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Basic Incense and Their Uses

Types of Incense:

• Sandalwood: Protection, healing, purification, pleasing the spirits, consecration

• Cherry: Attracts and stimulates love, new beginnings

• Vanilla: Luck, love, happiness, stimulates memory

• Jasmine: Luck; especially in love, peace, intuition, moon magick

• Coconut: Purification and protection, fertility, love and chastity

• Frankincense: Spirituality, protection, love, prosperity, growth, confidence, an offering to the gods

• Cinnamon: Wealth/money, prosperity, success, focus, amplifies any ritual or spell, third eye

• Myrrh: Protection, exorcism, consecration, purification, peace, meditation, spirituality, offering to the gods

• Patchouli: Money, abundance, attraction, passion, romance, lust

• Rose: Love, self love, safety, calm, healing, purification, connection to maternal ancestors

• Strawberry: Passion, love, luck, friendship, romance, opens/connects root and sacral chakras, goddess offering

• Dragon's Blood: Increases personal power, manifestation, attraction, sensuality, love, favored by many entities as an offering

• Sage: Cleansing, banishing, protection, clearing the air, nullifying negativity, promoting a more peaceful environment, longevity

• Lavender: Psychic abilities, divination, dream magick, protection, purification, beauty, intuition, peace, calming

• Nag Champa: Amplifies a ritual, great for meditation

• Clove: Protection (especially for children), love, money, purification, exorcism, shielding/warding

• Juniper: Exorcism, protection, healing, love

• Allspice: Attracts luck and money, provides extra physical energy

• Copal: Protection, cleansing, purification, connection, spirituality, ideal for cleansing crystals and stones

• Bay: Good luck, manifestation, success, purification, protection, healing, sharpens psychic abilities

• Rosemary: Protection, exorcism, purification, promotes sleep, restores and/or mantains youth, draws love, increases intellect

• Thyme: Health, vitality, healing, cleansing

• Pine: Money, strength, patience, shielding, purification, offer to nature spirits/deities

• Fern: Burn indoors to drive out malevolent spirits, burn outdoors to bring rain

• Benzoin: Purification, prosperity, amplifies mental abilities

• Arabic Gum: Purification and protection of the home

• Blueberry: Keeps unwanted influences away

• Passionflower: Peace, anxiety soothing, promotes sleep, friendship, joy, openness

• Mullein: Courage, protection, health, divination, offering to the dead

• Rowan: Psychic ability, self reflection, healing, protection, power, spirits more likely to obey demands/requests

• Star Anise: Psychic power, manifestation, luck

• Mugwort: Strength, psychic power, spirit communication, protection, astral travel, dream work, visions/premonitions

• Rue: Healing, mental health, comfort, exorcism, love, bonding

• Saffron: Health, wealth, happiness, success, wind raising, manifestation, lust, strength, third eye

• Palo Santo: Clears stagnant/negative energy

• Eucalyptus: Healing, cleansing, physical health, clears tense energy, invigorating, empowerment

• Wormwood: Magick, astral travel, spirit work, dream work, divination, third eye, protection from magick, curses and unwelcome energies, spiritual love, opens spiritual doorways, return to sender

• Lotus: Inner peace and outer harmony, third eye, meditation ascension, recovery, offering to Lilith

• Chamomile: Love, peace, comfort, stress reduction, luck in gambling

• Amber: Manifestation, good luck, success, love, romance, patience, protection, balance, sensuality, pain relief

• Damiana: Sensuality, sexuality, astral travel, love/sex magick, baneful witchcraft, attraction, drawing spells, shadow work, healing trauma, speaking your truth

• Skull Cap: Balance, calm, recovery, anchor to bring consciousness back to the body after astral projection

• Albizzia: Opens you up to oneness, attunes the heart, brings happiness

• Lemongrass: Calming, balance, love, depression relief

• Ginger: Strength, power, prosperity, relationship success

• Oregano: Joy, travel, creativity, love, hand fasting

• Cardamom: Love, lust, charm, mental clarity

• Sweet Grass: Removes malevolent energies, draws prosperity

• Marshmallow: Spirit pulling, protection, cleansing, stimulates psychic power, self-understanding, nurturing, healing, fertility, love, sexuality

• Orris: Love, protection, divination, spirit work, intuition

• Storax: Courage, healing, moon magick, meditation, divination, encourages restful sleep, offering to Hekate

Incense Smoke Divination:

Smoke direction- Up/down:

