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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Gambia Indian Head Massage

The aim of Indian head massage is to release the stress that has accumulated in the tissues, muscles and joints of the head, face, neck and shoulders.

What does it involve?
The client, fully clothed, sits in a massage chair for the treatment. The therapist uses a range of different movements including application of deep kneading and compression movements over the neck, shoulder and scalp areas. In addition, the therapist will also gently stimulate and stroke pressure points on the face. The session will usually last from twenty to forty-five minutes, and most therapists like their clients to sit quietly for ten or twenty minutes once the massage has been completed.

What is it good for?
Indian head massage is especially good for relieving stress, tension, fatigue, insomnia, headaches, migraine and sinusitis. Clients report that the experience is deeply calming and relaxing, leaving them feeling energised and revitalised and better able to concentrate.
What are the benefits?

Indian head massage helps increase joint mobility and flexibility in the neck and shoulders, improves blood circulation and lymphatic flow, frees knots of muscular tension, relaxes connective tissue, and aids in the elimination of accumulated toxins and waste products. It is particularly good for reducing the effects of stress and tension.

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Gambia Detox Massage

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In combination with a detox diet, a detoxifying massage can help to purge the body of toxins, helping to promote physical and mental well-being. If you’ve decided to detox, a massage will be a great way to get maximum results from your plan, and with regular sessions you can look forward to a stronger immune system, better circulation and less stress!

Hands On
A detox massage is a deep tissue massage focussing on the body’s key detox ‘tools’: our muscles, our lymphatic system and our mind. When these three areas are working to maximum efficiency, toxins like artificial additives, pesticides and other foreign nasties are more easily eliminated, and we’ll feel healthier and happier as a result.

Circulate
Massage of any sort helps to perk up the circulation, sending the blood pumping around the body with renewed vigour. With it go oxygen and the fuel we need to function in the form of nutrients, which are turned into energy once they reach our muscles. Our organs benefit too - improved blood circulation encourages them to do their best work, particularly those concerned with the elimination of toxins.

Body Builder
One of the major ways in which a detox massage can benefit your body is by helping to strengthen and relax your muscles. Detox massage techniques work to put pressure on the muscles, stretching them and stimulating them by alternating the pressure of the massage. Relaxed muscles mean your body’s processes can work more efficiently, and strong muscles help to keep the lymphatic system in tip top condition.

Waste Disposal
The lymphatic system, along with the liver, is responsible for much of the body’s natural detox, acting as our own internal waste disposal unit. Having no natural ‘pump’ of its own, the lymphatic system is dependent on strong muscles, efficient breathing and exercise for its function. An overload of toxins can prevent the lymphatic system from working properly, leading to lethargy or illness, but a detox massage stimulates this clever piece of human engineering into action, so that waste can be eliminated more easily.

Mind Gains
Having a detox massage is a fantastic way of freeing your mind from stress and worry, both of which have physical effects on your body’s capacity to handle waste. Stress and exhaustion can lead to illness as we put our systems under constant pressure to perform, and we can often forget, or struggle to find the time, to take good care of ourselves. Convenience meals eaten on the run, liquid lunches and burning the candle at both ends will leave both mind and body feeling the worse for wear.

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Health Benefits of Massage

Benefits
Holistic Massage provides you with a great opportunity to pay attention to your own needs. It is increasingly recognised that massage can provide a vital contribution to our health as a preventative and complementary therapy. Some of the positive effects from massage therapy can be:-

    * Stress reduction
    * Relief from muscular pain
    * Total relaxation
    * Improved immunity function
    * Improvement in physical and mental fatigue
    * Improvement in toxin elimination
    * Improved circulation
    * Decrease in high blood pressure
    * Improved breathing
    * Improved bowel movement and reduction of IBS symptoms
    * Improved sleep
    * Improved concentration
    * Increased clarity of thought
    * Increased energy levels
    * Improved posture
    * Relief from eye strain, headaches and migraine

Massage can alleviate many physical disorders and can also work with your subtle energy to leave you feeling deeply relaxed and peaceful, or renewed, uplifted and invigorated.

Holistic Massage and bodywork can enable your body to heal and restore its own unique balance and most importantly, allow you to use your positive energy for living life.

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Saturday, November 29, 2008

What is Reflexology?

Reflexology is not the invention of any single person or culture. For nearly 5000 years people have been treated through their feet. It is believed that Reflexology originated in China some 5,000 years ago. It is also believed to have been practiced in Persia, Tibet and India.

