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As you may have noticed from your reading, I treasure cinnamon incense. It brings a positive energy to your space, an appealingly sweet and spicy scent. It also brings prosperity and calm. What could be better? This may become one of your favorites, as well as it is truly easy to make.
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There are a lot of useful, and entertaining, books about incense. One of my favorites is The Complete Incense Book. Published in 1998, this was one of the first additions to my personal incense library. It is organized geographically and takes the reader on a tour of incense from around the world. As the author moves through each region, she discusses the history of incense, as well as the ingredients that originate from that area. She offers an assortment of incense recipes for each region as well. While the recipes are all for “loose” incense, they are varied and quite interesting.
As you may have noticed from this blog, I treasure cinnamon incense. It brings a positive energy to your space, an appealingly sweet and spicy scent. It also brings prosperity and calm. What could be better? This may become one of your favorites, as well as it is truly easy to make.
Gather together:
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Anytime you are about to embark on magical workings, brew up this mix of herbal protection, You can also use this concoction whenever you feel the need to infuse your home and hearth with grace and the energies of energies of protection. This will safeguard you, your spellwork and your loved ones from outside influences that could be negative or disruptive. Set your intention and gather together the following herbs:
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I love lavender. It’s easy to grow, at least where I live, and it’s generally hardly. Best of all, it’s excellent for incense making. It powders easily, has a great scent, and is very fault-tolerant. You can even make incense cones or sticks using nothing but lavender and a tiny bit of binder.
Beltane is right around the corner, so this is a great time to make some incense for your Beltane celebration. Here’s a fun recipe that’s easy to roll and could be the perfect companion to your Beltane rites. While Beltane is strongly associated with fertility, remember that fertility is about more than sexual reproduction. It is also about bringing new ideas and plans to fruition. It’s about moving from planning something to bringing that project to life.
It’s true that frankincense is the most famous incense resin, it is almost automatic when you say “frankincense” to want to immediately say “and myrrh”. In antiquity the two were in nearly equal demand. Although used more for the making of perfumes, myrrh was frequently burned in the same manner as frankincense. While frankincense is a fairly simple scent to work with, myrrh presents far more complications. Frankincense is a sweet, bright scent. Myrrh is a complex, dark scent that can easily overpower other scents. If you’ve ever been to one of my workshops you know that I am an advocate of spending time with individual incense ingredients. Sometimes by listening to your ingredients they will tell you things that they’ve told to no other person. Myrrh has a lot to say and is worth devoting the time.