• Up: Positive spiritual journey

• Down: Challenges, deviation from the path

Smoke direction- Right/left:

• Right: Desires will be fulfilled

• Left: Blocks and turbulent energy

Smoke direction- Towards/away:

• Towards: Reciprocal affection

• Away: Neglect or indifference

Smoke forms a circle:

• Clear circle: Strong vibes, manifestation is near

• Hazey circle: Weak vibes, uncertain manifestation

Smoke forms a Ladder:

• Multiple steps: Elevated spiritual path

• One step: Need to enhance spirituality

Spiral shape:

• Clear spiral: Big, new change

• No distinct shape: Chaos, uncertainty

Smoke splits in two:

• Important life decisions

• Trust your instincts

Many broken corners:

• Confusion, need clarity

Infinity symbol:

• Very auspicious omen

Thick and dense smoke:

• Negative energy

• Change is needed

Abrupt lighting and smoke:

• Smooth/even flame: Clear path

• Choppy flame: Hurdles on path

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Basic Incense and Their Uses

Types of Incense:

• Sandalwood: Protection, healing, purification, pleasing the spirits, consecration

• Cherry: Attracts and stimulates love, new beginnings

• Vanilla: Luck, love, happiness, stimulates memory

• Jasmine: Luck; especially in love, peace, intuition, moon magick

• Coconut: Purification and protection, fertility, love and chastity

• Frankincense: Spirituality, protection, love, prosperity, growth, confidence, an offering to the gods

• Cinnamon: Wealth/money, prosperity, success, focus, amplifies any ritual or spell, third eye

• Myrrh: Protection, exorcism, consecration, purification, peace, meditation, spirituality, offering to the gods

• Patchouli: Money, abundance, attraction, passion, romance, lust

• Rose: Love, self love, safety, calm, healing, purification, connection to maternal ancestors

• Strawberry: Passion, love, luck, friendship, romance, opens/connects root and sacral chakras, goddess offering

• Dragon's Blood: Increases personal power, manifestation, attraction, sensuality, love, favored by many entities as an offering

• Sage: Cleansing, banishing, protection, clearing the air, nullifying negativity, promoting a more peaceful environment, longevity

• Lavender: Psychic abilities, divination, dream magick, protection, purification, beauty, intuition, peace, calming

• Nag Champa: Amplifies a ritual, great for meditation

• Clove: Protection (especially for children), love, money, purification, exorcism, shielding/warding

• Juniper: Exorcism, protection, healing, love

• Allspice: Attracts luck and money, provides extra physical energy

• Copal: Protection, cleansing, purification, connection, spirituality, ideal for cleansing crystals and stones

• Bay: Good luck, manifestation, success, purification, protection, healing, sharpens psychic abilities

• Rosemary: Protection, exorcism, purification, promotes sleep, restores and/or mantains youth, draws love, increases intellect

• Thyme: Health, vitality, healing, cleansing

• Pine: Money, strength, patience, shielding, purification, offer to nature spirits/deities

• Fern: Burn indoors to drive out malevolent spirits, burn outdoors to bring rain

• Benzoin: Purification, prosperity, amplifies mental abilities

• Arabic Gum: Purification and protection of the home

• Blueberry: Keeps unwanted influences away

• Passionflower: Peace, anxiety soothing, promotes sleep, friendship, joy, openness

• Mullein: Courage, protection, health, divination, offering to the dead

• Rowan: Psychic ability, self reflection, healing, protection, power, spirits more likely to obey demands/requests

• Star Anise: Psychic power, manifestation, luck

• Mugwort: Strength, psychic power, spirit communication, protection, astral travel, dream work, visions/premonitions

• Rue: Healing, mental health, comfort, exorcism, love, bonding

• Saffron: Health, wealth, happiness, success, wind raising, manifestation, lust, strength, third eye

• Palo Santo: Clears stagnant/negative energy

• Eucalyptus: Healing, cleansing, physical health, clears tense energy, invigorating, empowerment

• Wormwood: Magick, astral travel, spirit work, dream work, divination, third eye, protection from magick, curses and unwelcome energies, spiritual love, opens spiritual doorways, return to sender

• Lotus: Inner peace and outer harmony, third eye, meditation ascension, recovery, offering to Lilith

• Chamomile: Love, peace, comfort, stress reduction, luck in gambling

• Amber: Manifestation, good luck, success, love, romance, patience, protection, balance, sensuality, pain relief

• Damiana: Sensuality, sexuality, astral travel, love/sex magick, baneful witchcraft, attraction, drawing spells, shadow work, healing trauma, speaking your truth

