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Magickal Properties of Incense

(by Raven and Crone)

The spiritual meanings of fragrances and magickal properties of incense will help focus your mind on achieving specific goals. Burning incense has a symbolic meaning that helps pagans and witches focus their attention on the purpose of a ritual or magickal working. ACACIA: Burned with sandalwood to stimulate the psychic powers. AFRICAN VIOLET: Burned for protection and to promote spirituality within the home. ALLSPICE: Burned to attract both good luck and money. ALOES: Burned to attract good fortune, love, spiritual vibrations, and strength. ALTHEA: Burned for protection and to stimulate the psychic powers. AMBER: Burned for love, comfort, happiness and healing AMBERGRIS: Burn for dreams and aphrodisiac ANGELICA: Burn for protection, harmony, integration, insight and understanding, stability and meditation ANISE SEEDS: Burned as a meditation and emotional balance incense. BASIL: Burned to exorcise and protect against evil entities such as demons and unfriendly ghosts, and to attract fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth. This is also an excellent incense to use when performing love divinations. Also burn for concentration, assertiveness, decisiveness, trust, integrity, enthusiasm, mental clarity, cheerfulness, confidence and courage BAY: Burned to facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophectic dream-visions. BAYBERRY: Burned mainly to attract money and also burned for protection, happiness and control BENZOIN: Burned for purification, astral projection, clears negative energy, emotional balance, eases sadness, depression, weariness, grief, anger, anxiety and to attract prosperity. BERGAMONT: Burn for money, prosperity, uplifting of spirits, joy, protection, concentration, alertness, confidence, balance, strength, courage, motivation and assertiveness BISTORT: Burned often with frankincense as a powerful incense to aid divination. BRACKEN: Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. CARDAMOM: Burn for mental clarity, concentration, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and motivation CARNATION: Burn for protection, strength, healing, love and lust CEDAR: Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, and heal various ailments, including head colds. CEDARWOOD: Burn for healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom CHAMOMILE: Burn for harmony, peace, calm, spiritual and inner peace CINNAMON: Burned for protection and to attract money, wealth, prosperity, business success, stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, and aid in healing. Also burned for stimulation, strength and lust CITRON: Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen the psychic powers. CITRONELLA: Burn for cleansing, warding off, healing and exorcism CLOVE: Burned to dispel negativity, purify sacred and magickal spaces, attract money, and stop or prevent the spread of gossip. Also burn for pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection, eases fears, improves memory and focus COCONUT: Burned for protection. COPAL: Burned for purification, uplifting spirits, protection, exorcism, spirituality and to attract love. CYPRESS: Burn for strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety, stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration DAMIANA: Burned to facilitate psychic visions. DITTANY OF CRETE: Burned to conjure spirits and to aid in divination, astral projection, especially when mixed with equal parts of benzoin, sandalwood, and vanilla. DRAGONS BLOOD: Burned to dispel negativity, exorcise evil supernatural entities, courage, purification, attract love, and restore male potency. Many Witches also burn dragon’s blood for protection when spell casting and invoking. When added to other incenses, dragon’s blood makes their magickal powers all the stronger. ELECAMPANE: Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities-divination by gazing. EUCALYPTUS: Burn for healing, purification and protection FERN: Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. Also used to exorcise evil supernatural entities. FRANKINCENSE: Burned to dispel negativity, spirituality, purify magickal spaces, consecration, protect against evil, exorcism, aid meditation, astral strength, induce psychic visions, courage, protection, attract good luck, and honor Pagan deities. FUMITORY: Burned to exorcise demons, poltergeists, and evil supernatural entities. GALANGAL: Burned to break the curses cast by sorcerers. GARDENIA: Burn for peace, love and healing GINGER: Burn for wealth, lust, love and magical power GINSENG ROOT: Burned to keep wicked spirits at bay, and for protection against all forms of evil. GOTU KOLA: Burned to aid meditation. HEATHER: Burned to conjure beneficial spirits, and to magickally produce rain. HIBISCUS FLOWERS: Burned to attract love, lust and also for divination. HONEYSUCKLE: Burn to attract money, happiness, friendship and healing HOREHOUND: Burned as an offertory incense to the ancient Egyptian god Horus. HYACINTH: Burn for happiness and protection JASMINE: Burned to attract love and money, and also to induce dreams of a prophectic nature, purification, wisdom and astral projection JUNIPER: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and also to break curses, exorcism and hexes cast by evil sorcerers. It is also burned for calming, protection and healing. LAVENDER: Burned to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love-especially of a man. Also burned for cleansing, healing, happiness and relaxation LEMON: Burn for healing, love and purification LEMONGRASS: Burn for mental clarity LILAC: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and to attract harmony into ones life. LOTUS: Burn to elevate mood, protection, spirituality, healing and meditation MACE: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. MASTIC: Burned to conjure beneficial spirits, stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and intensify sexual desires. The magickal powers of other incenses are greatly increased when a bit of mastic is added. MESQUITE: The magickal powers of all healing incenses are greatly increased when mesquite is added. MINT: Burned to increase sexual desire, exorcise evil supernatural entities, conjure beneficial spirits, and attract money. Mint incense also possesses strong healing vibrations and protective powers. MUSK: Burn for aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage MYRRH: Burned (often with frankincense) for purification, consecration, healing, exorcism, and banishing evil. Myrrh is also aids meditation rituals, and was commonly burned on alters in ancient Egypt as an offering to deities Isis and Ra. NUTMEG: Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and to attract prosperity. OAKMOSS: Burned for money and attraction ORANGE: Burned for divination, love, luck and money PATCHOULI: Burned to attract money, love, growth, mastery, sensuality and also to promote fertility. PEPPERMINT: Burned for energy, mental stimulant, exorcism and healing PINE: Burned for purification, and to banish negative energies, exorcise evil supernatural entities, and attract money, as well as to break hexes and return them to their senders. Also burned for grounding, strength, cleansing and healing POPPY SEEDS: Burned to promote female fertility, and to attract love, good luck, and money. ROSE: Burned to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, house blessing, fertility, healing and attract love. Rose incense is used in all forms of love enchantment and possesses the strongest love vibration of any magickal incense. ROSE GERANIUM: Burned for courage and protection ROSEMARY: Burned to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression, attract fairy folk, and promote restful sleep and pleasant dreams. RUE: Burned to help restore health. SAGE: Burned for protection against all forms of evil. It is also burned to purify sacred spaces and ritual tools. Plus it is great for promoting wisdom, clarity, attract money, and aid in the healing the body, mind, and soul. SAGEBRUSH: Burned to aid healing, and to banish negative energies and evil supernatural entities. SANDALWOOD: Burned to exorcise demons and evil ghosts, conjure beneficial spirits, and promote spiritual awareness. Sandalwood incense is also used by many Witches for protection, astral projection, healing rituals and in wish-magick. SOLOMONS SEAL: Burned mainly as an offertory incense to ancient Pagan deities. STAR ANISE SEEDS: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. STRAWBERRY: Burned to attract love and for luck. SWEETGRASS: Burned to conjure beneficial spirits prior to spell casting. SWEET PEA: Burned for friendship, love and courage THYME: Burned for the purification of magickal spaces prior to rituals, to aid in healing, and to attract good health. VANILLA: Burned to attract love, increase sexual desire, and improve the powers of the mind. VERVAIN: Burned to exorcise evil supernatural entities. VETIVERT: Burned to break curses, exorcism, for protection against black magick and thieves, money, peace and love. VIOLET: Burn for wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing WILLOW: Burned to avert evil, attract love, and promote healing. It is also used by many Witches as an offertory incense for Pagan lunar deities. WISTERIA: Burned for protection against all forms of evil. WORMWOOD: Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. When mixed with sandalwood and burned at night in a cemetery, wormwood is said to be able to conjure spirits from their graves. YARROW: Burned to arrow courage, exorcism YLANG-YLANG: Burned for love, harmony and euphoria

