Witchy Recipes.

Incense Cones.

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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Know your Woods.

  Here's a little verse that will help you remember each wood properties and qualities.
 
 
 
 
 
Oak shall warm you
 
Thats old and dry;
 
Logs of pine, so sweet to smell,
 
But beware the sparks that fly.
 
Now Birch will burn too rapidly,
 
And Chesnut scarce at all,
 
 Hawthorn logs last endlessly,
 
Cut them when the leaves do fall.
 
Holly logs burn like wax
 
And Elm logs can be likened to smouldering wax.

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Kyphi Incense.

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 Powders.

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.

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Oil for Arthritic Joints. 
 
2 drops of Lemon essential Oil;
 
2 drops of Lavender Essential oil;
 
2 drops of Juniper Essential oil;
 
1 drop of Clove Essential oil;
 
1 Tablespoon of carrier oil.
 
 
 
Blend the Essential Oils into the carrier Oil and mix well.  Massage into infected area.

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Midsummer Incense.

2 Parts Sandlewood
 
1 part Mugwort
 
1 part Camomile

1 part Gardenia petals
 
a few drops of Rose oil
 
a few drops Lavender oil
 
 a few drops Yarrow oil
 
1 drop Bergamot.

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