• Skull Cap: Balance, calm, recovery, anchor to bring consciousness back to the body after astral projection

• Albizzia: Opens you up to oneness, attunes the heart, brings happiness

• Lemongrass: Calming, balance, love, depression relief

• Ginger: Strength, power, prosperity, relationship success

• Oregano: Joy, travel, creativity, love, hand fasting

• Cardamom: Love, lust, charm, mental clarity

• Sweet Grass: Removes malevolent energies, draws prosperity

• Marshmallow: Spirit pulling, protection, cleansing, stimulates psychic power, self-understanding, nurturing, healing, fertility, love, sexuality

• Orris: Love, protection, divination, spirit work, intuition

• Storax: Courage, healing, moon magick, meditation, divination, encourages restful sleep, offering to Hekate

Incense Smoke Divination:

Smoke direction- Up/down:

• Up: Positive spiritual journey

• Down: Challenges, deviation from the path

Smoke direction- Right/left:

• Right: Desires will be fulfilled

• Left: Blocks and turbulent energy

Smoke direction- Towards/away:

• Towards: Reciprocal affection

• Away: Neglect or indifference

Smoke forms a circle:

• Clear circle: Strong vibes, manifestation is near

• Hazey circle: Weak vibes, uncertain manifestation

Smoke forms a Ladder:

• Multiple steps: Elevated spiritual path

• One step: Need to enhance spirituality

Spiral shape:

• Clear spiral: Big, new change

• No distinct shape: Chaos, uncertainty

Smoke splits in two:

• Important life decisions

• Trust your instincts

Many broken corners:

• Confusion, need clarity

Infinity symbol:

• Very auspicious omen

Thick and dense smoke:

• Negative energy

• Change is needed

Abrupt lighting and smoke:

• Smooth/even flame: Clear path

• Choppy flame: Hurdles on path

Who can possibly know the smell of a Northern Raven? Well I just found out this morning.

Some Northern Ravens came this morning for breakfast, as usual, around 05:30. As soon as they finished eating, these 3 big guys decided to take a break on that big, more or less, 80 feet dead spruce and cleaned up themselves a bit. We were sitting near the bay window eating our breakfast too and watching them. Just beautiful. Later on while taking a walk outside, I found these 5 feathers left on the ground.

After all that time expanding my feathers collection, the idea of smelling one of them never occurred to me. Weird... not even my dog. So, we did it for the first time and realized that these feathers smell like, an amazing ¨méchoui¨ roasted outside over a wood fire or even like some kind of aromatic incense fragrant smoke like, ¨Nuit d’Opium¨.

What a Great Discovery!

Altar crafting!

I'm going to be posting a video within the next couple of weeks about altar doodads, from incense to closeted altars and so on. If there's anything in particular people want addressed, I'm all ears!

Teaser for my upcoming video. Incense making is hard when you don't have a functioning nose, but this is why other people are useful. Fun fact: you don't need an expensively carved mortar and pestle, this one was around five bucks. And the Sumerian gods are big on innovation and evolution, so a spice grinder isn't really out of place.

Is it socially acceptable to ask your neighbor to come smell your art project? I mean, I know when something smells like sulfur and death warmed over, but. That's my limit. I need test subjects. Sincerely, An incense maker with anosmia

Polytheistic Ramblings: Ninkilim

So I’m sitting on my bed, sick as a dog, and filled with the sort of single-minded half-mad frenzy that only insects can inspire in me. Insects are fine. They can live their little insect lives. But if they don’t pay rent, they don’t live in my apartment, and I can only pour so much salt on my threshold and windowsills. The logical solution is to buy some bug spray and go to town on my foundation, but that won’t protect me from the aerial fury of mosquitoes and flies given time to glut and grow in the sweltering Arkansas heat. Further south they’re big enough to shoot, alright. Forget rent, those boys need a warrant before coming through my windows. And I refuse to think about some of the cockroaches I’ve seen in the area.

I admit to having a phobia, I admit to being that one little crybaby who locks up and shrieks for backup at the sight of some swollen little creature with too many legs and possibly even venom, but all of the green save-the-planet intentions in the world won’t stop my panic, so I roll with it. And I get creative.

