When the Room Smells Like a 70-Year-Old Man… and You’re Alone

(English)
Once I read about something called smell hallucinations, and I remember thinking:
“What in the holy hole is that supposed to mean?”
You’re walking around your house. It’s midnight. Silence. No one there.
And suddenly…
You smell something.
Not just anything.
You smell a very specific presence.
Like… a man in his 70s.
Slightly oily clothes.
A hint of cigarette smoke.
And somehow—don’t ask me how—you know he eats leverpostej.
And you’re standing there like:
“Excuse me… WHO is in my living room?”
But the house is empty.
Now, science would gently step in and say:
“Ah yes, that’s called a smell hallucination. Your brain is recreating sensory input based on memory.”
Fair enough.
But here’s where I pause… and smile a little.
Because—how exactly is your brain recreating something you’ve never consciously experienced?
How do you know this imaginary man worked in an oil factory in his younger days?
Why does the smell feel so… specific, alive, almost like it has a story?
And here comes the important part:
Science calls it a theory.
Not truth. Not final answer. A theory.
Based on limited studies, often with small groups of participants, under controlled conditions.
Which is useful—yes.
But also… incomplete.
Sometimes, when something cannot yet be explained, we give it a name so we can feel safe around it.
“Hallucination” is one of those names.
But what if…
just sometimes…
we are not hallucinating?
What if we are sensing?
 The Part We Forgot
We live in a time where we trust what can be measured.
But not everything meaningful fits into a measurement.
Energy doesn’t always ask for permission from science before it moves.
And as humans—we are not just biological machines.
We are sensing, intuitive, energetic beings.
So when something appears—like a smell in an empty room—
maybe the question is not:
“Is this real?”
But rather:
“What am I picking up on?”
易 Brain vs. Being
Yes, the brain stores memories.
Yes, it can recreate sensations.
But here’s the twist:
What if your brain is not creating the experience…
but translating something your system is already receiving?
In my own experience with energy readings, I often sense things about people—
their health, their past, their relationships—without prior knowledge.
And people ask:
“How could you possibly know that?”
Good question.
Because I don’t “know” it the way the brain knows facts.
I receive it.
And then the brain tries to organize it into something understandable.
So what we call “hallucination”…
might sometimes be interpretation.
⚡ When You Feel Too Much
I remember when I worked in a school.
My manager would sometimes ask me for a neck massage.
And while doing it, I could feel waves—like frequencies—moving through me.
If I didn’t block them, they would overwhelm me.
I would suddenly know things about her.
Things she hadn’t told me.
Things I couldn’t logically explain.
It happened so often that I had to step away sometimes, just to breathe.
Eventually, I learned how to shut it down.
But here’s the paradox:
When you shut down the overwhelm…
you also quiet the magic.
 So What Do We Do With This?
We don’t need to reject science.
But we also don’t need to shrink ourselves to fit inside it.
Both can exist.
Science explores.
You experience.
And sometimes—your experience comes first.
So next time you’re alone in your house…
and suddenly it smells like someone else is there—
Instead of panicking…
Maybe just say:
“Alright… what am I tuning into right now?”
✨ And on That Note…
I feel ready to open this part of myself again.
From April 1st, I will start doing energy readings live.
Now I’m curious:
Should we do them on Instagram or Facebook?
TikTok will stay as usual Monday to Thursday from 19:00–21:00 (Danish time).
Let me know where you feel the energy flows best.

Artemis Solluna