Machine generated contents note: chapter 1 Besmeared with Sandalwood -- Context, Culture, and Consciousness of Aromatic Healing in the Life of a 19th-Century Hindu Saint -- chapter 2 Shamanic Aspects in the Journey of Job -- Healer as Hero -- chapter 3 To Neem or Not -- On the Benefits of Ambivalence and the Worship of the Hindu Smallpox Goddess Sitala Mata -- chapter 4 Fragrance of Terebinth -- Fresh Look at the Ancient Akedah -- chapter 5 Creating Presence -- Holy Basil (Tulsi) and Hindu Devotional Performance -- chapter 6 In "Memory of Her" -- Healing with Spikenard in Biblical Times -- chapter 7 Scent of Jasmine -- Spanning the Divide between Epilepsy as Disability or as Extraordinary Experience through Cultural Context.