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Ok, for those of you that regularly look in detail at all aspects of the coven I recently added a guide on making your own incense to increase the chance of prophetic dreams. This is a quick list of materials so that hopefully, if you like, you can adapt the recipe for whatever purpose you require.



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.

ANISE SEEDS Burned as a meditation incense.

BASIL Burned to exorcise and protect against evil entities, and to attract fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth. This is also an excellent incense to use when performing love divination?s.

BAY Burned to facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophetic dream - visions.

BAYBERRY Burned mainly to attract money.

BENZOIN Burned for purification and to attract prosperity.

BISTORT Burned (often with Frankincense) as a powerful incense to aid divination.

BRACKEN Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain.

CEDAR Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, and heal various ailments, including head colds.

CINNAMON Burned for protection and to attract money, stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, and aid in healing.

CITRON Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen the psychic powers.

CLOVE Burned to dispel negativity, purify sacred and magickal spaces, attract money, and stop or prevent the spread of gossip.

COCONUT Burned for protection.

COPAL Burned for protection and to attract love.

DAMIANA Burned to facilitate psychic visions.

DITTANY OF CRETE Burned to conjure spirits and to aid in astral protection(Especially when mixed with equal parts of benzoin, sandalwood, and vanilla).

DRAGON?S BLOOD Burned to dispel negativity, exercise evil supernatural entities, attract love, and restore male potency.

ELECAMPANE Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying(divination by gazing) abilities.

FERN Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. Also used to exorcise evil supernatural entities.

FRANKINCENSE Burned to dispel negativity, purify magickal spaces, protect against evil, aid meditation, induce psychic visions, 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.

GINSENG ROOT Burned to keep wicket 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 FLOWER Burned to attract love.

HOREHOUND Burned as an offertory incense to the ancient Egyptian god Horus.

JASMINE Burned to attract love and money, and also to induce dreams of a prophetic nature.

JUNIPER Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and also to break curses and hexes cast by evil sorcerers.

LAVENDER Burned to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love (especially of a man).

LILAC Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and to attract harmony into ones life.

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.

MYRRH Burned (often with Frankincense) for purification, consecrations, healing, exorcism, and banishing evil. Myrrh also aids meditation rituals, and was commonly burned on altars in ancient Egypt as an offering to the deities Isis and Ra.

NUTMEG Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and attract prosperity.

PATCHOULI Burned to attract money and love, and also to promote fertility.

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.

POPPY SEEDS Burned to promote female fertility, andto attract love, good luck and money.

ROSE Burned to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, and attract love. Rose incense is used in all forms of love enchantment and possesses the strongest love vibration of any magickal incense.

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, and to purify sacred spaces and ritual tools, promote Burned for protection against all forms of evil, wisdom, attract money, and aid in 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 in healing rituals and wish - magick.

SOLOMON?S 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.

SWEETGRASS Burned to conjure beneficial spirits prior to spellcasting.

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, and for protection against sorcery and thieves.

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 When mixed with sandalwood and burned at night in a cemetery, wormwood is said to be able to conjure spirits from their graves.