In Egypt the tomb of Ankhmahor, physician to the king, has wall carvings dated 2330 BC, which include scenes of pressure massage on the feet. Pressure techniques on the feet have been performed as part of Ayevedic treatments in India for over 5000 years. Chinese Traditional Medicine also incorporates foot massage and zone theory, Eastern philosophies see the individual being as a microcosm of the universe and the feet as a microcosm of the individual being.

It is thought that Indian techniques travelled with Buddhist monks from India to China at the end of the 100’s AD and later through China to Japan. Near Ziaan, in China, a stone carving of Buddha’s footprint was preserved in a Buddhist temple. The carving is identical to footprints in India and Japan.

Reflexology is a deeply relaxing and re-energising therapy. It is based on the principle that the feet form a mini-map of the body where all body systems can be accessed.

Congestion or tension in any part of the foot is held in the bone, soft tissue and fluids. By applying pressure to reflex points located in the feet (in some case the hands) crystalline deposits and tension can be dispersed relating to corresponding body tissues. The musculo-skeletal system relaxes, organs and glands are stimulated, and the blood and lymph circulation are improved so that released toxins can be eliminated, thus encouraging the body to heal itself.

Reflexology can help you to cope with stress on a physical, mental and emotional level. Energy is cleared from body tissues enabling the release of “negative energy”. Physical toxins and mental and emotional energy held in the body’s tissues can therefore be cleared. It works to restore health to the entire being. Anyone can benefit from the clearing brought about by a Reflexology treatment.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Awa;s Essential Oils Guide

A smell can bring on a flood of memories, influence people's moods and even affect their work performance. Because the olfactory bulb is part of the brain's limbic system, an area so closely associated with memory and feeling it's sometimes called the "emotional brain," smell can call up memories and powerful responses almost instantaneously.

That is one of the beauties of Aroma Therapy it transcends all boundaries.

Lavender

Lavender Uses: Acne, allergies, anxiety, asthma, athlete's foot, bruises, burns, chicken pox, colic, cuts, cystitis, depression, dermatitis, dysmenorrheal, earache, flatulence, headache, hypertension, insect bites, insect repellant, itching, labor pains, migraine, oily skin, rheumatism, scabies, scars, sores, sprains, strains, stress, stretch marks, vertigo, whooping cough.

Mints

Mints were well known to the ancients: from hieroglyphics dedicated to the god Horus in the temple of Edfu, we learn that mint was used in a ritual perfume. There are several references to mint in the Bible, and in Greek and Roman mythology and poetry.
In illness and beauty

The essential oil is good for the nervous system, acting as a regulator and sedative; menthol is well known as a cardiac tonic in pharmaceutical preparations.
It is a good blood cleanser, because it is antiseptic and antibacterial.

Sandalwood

Sandalwood has a long history. It is mentioned in old Sanskrit and Chinese manuscripts: the oil was used in religious ritual, and many deities and temples were carved from its wood. The Ancient Egyptians imported the wood, and used it in medicine, embalming and ritual, burning it to venerate the gods; they also carved fine art objects from it. The Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of holistic medicine, recommended sandalwood for its tonic, astringent and anti-febrile properties; a powder made into paste was used for skin inflammations, abscesses and tumours.

Sandalwood oil is still one of the main remedies used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine. Asians and Arabs use it in self-treatment for a great number of diseases. In Europe, it mostly features in perfumery and soap, and it once had a major role in aromatherapy. In therapy it was often associated with other oils such as baumes de perou or tolu, or cajuput or chamomile, and applied externally to skin inflammations such as those caused by allergy or eczema, or to abscesses and cracked and chapped skin. It was also very relaxing, and could help meditation.

Patchouli

The antiseptic properties of patchouli were studied in 1922 by Gatti and Cayola, by Sarbach in 1962, and by many other well-known scientists. It is recommended for many skin conditions: allergies, herpes, impetigo, bed sores, burns, cracked skin, haemorrhoids, acne, seborrhoea and eczema. It acts as a bactericide and can help rejuvenate the skin.

Cypress
Cypress was known to the Ancient Egyptians; many different papyri record its medicinal uses, and sarcophagi were made from the wood. The Ancient Greeks dedicated the cypress tree to Pluto, god of the underworld thus the frequency of the trees in cemeteries. Hippocrates recommended cypress for severe cases of haemorrhoids with bleeding. Cypress acts as a vaso-constrictor, and should be prescribed for all circulatory problems like varicose veins and haemorrhoids.