50 Simple Charms

Basil at the door, windows, or scattered in the home will increase money.

Lay thorny branches on your doorstep to keep evil from your dwelling.

Eat a pinch of Thyme before bed, and you will have sweet dreams.

Place chips of Cedar wood in a box with some coins to draw money to you.

Carry an Anemone Flower with you to ward against illness.

Hang a bit of Seaweed in the kitchen to ward evil spirits.

Keep a jar of Alfalfa in your cupboards to ensure the prosperity of your house.

Burn Allspice as an incense to draw money or luck to you, as well as speed healing.

Cut an Apple in half, and give one half to your love to ensure a prosperous relationship.

Carry an Avocado pit with you to let your inner beauty shine outwardly. Avocado is also an aphrodisiac.

Strawberries are an aphrodisiac.

Place a piece of cotton in your sugar bowl to draw good luck to your house.

Celery is an aphrodisiac.

Place Almonds in your pocket when you need to find something.

Scatter Chili Peppers around your house to break a curse.

Carrying a packet of strawberry leaves will help ease the pains of pregnancy.

Scatter some sugar to purify a room.

Throw rice into the air to make rain.

Carry a potato in your pocket or purse all winter to ward against colds.

Eat five almonds before consuming alcohol, to lighten the effects of intoxication.

Place a pine branch above your bed to keep illness away.

Chew celery seeds to help you concentrate.

Carry of chunk of dry pineapple in a bag to draw luck to you.

Ask an orange a yes or no question before you eat it, then count the seeds: if the seeds are an even number, the answer is no. If an odd number, yes.

Eat olives to ensure fertility.

Toss Oats out your back door to ensure that your garden or crop will be bountiful.

Eat mustard seed to ensure fertility.

Place Lilacs around your house to rid yourself of unwanted spirits.

Eat Lettuce to drive lustful thoughts from your mind.

Rub a Lettuce leaf over your forehead to help you sleep.

Add Lemon juice to your bathwater for purification.

Eat grapes to increase psychic powers.

Carry a blade of grass to increase your psychic powers.

Smell Dill to get rid of hiccups.

If you place a Dill sachet over your door, those who wish you ill can not enter your home.

Place cotton on an aching tooth, and the pain will ease.

Burn cotton to cause rain.

Place pepper inside a piece of cotton and sew it shut to make a charm to bring back a lost love.

Carry a small onion to protect against venomous animals.

Eat grapes to increase fertility.

Place a sliced onion in the room of an ill person do draw out the sickness.

Place an onion underneath your pillow to have prophetic dreams.

Place morning glory seeds under your bed to cure nightmares.

Walk through the branches of a maple tree to ensure that you will have a long life.

Mix salt and pepper together and scatter it around your house to dispel evil.

Smell Lavender to help you sleep.  (Lavender makes me fall asleep so fast).

Hang a pea pod containing nine peas above the door to draw your future mate to you.

Eat a peach to assist in making a tough decision.

Carry peach wood to lengthen your lifespan.

Carry a walnut to strengthen your heart muscle.

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Sigil Charging Method: Blood and Pain

* This post will be very triggering to some! Please do not force yourself to read this if you’re concerned about being uncomfortable! *

Please note, this method is not by any means REQUIRED or NECESSARY for successful sigil work - this is just one approach of many that can be used to charge / activate your sigils.

The process(es) listed below can be dangerous, and should only be performed by adults in a safe environment with clean and sterile tools. 

For your safety it is recommended that you only use the following methods if your body is healthy and your mind is in a calm and positive state. 

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