Craft Recipes.
INCENSE CONES.
INGREDIENTS.
Ingredients
8 tsp. Sandalwood Powder
1tsp. Musk Scented Talc Powder
2 tsp. Frankincense Powder
1 tsp Gum Benzoin Powder
1/2 tsp Gum Tragacanth Powder
2 tsp Liquid Paraffin
10 Drops Each of Lavender, Clove and Rosemary oil
1/4 tsp saltpetre dissolved in 3 tbsp of water.
Ideally moulded into small cones on a bright, dry day with very low humidity. This will help to dry them out very quickly.
Mix together all the dry ingredients. Add liquid Paraffin and essential oils and begin to stir the mixture together.
Add Saltpetre solution one tablespoonful at a time for the first two tablespoons and then one teaspoon at a time, mixing with your fingers after each addition to ensure the mixture sticks together well without becoming too wet.
Knead until smooth and can be rolled easily into a ball.
On a wooden board divide the Incense into 32 even-sized pieces. Form each into a tall, thin cone shape 3-4cm in height. Press the cones wide end down onto a board. Leave in a warm, dry place for 1 hour. Place them on their sides and leave for another hour. Turn them over several times during the next 24 hours. They will be completely dry when they have shrunk slightly, turned a lighter colour and feel firm to the touch when lightly squeezed. Store carefully in airtight plastic bags or jars.
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Kyphi Incense.
Kyphi is an ancient and potent Egyptian Incense recipe long used
by Initiates in Ceremony and Ritual.
Kyphi Incense
4 raisins
1/2 teaspoon frankincense
1 tablespoon red wine
1/2 teaspoon benzoin
1 teaspoon sandalwood
1/4 teaspoon myrrh
1/4 teaspoon juniper berries
1/4 teaspoon dragon’s blood
1/4 teaspoon orris root
1/2 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Soak the raisins in the red wine overnight.
Using a mortar and pestle, individually grind the sandalwood, juniper berries, orris root, and cinnamon. In a large wooden or ceramic bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
Using a mortar and pestle, individually pulverize the frankincense, benzoin, myrrh, and dragon’s blood into small granules. Add the resins and gums to the powder mixture.
Drain the red wine from the raisins and mash the raisins with the mortar and pestle. Add the raisins and honey to the dough. Knead thoroughly with your hands, then form the dough into pea-sized balls. Spread the balls out on wax paper and store them indoors away from direct sunlight and moisture. Turn the balls daily for one to two weeks, depending on the climate. Once they are dry, store your Kyphi balls in a sealed plastic bag or glass jar. Smolder the incense balls one or two at a time over charcoal.
Adapted from Incense, Rituals, Mystery, and Lore, by Gina Hyams (Chronicle Books, 2004).
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Magical Fluids.
Magical Fluids aid the practitioner in the contacting of Elemental life forms.
EARTH ELEMENTAL FLUID.
Take two handfulls of Pine and Cypress and place in a pan. Cover with spring water then bring to the boil
and simmer for 20 minutes. Cool without moving the lid for a further 13 minutes before straining the
liquid. Now return to the pan and boil until liquid is halved in quantity. Leave the lid on during the
process but keep checking every few minutes on the progress.
Allow to cool still covered, then add the same amount of vodka to the cooled liquid. Shake
vigorously, then strain again through 4 layers of fine linen into a small dark glassed bottle.
Seal and store in a cool dark place.
AIR ELEMENTALS.
1/2 Handful of Lavender.
1/2 Handful of Peppermint.
Handful of Sandalwood.
Make as the Earth Elemental Magical Fluid and add a few drops of Benzoin essence
at the end of the process.
FIRE ELEMENTALS.
1/2 Handful of Cinnamon.
1/2 Handful Juniper.
Shredded Bay Laurel.
1/2 Handful Rowan.
Make as the other Magical Fluids adding a little Cinnamon Oil at the
end of the process.
WATER ELEMENTALS.
1/2 handful of Camomile.
1/2 handful of Heather.
1 Hnadful of Medowsweet.
Make as the other Magical Fluids and add a little Myrhh and Gardenia to
the finishing process.
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USING MAGICAL POWDERS.
Simply scatter them where and when you need their energies or:
1) Sprinkle in a circle around you, begining and ending in the East and moving clockwise. Sit
within the circle and absorb the energies within.
2) Those of you who work with Crystals, Stones, Tarot Cards, Runes etc can add
powders to your ritual. Sprinkle an appropriate powder around the Crystal etc, as it lays on your place of working,
this will increase inner plane contact and power.
3) Sprinkle powders around burning candles to increase their energies.
4) Scatter a ritually appropriate powder over the Altar before a working.
EXORCISM POWDER.
3 Parts Basil.
2 parts Frankincense.
2 parts Rosemary.
1 part Yarrow.
1 Part Rue.
Grind in pestle and mortar and sprinkle throughout the Location in need of
strong purification and protection.
ASTRAL TRAVEL POWDER.
2 parts Sandalwood.
1 part Mugwort.
1 part Cinnamon.
Grind together, sprinkle on bedsheets and pillow before sleeping to promote a
consciously directed astral journey.
PROTECTION POWDER.
2 parts Dragons Blood.
1 part Cinnamon.
1 part Salt.
Mix together and sprinkle outside your property to ward of negative influences.