RECAP (3): Your Ever-So Important Lotus Agarwood

THANK YOU -- a very HUAT session of feeling and tasting agarwood.

So here's what we know by now:

1. You have seen the raw agarwood trees -- that's where your agarwood collections come from.

2. You have seen the HUGE agarwood tree, but that's not agarwood. Only a very, very, very small part might become agarwood. And most of them are either too thin or brittle or simple lack the mass to be made into a pendant or beads.

3. Regardless of how powerful the raw material might be, it is just raw power. Without taming -- 10-20 years of fermentation and maturing, Master Yun's communication with the raw agarwood, carving it into its purpose, and Master Yun's final blessing -- it is of no fengshui use without taming.

4. Agarwood is precious. Earth agarwood, more precious. Sinking agarwood, amazingly precious. But none more precious and powerful than Qinan 奇楠. And despite having the huge agarwood trees, it is only every 2-3 years that we might have a chance to come along raw Qinan. And if fortunate enough, to offer 3-6 pieces of Lotus Qinan pendants. Nothing more.

Agarwood is formed when the agarwood tree (aquilaria species) heals itself from wounds with its resin. The Lotus only goes for the naturally-formed ones, which means the wounds can be from an elephant walking by, lightning strike, insects...the possibilities are endless, the type of viruses and bacteria the agarwood trees are exposed to are endless, and hence the impossible permutations of layers of powers naturally-formed agarwood has.

Qinan, this highest order of agarwood, is formed when the agarwood tree is attacked by extremely lethal virus, comparable to cancer or worse. The healed scab exudes a distinctive and strong scent, bitter and cooling if tasted.

When we are wearing agarwood, we want to be able to able to absorb negative energies and convert them into opportunities. The stronger the virus that the agarwood is born from, the strong is that particular agarwood able to perform this "absorb-convert" function for you.

Many blessed clients have had the good fortune to own a piece (and more) of Lotus agarwood. If you are looking for something powerful, something unique, something top-of-the-order, then, go for Qinan.

While we still have it, that is.

Let's all be geared up for a ground-breaking 2017.

-- Kan Ying Loong, Executive Director