Uses for Dr Bronner soap?
Also, by buying this soap, I’m not supporting some hippie cult right? Some of the text on the bottle scares me a little 🙂 From what I understand, the text on the bottles was placed there by the original Dr. Bronner, who was more of an eccentric than anything else. There’s actually a sad story which, according to my hunch, kind of explains his mindset a little — he was the son of Jewish soapmakers in Germany, and was in his late teens-early 20’s during the 1930’s, and kept getting uneasy about the growing strength of the 3rd Reich. He kept on urging his parents to emigrate with him, but they refused; he finally got out himself, telling his parents where he was going and urging them to follow if things got bad. They kept insisting as he was leaving that they’d be fine. …But then in 1938, Bronner got a postcard from his parents that only said, “Dear Son: You were right.” He never heard from his parents again. …I think he kind of got a little unhinged for a while as a result. But he