Rosemary
Rosemary is probably one of the best known and most used of aromatic herbs. The Ancient Egyptians favoured it, and traces of it have been found in First Dynasty tombs. To the Greeks and Romans it was a sacred plant, and Horace, the Roman poet, composed odes to its magic properties. Rosemary has been used medicinally for centuries. Theophrastus and Dioscorides recommended it as a powerful remedy for stomach and liver problems; Hippocrates, the 'Father of Medicine', said rosemary should be cooked with vegetables to help overcome liver and spleen disorders, and Galen too prescribed it for liver infections, particularly jaundice.

Pine
Pine is very efficient for pulmonary problems and as a sudorific. Thus it is particularly good for treating 'flu and other virus infections.
In 1933 the British Medical Journal reported that the oil was a powerful disinfectant, non-poisonous and non-irritant, and in 1930 the Australian Medical Journal reported astounding results gained in general practice, ranging from rapid healing of septic wounds to scar regeneration.

The oil also has an application in burn treatment, gynaecological conditions such as trichomonal vaginitis, skin ailments and ear, nose, throat and mouth infections. The potential use of tea tree oil could extend to baby care, hospital, dental and domestic products, and veterinary medicine

Oranges
The therapeutic values of oranges and their various oils were first men¬tioned by the Arabs. In France, these values do not seem to have been appreciated until about the sixteenth century, as the fruit was rare and therefore expensive. Called 'pommes d'orange' at first, they were viewed as luxuries and given as sumptuous gifts for Christmas and the New Year. By the eighteenth century, however, oranges were recorded as remedies for epileptic fits, melancholia, heart problems, asthma, colic, seasickness, labour pains and nervous illnesses of all sorts.

The raw fruits contain a multitude of healthy properties. They are rich in a particular bioflavoid complex (sometimes known as vitamin P), which fortifies the capillaries and vascular system and in B vitamins and vitamin C. The latter is the most famous health constituent, but only 25 per cent of it is actually in the flesh and juice, and there is more in the peel and pith. The natural sugars of the orange are good for athletes and diabetics. Oranges also contain calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulphur, a little copper, iron, and zinc, and traces of bromine and manganese.

Juniper

Juniper berries were known to the Ancients. They were found in prehistoric Swiss lake dwellings, and mentioned in Egyptian papyri. They were burned in ancient Greece to combat epidemics - as was the wood rather more recently, in French hospitals during the smallpox epidemic of 1870. The Romans also used it as a strong antiseptic; and in cooking, they flavoured with juniper berries instead of the rare and expensive pepper.

Pliny and Galen favoured juniper berries, especially for liver complaints, and recommended it instead of pepper for heavy eaters.In the Middle Ages, juniper was considered a panacea for headaches and kidney and bladder problems. St Hildegarde prescribed it for pul¬monary infections if crushed in a hot bath, and for high temperatures, advice echoed later by the School of Salerno. In Britain, juniper berries were considered more magical than medicinal: sprays of berries hung on doors kept witches away on May Eve; smoke from a juniper wood fire kept demons away, and an infusion of the berries was thought to restore lost youth. The principal properties of the oil are anti-rheumatic, antiseptic, depura¬tive, diuretic, emmenagogic, stomachic, carminative, sudorific and tonic. Used externally, it is a parasiticide.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Avicenna Father of Aromatherapy

Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980-1037) is one of the foremost philosophers of the golden age of Islamic tradition that also includes al-Farabi and Ibn Rushd. He is also known as al-Sheikh al-Rais (Leader among the wise men) a title that was given to him by his students. His philosophical works were one of the main targets of al-Ghazali’s attack on philosophical influences in Islam. In the west he is also known as the "Prince of Physicians" for his famous medical text al-Qanun "Canon". In Latin translations, his works influenced many Christian philosophers, most notably Thomas Aquinas.

Avicenna who was known as the "prince of physicians" became a popular figure as a doctor and philosopher in the West mainly through his books The Canon of Medicine and the Book of Healing.

The Canon of Medicine served for 600 years as a standard medical textbook in major centres of learning throughout Europe and the East, and is known as the most important and enduring single medical book ever written. The monumental work contains more than one million words. In this encyclopaedic work Avicenna brings together all the medical and pharmaceutical knowledge that had gone before him and discusses them systematically.

