Nose

Clearing of analogy for spiritual purging

"Yea, to the beetle a sweet fragrance seemeth foul, and to the man sick of a rheum a pleasant perfume is as naught. Wherefore, it hath been said for the guidance of the ignorant:

Cleanse thou the rheum from out thine head

And breathe the breath of God instead.[The Mathnaví.]

(Bahá'u'lláh, Seven Valleys, p. 20)

To clean

"...snuff up water through the nostrils..."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 28)

See also

• Fragrance
• Odor
• Anatomy