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Originally Posted by Old Soul  I was wondering if anyone here has experienced olfactory hallucinations, linking directly to any "psychic" experiences? of any type , if so I would love to know of some...
here is one deffention of this :
Olfactory aura symptoms
"Parosmia involves a distortion of the sense of smell -- the affected person reports smelling something other than the scent which is present -- for example, the person sniffs a banana but it smells like rotting flesh instead of a banana. Phantosmia involves olfactory hallucinations -- that is, there is no odorant present, but the affected person reports smelling something, usually something unpleasant."
I had an experience one day , there were no flowers in bloom as of yet, no buds on the trees and I was taken back by a strong smell of flowers and in that moment a wonderful memory of my mother,
but it was like I was in that memory in that moment all over again, I could feel her and smell her scent , all my emotions all of my being was taken into that experience
has anyone else had this? I refuse to believe that is just symptomatic of a mental illness , I think there is much more to it |
It's been noted before that saints and mystics often give off an amazingly sweet smelling floral scent when they appear to people. So your mother coming to you from the 'great beyond' could be the same thing, the same experience.
Also, when out in nature, I've noticed tree's and bushes often greet me with a very strong scent as I pass by them, this only happens once, and always catches me by surprize. When I go back past the tree or bush to try to re-experience the wonderful scent, it's not there, it's like a one shot deal. I read about tree's greeting people like this in a book, I didn't figure it out myself, it mystified me for years, when I finally found out I was like "so that's what that scent was?!?!"