Avicenna writes within the Western tradition of medicine, following the teachings of Hippocrates and Galen. His other great work is the Book of Healing. The book gathers all the theoretical and practical knowledge, like mathematics, metaphysics, psychology, natural sciences and logic and presents them in a single unified, up-to-date bibliograph. Avicenna left more than 250 treaties and is considered as one of the major interpreters of Aristotles to the Western world.

Many of us perhaps associate learning or producing high quality work with certain degree of stability and comfort, against a backdrop of a free society, where our liberated audience spur us on. Well, for Avicenna neither was much the case. On the contrary, he was hunted down, imprisoned, ridiculed, accused of heresy and driven out of places. Yet he produced, strengthened, and expanded human knowledge in spite of his troubled life.

What we know of Avicenna's life come to us mainly through his own autobiographical writing and a biographical account of Juzjani, his pupil, personal assistant and a life time companion. It is also possible to examine his life by looking at the political and religious atmosphere of his time, where he found himself in the centre of, either directly as a political figure, or indirectly as an intellectual physician who influenced the political elite. However, it is hard to infiltrate at any deep level into his personality. This is probably more due to the fact that he lived in an era where he had to hide his personal thoughts and beliefs.

Avicenna was born in Afshana a village near Bukhara. After a few years his family moved to Bukhara, in today's Uzbekistan. The city of Bukhara was a glittering cosmopolitan capital, drawing to itself people of wealth, power and knowledge. His reputation as a doctor spread quickly to the courts of Samanid ruler, Nuh ibn Mansur, whom summoned him to serve at his royal palace. By the age of 18 he became the official physician of the Samanid monarch.

Samanids (A.D 819-999) had established themselves as the first autonomous Islamic/ Iranian rulers and favoured and supported Persian arts. It was during this period that Persian cultural renaissance began, flourished and was cut short, by the invading Turks from Central Asia.

At the cultured Samanid's castle, Avicenna was stunned by their royal library and its rich collection of books. He said in his own words "I saw books whose very names are as yet unknown to me, many-works which I had never seen before and have not seen since. I read these books taking notes of their contents." He avidly imbibed whatever books he could get his hands on, until the library was destroyed by fire. The fire which he was accused of causing, indicates that he was not a very popular person among some court officials.

But the young Avicenna was not intimidated by his enemies for he enjoyed a good degree of freedom and support within the Samanid family whose ailments, be it physical or psychological, he treated successfully. And later when his father died he replaced him as the governor of Karmaytan and must have experienced some administrative power and influence within the political life of his land.

It is not long before Avicenna's life begins to take on an entirely different course. The Turkish tribes had begun to unite and expand under a new powerful chieftain, Qarakhanids. The Samanids who had given some limited power to the leaders of their Turkish populated provinces in the past, now fear the most, and are not sure whether they could withstand their ravenous appetite for more land and power. To safeguard their top scientists, some of whom came from other religious affiliation, including Avicenna himself, whose father was an Ismaili, they asked them to leave and head to Gorganj where a small Iranian dynasty ruled.

They accepted the Samanid's solicitous advice and fled to Gorganj, in Karazm where they were received cordially and await the fate of their Samanid rulers from a safe distance The Samanids capital, Bukhara meanwhile, is captured and the Samanids flee. The fall of Bukhara marked the beginning of Avicenna's wanderings and the start of the Ghaznavid imperial expansion, where eventually they came to rule all of Persia and beyond.

When the Ghaznavid found out that these men have taken refuge in Gorganj they demand that they all join their entourage in their new powerful realm but Masihi (a Christian doctor) and Avicenna refused. Although all the other intellectual men joined the Ghaznavid's court, mainly fearing for their lives if they did not, Avicenna deliberately avoided any Turkish patronage throughout his life. Berouni who stayed under their patronage, or better say surveillance, compiled a book called, "A Warning against the Turks".

Avicenna and Masihi fled to Gurgan, near the Caspian Sea, hoping to seek asylum in the local Persian dynasty, with king Qabus who was renowned for his passion for science and philosophy. On their way to Gurgan they get caught in a violent storm and Masihi, Avicenna's friend, teacher and mentor, dies. Masihi was a remarkable man who's 12 volumes medical books is mentioned by Berouni and were widely used throughout Persia. Avicenna with him shared the greatest and probably the only close fellowship.

