְחָה לִרְחֹץ רַגְלֵי עַבְדֵי אֲדֹנִי = 4406

[And she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth and said Behold let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord = 7188]

gematric parallels of 4406:

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ תֹֽאֲמִים֮ מִלְּמַטָּה֒ וְיַחְדָּ֗ו יִהְי֤וּ תַמִּים֙ עַל־ רֹאשֹׁ֔ו אֶל־ הַטַּבַּ֖עַת הָאֶחָ֑ת כֵּ֚ן יִהְיֶ֣ה לִשְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם לִשְׁנֵ֥י הַמִּקְצֹעֹ֖ת יִהְיֽוּ׃ (= And they shall be coupled together beneath and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring thus shall it be for them both they shall be for the two corners; Exodus 26:24)

"their world is connected with your world"

John 12:3

ἡ οὖν Μαριὰμ λαβοῦσα λίτραν μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτίμου ἤλειψεν τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἐξέμαξεν ταῖς θριξὶν αὐτῆς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ· ἡ δὲ οἰκία ἐπληρώθη ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς τοῦ μύρου. = 17640

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Song of Songs 1:12-14

[12]: עד־שהמלך במסבו נרדי נתן ריחו׃ = 1567 (While the King sitteth at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.)

[13]: צרור המר ׀ דודי לי בין שדי ילין׃ = 1281 (A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.)

[14]: אשכל הכפר ׀ דודי לי בכרמי עין גדי׃ ס = 1139 (My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire [henna blossoms] in the vineyards of Engedi.)

total 3957

Song of Songs 4:13-14

[13]: שלחיך פרדס רמונים עם פרי מגדים כפרים עם־נרדים׃ = 2319 (Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire [henna], with spikenard)

[14]: נרד ׀ וכרכם קנה וקנמון עם כל־עצי לבונה מר ואהלות עם כל־ראשי בשמים׃ = 2222 (Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:)

total 4541

links

[1] calamus root questions and answers

[2] seals of solomon and moses questions and answers

[3] frankincense oil questions and answers

[4] novice's grimoire: saffron

[5] thelemapedia: the path of lamed

[6] The Path of Lamed

[7] avraham aromatherapy: kabbalistic "sefirot" blends

[8] thelemapedia: tree of life:perfumes

[9] thelemapedia: tiphareth

[10] thelemapedia: oil of abremalin

[11] thelemapedia: path of yod

[12] chango macho