Protection Incense

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There are many ways of protecting both
yourself and your own space by the use of
incense. If you simply wish to protect against
the intrusion of negative energies, it is probably
best to use those incenses that are based mainly
on the resinous substances. This is for two
reasons. First, most resins are relatively slowburning, high-vibrational energy substances, so
their effect is long-lasting; secondly, you have
more opportunity when grinding them to
introduce specific intents into the incense.
Perhaps, for instance, you might wish to protect
yourself against the jealousy of a former lover or
against financial loss. Using substances which
have a high vibration helps to build a ‘wall’ of
protection, which means that neither the bad thought nor the subtle energies activated on a
more spiritual level can harm you.
Some of the incenses below are specifically to
protect against not just negativity on a purely
physical plane, but also malign energy
deliberately directed at you and your loved
ones. Incense such as the ones for psychic
protection will give you the security you need to
know that you can combat such gross intrusion.
Other incenses mean that you can react
quickly to outside influences should you need
to do so. There are many alternatives in this, as
in other sections, so that you can decide for
yourself which ones work best for you. A lot
will depend on what is local to you, and so far
as protection incenses are concerned, the
sensitivities can change depending on the
environment surrounding the individual.
Where the incense is for a specific purpose, that
information is given.
Once again, it is always possible when
making these incenses to substitute the
ingredients. They can all be mixed and matched
ad infinitum, though you may have to
experiment with the quantities until they ‘feel’
right (or until they smell right).

Incense Cones & Joss Sticks

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Nowadays incense is most often encountered in
the form of joss sticks, which were introduced
to the West in the 1960s by travellers to India
who brought them back with them. For short
rituals these work very well, though they are not to everyone’s taste. Dhoop, or incense
cones, as they are known, are another way of using the same material

Incense

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As well as making use of herbs as plants,
decorations and for healing, their most important
use in magic was – and still is – in incense.
Incense symbolizes the Element Air and the
spiritual realms and has been part of ritual use by
magical workers and priests alike for thousands
of years. Granular incense, with its basis of resins
and gums, is nowadays usually preferred for
magical workings or ritual worship. It has a
magic all of its own. For this reason a good
incense burner will be one of your most
important tools. You should choose this carefully,
and not just for its aesthetic sense, because it is
vital that the incense is allowed to burn properly.
Since time immemorial, people have burned
sweet-smelling woods, herbs and resins to
perfume, cleanse and clarify the atmosphere in
which they exist. During outdoor rituals special
woods and herbs with magical qualities would
be thrown onto bonfires or into altar cauldrons.
In the home, open-hearth fires could be used to
give off perfumed smoke which sweetened or
freshened the air. The word ‘perfume’ means
‘through smoke’.
Initially, resins and gums were used most
successfully, so in areas where resinous trees
grew, incenses were used to honour the gods.
Egypt became especially renowned for its high
standard of blending and the use of ritual
incense. There was a particular class of incense
– which is still available today – called Khyphi.
It required magical techniques and the finest
ingredients for its manufacture.