By the time Avicenna departed from Gorganj he had compiled Compendium, Import and Substance (in 20 Volumes) Good Work and Evil ( on ethics).

On his arrival in Gurgan, he finds king Qabus, his beacon of hope, has been captured by another rival to his throne and has died in prison. Avicenna is deeply saddened, for his main purpose for coming to Gurgan was to be under the patronage of king Qabus.

In Gurgan however, he found an influential friend and remained there for a while. But once again he sets out to leave, this time to Rayy. During the time he stayed in Gurgan he composed, The Middle Summary, The Beginning and the Return, The General observations, Summary of the Almagest, and the first part of The Canon of Medicine.

Why he decided to go to Rayy is not very clear. He only says "out of necessity". Was it because Sultan Mahmud was still after him and he wanted to distance himself further and live and work under a more powerful Iranian king? Or was it that in a small town of Gurgan he felt confined and restricted or even bored as an intellectual?

The fact that he chose to go to Rayy might shed some light on his decision. Rayy was a city with more than 4000 years of history mostly rooted in his ancient Persian past. It was a place linked directly with Zoroaster himself and was one of the 12 sacred places created by Ahura Mazda.

Rayy was a thriving city, rivalling Baghdad and Damascus in its size, learning centres and physical beauty. And was ruled by one of the Buiyds, an Iranian dynasty. In Rayy, there were people of his calibre, like Razi, a leading alchemist and doctor. Rayy could have enticed him in more ways than one and to go there must have satisfied his own personal desire, and sense of adventure.

When he arrived in Rayy, he finds that king Fakhr el-Dowlleh was dead and his widow, Saiyyida was ruling the province. He is apparently well received by her and instead he offered his services to her household. Once again it's hard to say whether the services he offered were purely medical, or whether it was political as well.

Rayy, politically, was in a vulnerable state. From one side, the Ghaznavids had their eyes on it and from the other, the son of Fakhr el-Dowleh was refused the throne by her mother and there were other rivals to the throne as well. There is no evidence that he was directly involved in any political activity. However, when he later leaves Rayy for Hamedan we shall see that the political Avicenna surfaces there.

It is easy to take for granted that Avicenna enjoyed his intellectual interlocution with others in Rayy. The leading intellectuals in Rayy were also alchemists and Avicenna was an anti alchemist philosopher and wrote treaties against it. Razi, for example was also a Persian who had returned from Baghdad to live and work in Rayy. He had set up a medical clinic and lectured at the university. Razi wrote approximately 100 medical books. His most famous book is on Smallpox and Measles. The book was translated into English, Latin and other languages and in a period of some 400 years.

Razi was considered the greatest clinical physician of his time and was also an accomplished musician, poet and singer. He was also known for his fearlessness in expressing his philosophical views. He used to call Socrates as his Imam; a blasphemy to the religious establishment of his day. And like Avicenna, Razi held the Hellenic philosophers in high regard, risking backlash from the mainstream Islamic establishment. They met and exchanged ideas, but it was their philosophical stance on alchemy that separated them.

Just over two years living in Rayy, the city is attacked by one of the sons of the Fakhr el-Dowleh, Mad el-Dowleh and captured. Avicenna once again is resolute to move to Hamedan, where another Buiyd prince ruled. It's not again clear why he does not stay in Rayy. Like Razi he had established a successful medical practice and perhaps even could have kept his link with the new king.

Other intellectuals seemed to enjoy a good degree of freedom and made Rayy their home, so why not Avicenna? Was it because that his close relationship with Saiyyida and her son was more than just a family doctor and he advised them on the affairs of the state as well and played some political role that could have put his life in danger under the new kingship? Or was he disillusioned with the city, finding there no continuity in his ancient Persian past and was determined to find another dynasty like the Samanid who would revive the Persian renaissance; with him as the central figure?

When Avicenna arrived in Hamedan he did not go to the king's court, as he did in Rayy. He settled down in a modest house in the outskirts of town. However, the news about his arrival quickly filled the city . When the king came down with colic he sent after him for professional a visit. Avicenna successfully treats Shams el-Dowleh and is invited to stay at the king's resident. Not long after his stay he is offered by the king to take on the position of vizier.

