The Complete Incense Book

From the quiet meditations invoked by myrrh to the purifying qualities of juniper, incense cleanses the negative effects of polluted air and heightens one's mood. This book features specific formulas for mixing herbs and instructions for preparing the incense-burning vessel, ceremonies, and games. Full color.

The book explains how to make your own incenses, oils, ointments, inks, tinctures, herb baths, bath salts, brews, ritual soaps and powders.

A complete how-to book for making your own incense. Discusses the various types of incense, gives instructions for making it, drying and storing it, working with liquids, censers, and charcoal. Includes recipes for herbal, magical,and planetary incense, plus instructions for psychic protection, renewal, strength, divination, compassion, and much more!

In a new approach to a traditional subject, Morita offers a new awareness of the importance of scent and a fund of ideas for making better use of incense. of color photos. Line drawings & photos. Incense has a long history in Japan. At the ancient court, men and women alike scented their kimono, their rooms, and even their writing paper with signature blends of incense that admirers were sure to mention later in their love poems. Even today, Japanese incense is highly regarded for its subtlety and beauty. The Book of Incense is the first book available in English that

“A masterwork of botanical lore. --Amy Blackthorn, author of Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic The Big Book of Magical Incense is an invaluable hands-on guide to the vast world of magical incense. It provides tried-and-true recipes, advice on how to create your own formulas, and instructions on how to use incense in all sorts of magical practice. While the book requires no prerequisite knowledge, it is also appropriate for experienced magicians and learned pagans. The chapters are scaffolded, teaching about basic ingredients and skills, both practical and magical, in early chapters, and gently leading the reader to develop their own recipes, spells, and ritual practices as they move through the book. Presented in a paradigm-agnostic way, the book should appeal to people on numerous paths. Ceremonial magicians and sorcerers will appreciate the planetary incense recipes and translations from the Greek magical papyri and other classical magic texts. Folk magicians will appreciate the many magical incense formulas, such as Go Away! and Money Magnet. Animists will love the focus on ingredients native to the United States, and the instructions for working with the dead and the spirits of the land. Devotional pagans will find recipes for a variety of gods, particularly those of the Eastern Mediterranean traditions, some of whose chapters include original translations of the Orphic hymns and other devotional poetry. Chaos magicians will be excited about the flexibility to mix and match practices and recipes throughout the book.

Immerse yourself in the enchanting, sensory-rich world of incense and deepen your knowledge of a treasured and indispensable tool for your magickal life. Carl F. Neal, author of the popular book, Incense, offers this meticulously researched, globespanning guide to the magickal applications of incense. From "redecorating" a room with the perfect scent to performing intricate incense ceremonies, you'll learn to create aromatic enchantments using pellets, seals, powders, and other incense forms in meditations, rituals, spells, and even games. Take your practice to a deeper level as you discover burning techniques and mystical uses, both traditional and innovative. Rituals specific to different types of incense Guidance for selecting incense and charcoal An alphabetized list of traditional and modern incense ingredients, including rare botanicals Combustible: smudging, sticks (masala and joss), cones, cylinders, and dhoops Non-combustible: pellets (moist), loose incense, and powders Incense seals, trails, and chains Correspondences for the elements, seasons, particular intentions, and more

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"Incense and Sensibility is a tender, well-crafted novel, as much about finding purpose as it is about falling in love. Dev writes with such rare empathy and humor that I often found myself holding my breath on one page only to be giggling by the next. This is the kind of book you finish with a whole-body, happy sigh and a warm ache in your chest where the characters will live on. Yash and India’s story will stick with me for a long time.”— Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read Yash Raje, California’s first Indian-American gubernatorial candidate, has always known exactly what he wants—and how to use his privileged background to get it. He attributes his success to a simple mantra: control your feelings and you can control the world. But when a hate crime at a rally critically injures his friend, Yash’s easy life suddenly feels like a lie, his control an illusion. When he tries to get back on the campaign trail, he blacks out with panic. Desperate to keep Yash’s condition from leaking to the media, his family turns to the one person they trust—his sister’s best friend, India Dashwood, California’s foremost stress management coach. Raised by a family of yoga teachers, India has helped San Francisco’s high strung overachievers for a decade without so much as altering her breath. But this man—with his boundless ambition, simmering intensity, and absolute faith in his political beliefs—is like no other. Yash has spent a lifetime repressing everything to succeed, including their one magical night ten years ago—a too brief, too bright passion that if rekindled threatens to destroy the dream he’s willingly shouldered for his family and community . . . until now.