Incense Recipes for the Goddess/God/Elementals and the Circles
Be sure all herbs, spices, peels, and flowers are completely dry. All dry ingredients must be ground into a fine powder. Mix all ingredients in a small glass container with a clean stick or your fingers. Let the incense stand over night to dry. Store any unused incense in a tightly capped glass jar, away from light. These incenses need self-igniting charcoal. Check the classified ads. Or in a pinch, you might try to smolder some in a small, heavy pan on top of your stove. Most important, for best results, try to blend your energies with the incense as you prepare and use it.
Air Incense
4 parts rosemary
2 parts mugwort
1 part chicory
1/2 part coffee beansOther air-related herbs and plants include benzoin, elm bark, lavender, parsley, sage, spearmint
Air is the other masculine element and it is usually associated with east. Areas governed by this element are education, communication, weather magic, general power raising, and music magic.
Aphrodite Incense #1
3 parts pink rose petals
3 parts red corn poppies
3 parts myrrh resin
3 parts cedarwood
1 part cinnamon powder
10 ml. magnolia oil per 8 oz. dry ingredients
Aphrodite Incense #2
rose petals
lavender
frankincense
copal
dragon's blood
violet oil
Diana of the Moon Incense
gum mastic
jasmine
mandrake root
orris root
few drops wintergreen oilEqual parts
Earth Incense
3 parts patchouli
2 parts pine
1 part bistort
1 part vervainOther earth-related herbs and plants include barley, cedar, corn silk, juniper, magnolia, oak bark, soybeans and wheat.
Earth is usually associated with the direction of north. This element is feminine in nature, and its attributes include stability, fertility, prosperity, grounding, money, planting, home life, the Mother Earth herself, and many types of healing.
Fire Incense
4 parts frankincense
3 parts cinnamon
1 part dried orange peels
1/4 part thymeOther fire-related herbs and plants include allspice, basil, bay, black pepper, clove, cumin, dill, garlic, ginger, nutmeg, onions, and thistle.
Fire is a masculine element, one usually associated with the south in the Northern Hemisphere. Its energies govern the areas of protection, employment, sex magic, the law, exorcism, strength and courage, and profound transformations or change.
Gaia Incense
1 part pine resin
1 part wormwood
1 part damiana
1 part patchouli leaves
1 part dandelion root
Hecate Incense #1
3 parts willow bark
2 part bay leaves
20 ml musk oil per 8 oz. dry ingredients
1 part honeysuckle flowers
1 part storax resin
3 parts damiana leaves
3 parts myrrh resin
Hecate Incense #2
1 tb. cinnamon
1 tb. dittany of crete
3 allspice berries
1 pinch fennel seed
2 pinches rosemary
1 1/2 pinches mullien
2 pinches benzoin gum
2 tb. witch hazel bark
2-4 pinches potassium nitrate
6 drops cinnamon oil
6 drops hyacinth oil
pinch cedarwood
Hecate Incense #3
3 parts sandalwood
2 parts frankincesne
1/2 part mint
3-5 drops cypress oil per tb. incense
few drops sandalwood oil
Hecate Incense #4
1/2 tsp. bay leaves
1/2 tsp. mint
1/2 tsp. thyme
pinch myrrh
pinch frankincense
13 drops cypress oil
3 drops camphor oil
Isis and Osiris
1 pinch cedar
1 pinch cinnamon
1 pinch rose buds
4 drops myrrh oil
4 drops sandalwood oil
4 drops frankincense oil
Isis Incense
3 parts myrrh
2 parts sandalwood
1 part frankincense
1 part rose petals
few drops lotus oil
Kali Incense
1 oz sandalwood chips
1 oz Dried jasmine flowers or 6 drops jasmine oil
1/2 oz dried rose petals
2 drops of your own menstrual bloodBlend and use for private meditation during the onset of your menstruation. This is an individual and personalized incense, for attunement to your own Dark of the Moon.
Osiris Incense
3 parts myrrh
1 part oak bark
1 part orris root
2 parts rue herb
10 ml musk oil per 8 oz. dry herb
10 ml neroli oil per 8 oz. dry herb
Ra Incense
2 parts sunflower petals
3 parts gum arabic
3 parts gum acacia
10 ml jasmine oil per 8 oz. dry herbs
10 ml bergamot oil per 8 oz. dry herb
Sacred Space
1 tbsp cedar chips
1 tsp thyme
1 tbsp sage
2 tsp rosemary
1 tsp cinnamon
1 pinch salt
1 pinch tobacco
as. allspiceTo clear and make pure an area.
Venus Incense
1 part benzoin
1 part rosepetals
1/2 part orris root
1 part burdock root
1/2 part thyme
Water Incense
3 parts lavender
1 part willow bark
1 part catnip
1/4 part valerianOther water-related herbs and plants include cypress bark, jasmine, kelp, lotus, moss, myrtle, myrrh, rue, sandalwood chips, seaweed, and vanilla.
Water is usually assigned to the direction of west. This is the element of the natural psychic, one related to pregnancy, birth, rebirth, death, regeneration, divination, purification, psychic endeavors, spirit contact, and past life exploration. Water is the other feminine element.