I make incense in my spare time, or attempt to. The humidity here isn’t good for drying cones, and my nose is genetically wired wrong enough that I can’t hardly smell my work, but it’s fun and an endless hands-on puzzle for me to solve. And, on an even better note, it’s cheaper to make your own cedar incense than it is to buy the stuff by a long shot. The effort that goes into making incense makes the offering feel more personal, when it works anyway, and I like to think it’s a good way to honor Nuska, as the god of fire who carries prayers to the sky, or any of the other gods of purification. I purify all of my tools obsessively when I work, usually with water. But I titled this after Ninkilim in particular for a reason, and here it is:

If I can get one of these recipes to work, first order of business is dedicating the batch to them. I know of a lot of purification gods, but Ninkilim, as the lord of rats and locust teeth, has a long history of being petitioned by the everyman with pest control concerns. A very early farmers’ almanac instructs the farmer to make an offering of mersu and perform rites in the field for Ninkilim. I haven’t been able to track down the particulars of those rites, but I can only hope that my respectful fumbling is persuasive in some manner, because everything I am is repulsed by bugs and rodents, and making offerings now and again to the deity of little crawling creatures is hardly too much to ask in exchange for a little peace. There isn’t a lot of information out there a lowly wage slave like myself can access, but by all the gods if I’m going to do one honor then I’m going to do so with as much information under my belt as possible. So I have a tiny cache of PDFs, foremost among them being The Dogs of Ninkilim (parts 1 & 2). Secondary resources, maybe, but I haven’t been able to find any tablet translations with enough useful content, so a little faith in humanity is sometimes appropriate.

So I make offerings, trawl for information, and sometimes get to see the way my beloved and brilliant girlfriend glares at me while I test-burn incense blends for the noble purpose of protecting our home from the encroaching hordes of crawlies. In my defense, I had no idea that my experiment smelled like weed. Lemongrass apparently doesn’t smell like lemons when you burn it, who knew? That’s a good note for my mad scientist journal though. One of these days I’ll perfect it. I’ll make an insect-repellant incense worthy of dedication to a god, field test it, and then woe betide any unwelcome intruders. Entomophobia? Yeah, still present. But I have the mercy of Lord Ninkilim and a fistful of basil on my side. Have at thee, fiends.

Burning Incense on Smoldering Charcoal

natural-magics:

Fill a heat proof incense bowl or censer with at least 2" of sand, or natural ash (do not use salt, this is not safe). This will provided some much needed insulation for your burner. Charcoal can burn at up to 1500 degrees F. 

Form a cone shape with whatever medium you filled your burner and place the charcoal tablet at the peak. This will allow air to flow around the charcoal. This is more important when using sand, since ash is “breathable.“ 

Place a charcoal tablet on the ash/sand and light the edge. If it’s self-igniting charcoal (contains potassium nitrate) you will see tiny sparks as you light it and it will ignite quickly so never hold it in your hand! If you need to hold the charcoal over an open flame to ignite it, use tweezers or tongs to hold it. 

If your charcoal tablet has a concave indentation on one side place it in your burner with the hollow facing up. Use the "bowl” to hold your incense ingredients. 

Wait until the charcoal is glowing red hot and is covered with grayish-white ash. This could take about 5 minutes or so. If you like you can fan or blow on the charcoal to help get the whole tablet started. 

When ready sprinkle a pinch or two (about ¼ -½ teaspoon) of incense (e.g. resin, dried herbs, etc.) directly on top of the hot charcoal. The incense will begin to smolder. Be careful not to place too much incense on the charcoal or you may smother it and you’ll have to start over. 

When the smoke begins to thin out, add more incense. The charcoal will stay hot enough to burn incense for about 45 minutes to an hour.

Burning Tips: 

For a longer lasting burn that yields a subtler yet full bodied aroma you may also want to try “heating” incense over charcoal. This is a great incense burning method for wood chips (see below)

To maintain freshness (quick lighting and long burn time), charcoal tablets should be stored in a cool place in an airtight package. 

If you’ve purchased an incense mix that’s labeled “match light” that means it can be burned without charcoal. Follow the instructions on the label.

Click the “read more" for info about heating incense over smoldering charcoal.

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who even uses incense anymore. it's time to bring back old trends and light a live basil plant on fire

Some incense correspondences to help you find what you need. 🌙🌾

🍃Here is a simple loose incense blend to use for burning during your summer solstice rituals. It can be used for cleansing, as an offering at your altar - or burned during spell work.

✨Note: Garden and kitchen herbs make excellent substitutions for any flowers or herbs not easily accessible.

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          𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚?

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Frankincense is a powerful resinous sap

coming from trees in the Boswellia genus.

The trees grow only at the south end of the Arabian Peninsula.

