>Hi, Francois,
> I don't recall seeing many postings in response to your query. I
>don't know if this exactly helps you but there was a prayer in the
>old Latin mass, for when incense was used, which has some bearing on it.
>"Per intercessionem beati Michaelis Archangeli, stantis a dexteris
>altaris incensi, et omnium electorum suorum, incensum istud
>dignetur Dominus benedicere, et in odorem suavitatis accipere."
> It doesn't actually say that either Michael or the Lord experienced
>the physical sensation of smell but it implies some equivalent of that.
> Cheers,
> Martin
It's not directly related, but maybe of some interest interest:
MELONI Pietro
Il profumo dell'immortalita\. L'interpretazione patristica
di Cantico 1,3. Roma: Studium, 1975 (= Verba Seniorum, n.s.,
7), xi+406 pp.
Otfried
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