Indian Sandalwood
• Predominant energy / excess: Yang
• Notable Characteristic: Base / Root
• Governing planet: Jupiter
• Corresponding Chakra: 2° Chakra
• Source of Oil: Wood
• Emotional benefits / properties:
Sandalwood oil has the extraordinary capacity to reduce aggressiveness and violent instincts.
It relaxes without equal. Therefore it is a poor fit for impassive, sedentary persons.
Its oriental aroma and warmth softens us, helping us to understand and find serenity. All of this works to our advantage in relationships. A drop of Sandalwood oil on the third eye helps to reduce hunger and thirst.
It awakens Kundalini energy, stimulating sexual activity. This quality is confirmed by numerous modern studies which have discovered a notable olfactory resemblance between Sandalwood and androsterone, the hormone contained in male sweat (and which is chemically quite similar to testosterone).
Sandalwood oil elevates us spiritually, balancing opposing qualities and facilitating the exchange of energy among the different energy channels, the chakras.