The sap is taken off of the tree and left to dry under the sun. Frankincense was spread through the Silk Road trade routes and influenced many different cultures.

Frankincense was used for religious and spiritual purposes in Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Isreal.

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      𝙍𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 / 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨

                 𝙐𝙨𝙚𝙨

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It was most commonly used in burial ritualsfor embalming and because of its ability to cover the odor of a deceased individual.Frankincense and Myrrh were one of the three gifts the wise men brought to baby Jesus, and while some churches no longer use incense Catholic churches still burn frankincense as they believe it will send prayers into heaven.

In Egyptian, Greek, and Roman religious practices, frankincense was burned as an offeringto different deities. Egyptians burned incenseduring sunrise and used the resin in embalming along with putting it in the tombs for theperson to have in the afterlife. In traditional Hellenismos incense was burned to catch the attention of a target deity with its pleasant smell. It was burned as an invitation to have them in our lives and theirs in ours.

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   𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡

       𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨

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For centuries frankincense has been used intraditional medicine to treat many different ailments. In recent times, some of these benefits were proven to be true!

Compounds in frankincense prevent the

production of leukotrienes, which is what causes your bronchial muscles to contract when you have asthma. Frankincense can often be found in many natural toothpastes and gum for its amazing ability to keep our mouths clean and cavity free. It could even help stop the spreading

of cancerous cells due to its boswellic acid.

Along with these physical benefits, frankincense has emotional benefits when burned. It contains a chemical called incensole acetate, which when tested on mice lowered anxiety and acted as an

antidepressant. Along with this, frankincense activates a protein called TRPV3, which controls the feeling of warmth in a mammals brain.

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* 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝙲𝙻𝙰𝙸𝙼𝙴𝚁

If you suffer from depression, burning some frankincense won’t hurt anything. But please, use it as an add on and not as a cure. Your mental health is important, please seek professional help ♡

Incense Properties

• Allspice - Good luck, money.

• Althea - Protection, psychic power.

• Cedarwood - Healing, purification, protection, money, clarity, balance, insight, wisdom.

• Jasmine - Astral projection, love, prophetic dreams, connection to nature.

• Lavender - Rest, sleep, calm, stress relief, relaxation, mood stability.

• Lemon - Healing, love, purification.

• Mint - Sexual desire, healing, fertility.

• Patchouli - Money, love, growth, sensuality, fertility.

• Rose - Courage, prophetic dreams, house blessings, healing, enchantment, strongest universal and self-love.

• Rue - Restore health and stamina.

• Sage - Protection, purification, wisdom, clarity, healing.

• Sandalwood - Banishing, conjuring beneficial spirits, promoting spiritual awareness, ritual work.

• Strawberry - Love and luck.

• Sweetgrass - Call upon deities and spirits before spell casting.

• Thyme - Purification before ritual work, psychic enhancement.

• Vanilla - Love, sexuality, power.

• Violet - Wisdom, luck, love, healing.

• Wormwood - Increase psychic power; Mix with sandalwood to conjure spirits in cemetery.

• Ylang Ylang - Love, harmony, euphoria.

what to do with incense ash

- use it for black salt

-scatter it on your porch

- use it as an offering

- use it for spells

- make ink for sigils

if you use it for anything else reblog with your comment!

Incense Properties

• Allspice - Good luck, money.

• Althea - Protection, psychic power.

• Cedarwood - Healing, purification, protection, money, clarity, balance, insight, wisdom.

• Jasmine - Astral projection, love, prophetic dreams, connection to nature.

• Lavender - Rest, sleep, calm, stress relief, relaxation, mood stability.

• Lemon - Healing, love, purification.

• Mint - Sexual desire, healing, fertility.

• Patchouli - Money, love, growth, sensuality, fertility.

• Rose - Courage, prophetic dreams, house blessings, healing, enchantment, strongest universal and self-love.

• Rue - Restore health and stamina.

• Sage - Protection, purification, wisdom, clarity, healing.

• Sandalwood - Banishing, conjuring beneficial spirits, promoting spiritual awareness, ritual work.

• Strawberry - Love and luck.

• Sweetgrass - Call upon deities and spirits before spell casting.

• Thyme - Purification before ritual work, psychic enhancement.

• Vanilla - Love, sexuality, power.

• Violet - Wisdom, luck, love, healing.

• Wormwood - Increase psychic power; Mix with sandalwood to conjure spirits in cemetery.

• Ylang Ylang - Love, harmony, euphoria.