Introduction to Incense
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Welcome to the Incense Page. This is a basic introduction into making your own cone incense. You can find more information regarding the uses and meanings of Incense in the Magical Tools section of this site. Also, if you don't know what a certain herb is, please refer to the Herb Library page and simply type the name of the herb in the search box. Check back often as more recipies are added.
Cone Incense Base
6 parts ground Charcoal (not self-igniting)
1 part ground Benzoin
2 parts ground Sandalwood
1 part ground Orris root (this "fixes" the scent)
6 drops essential oil (use the oil form of one of the ingredients in the incense)
2 to 4 parts mixed empowered incense
Mix the first four ingredients until all are well blended. Add the drops of essential oil and mix again with your hands. The goal is to create a powdered mixture with a fine texture. If you wish, run the mixture through a grinder or the mortar again until it is satisfactory.
Add 2 to 4 parts of the completed and empowered incense mixture. Combine this well with your hands. The using a small kitchen scale add 10% Potassium Nitrate. Mix this until the white powder is thoroughly blended. Saltpeter should not constitute for more then 10% of the completed bulk of the incense. If anymore is added, it will burn too fast, to slow or it may not burn at all.
Next add the tragacanth glue. Do this a teaspoon at a time, mixing in your hands in a large bowl until all the ingredients are wetted. You'll need a very stiff dough-like texture. The mixture should mold easily and hold its shape.
On a piece of waxed paper, shape the mixture into basic cone shapes, exactly like the ones you've probably bought. If this form isn't used the incense might not properly burn. When you've made up your cone incense, let it dry for 2 to 7 days in a warm place. Your incense is finished!
Here are some basic recipes. I will post more as time progresses.
Universal Incense
3 parts Frankincense
2 parts benzoin
1 part Myrrh
1 part Sandalwood
1 part Rosemary
Burn for all positive magickal purposes. If this formula is used for negative magickal goals, the incense will cancel out the spell or ritual.
Wealth Incense
1 part Nutmeg
1 part Pepperwort
1 pinch Saffron
Burn to attract wealth.
Love Incense
2 parts Sandalwood
1/2 part Basil
1/2 part Bergamot
A few drops of Rose Oil
A few drops of Lavender oil
Burn to attract love, strengthen the love you have, and to expand your ability to give and to receive love.
Introduction to Oils
Welcome to the Essential Oils portion of the website. Here you will find a brief description on oils, how to blend your own Essential Oils and a few recipes to get you started. This page will be one of my "Frequently Updated" sections as well. I will add a more in depth history of the uses of oils and many more recipes. So check back soon!
It has become quite popular to use essential oils for magickal purposes. Blends such as Controlling Oil and Come to Me Essence are in daily use by many practitioners of Voodoo-Flavored folk magick.
Such practices, often thought of as ancient, do indeed date back thousands of years in one form or another; but not until recently were the array of true and synthetic botanical oils available for ritual purposes.
Many people say that they want to make their own oils. Unfortunately this is a difficult process. Why? Here are a few reasons:
It requires a large investment in equipment. Most of this must be specially adapted for this purpose. Condensers, fractionating columns and other exotica are necessary and expensive.
It requires a large amount of fresh plant materials. Do you have a couple hundred pounds of, say, fresh tuberose petals? Additionally, the petals, leaves or roots must be of the appropriate species. For example, the best rose oils are created from the "old world" varieties, which are rarely available in large quantities.
The process must be carefully carried out to exacting standards. If just one step is missed or overlooked-if, perhaps, the temperature reaches and inappropriate high or low-the oil will be of lesser quality.
Often results aren't worth the investment of time and money. Homemade carnation oil certainly won't smell like carnations. There are a few plant oils that can be extracted at home without much difficulty. For the rest, simply buy and blend high quality oils for ritual use.
Blending Oils
There's no magick secret for blending and mixing magickal oils. Here's the basic method:
Assemble the essential oils (an bouquets) called for in the recipe.
In a clean, sterilized glass jar, add 1/8 cup of one of the following vegetable oils.
Safflower Sunflower Coconut Apricot Kernel Almond Hazelnut Grapeseed Jojoba
Jojoba is the best to use because it isn't truly and oil but a liquid form of wax, it never becomes rancid and can be kept for longer periods of time
Using an eye dropper or the convenient single drop dispenser found on virtually every bottle of true essential oil, add the essential oils in the proportions recommended in the recipes found on the next page.
Swirl the essential oils into the base, don't stir. Gently rotate the oil clockwise.
Finally, store all the oils away from heat, light and moisture (not in the bathroom) in air-tight, opaque or dark-colored glass bottles. Label and keep for use.
Oil Recipes
Here are a few recipes that may come in handy. Check back often for new recipes and other updates. If you need an oil recipe, email me. I'll not only add it to the site, but I will also directly email you the recipe you requested.
Altar Oil
4 drops Frankincense
2 drops Myrrh
1 drop Cedar
Anoint the altar with this oil at regular intervals, calling your Diety (Dieties) to watch over it.
Courage Oil
3 drops Ginger
1 drop Black Pepper
1 drop Clove
Wear to increase your courage, especially before being introduced to people, public speaking and other nerve-wracking situations.
Healing Oil
4 drops Rosemary
2 drops Juniper
1 drop Sandalwood
Wear to speed healing.