But the army did not approve. For the army this new man on the block, ascended perhaps too quickly to the second most powerful position in the state. Avicenna once again is forced to go to hiding fearing for his safety. While he in hiding, the king is struck by colic for the second time and Avicenna is summoned again to treat him. This time when the king was cured he used his power to subdue the army and again appoints Avicenna as the vizier. Avicenna quickly proved his worth as a diligent administrator and conciliated the army generals with his knowledge and skills in all manners of state affairs, particularly of military kind.

Avicenna's political position did not necessary guarantee him a protected life he was after; a life dedicated more to intellectual pursuits. However, by then, Avicenna must have realised that it was inevitable not to play a role in politics. After all it was political instability that had driven him from one place to another and made a gipsy out of him. And undoubtedly a politically sound government could have insured him security, power, prestige and respect, so he could continue to fulfil his destiny as a scientist and an intellectual in the shadow of his other personality, Avicenna the vizier.

Avicenna's schedule in Hamedan as one could imagine was tight. He had to run the affairs of the state during day, entertain people and spend time with his king. The only time for him left was at night where he gathered his students and got them to read his works and dictate new passages to them. These sessions were usually rounded by live music and wine.

Once again Avicenna's stable lifestyle as the most senior public servant start to get unpredictable after the king's death. When the army expresses its wish to the new king (Shams el-Dowleh's son) for Avicenna to carry on as the vizier, Avicenna for some reason refuses and goes into hiding and enters into a secret correspondence with Ala el-Dowleh, the Buiyd king of Isfahan. It is fair to say that Avicenna was not happy to continue as vizier because his intellectual pursuits had to be neglected for the sake of state's affairs. And this is not what he came to Hamedan for.

When the information of his communication with the Isfahan ruler is divulged, a warrant for his arrest is issued under the suspicions of treachery. After they discovered his where about he is apprehended and put under the house arrest. While imprisoned Avicenna did not cease to work and completed two works, The Book of Guidance and The Treatise of Living.

During this period Avicenna also wrote some poetry in his native Persian, to ease the pain of lonely and cold nights of his captivity.

After some four months as a prisoner, Hamedan is attacked and captured by Ala el- Dowleh. Avicenna is freed but still refused to take back his old prestigious position. When the defeated king is reinstated and Ala el-Dowleh returned to his stronghold in Isfahan, Avicenna along with Juzjani, his brother and two slaves disguising as Sufis leave the city for Isfahan.

Avicenna stayed in Hamedan for about nine years (1015-1024). There he wrote The Book of Guidance, The Treatise of living, The Son of The Vigilant, The Book of Colic, and the Cardiac Remedies. And sections of the The Canon and The Book of Healing.

Obviously he was not interested in the position of vizier again. He saw his mission clearly as an intellectual and is determined to leave his mark as one. He had learned that Ala el-Dowleh is a man that loved sciences and respect and support people like himself. Avicenna as a doctor and as vizier received respects but as an intellectual, except the short period at the Samanid courts, hardly did. He did not, however, give up the search for that ideal patronage where he would receive the respect he truly deserved, as who he really was; a superb intellectual, who was miles ahead of his time.

When Avicenna entered Isfahan, he also entered into the last phase of his life. Ala el-Dowleh who had set him free from prison in Hamedan received him with open arms. He gave him a large house with the most eloquent of furniture to reside in and arranged regular philosophical discussions at his palace, inviting all the learned men of his kingdom to take part. Avicenna must have realised here that his gamble of wandering finally has paid off and at last he had found his ideal patronage under Ala el-Dowleh. Avicenna at once sets out to complete The Canon and The Book of Healing.

It is only in Isfahan that he reached his ideal lifestyle. The king freed him from any matters of state and encouraged him to do as he pleased. And in an introduction to one of his books he expresses his contentment of his condition, and praises king Ala el-Dowleh who granted him his every wish.

Avicenna's restless life is also reflective of the most turbulent and exciting period of Persian history. The Abbassid caliphs in Baghdad seek supremacy over Shiism and Ismailism, and with their new, strong champions the Ghaznavids, they eradicated any non Sunnies elements over their Islamic Empire. After the fall of Rayy and other important Buiyd's capitals, all the adherents of these sects were severely persecuted and a restrict Sunnie faith reigned supreme all over the Abbasid empire with Baghdad as its political and religious centre.

Avicenna did not profess his faith in any particular religion, although he was suspected to be an Ismaili. He nenver married and died at the age of 58.

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