Incenses in Wicca

Incense is a powerful tool for magick, because fragrances impact different levels of conscious mind.

Here is a list of the most popular scents and their application in craft. Add half a teaspoon of the relevant incense onto smoldering charcoal block in a censer (ceramic pot) during eWicca rituals and ceremonies.

The rule of thumb: you should feel each scent in a combination, so do not mix a lot of them, unless this is requirement for ritual. Please review below recommended recipes.

Alfalfa: Prosperity, sustenance, healing

Anise: Purification, healing, protection, dreaming

Almond: Prosperity, wisdom

Amber: Love, happiness, strength

Apple: Love, happiness, good luck

Apricot: Love, creativity, friendship

Balsam Fir: Prosperity, mental clarity

Basil: Protection, purification, wealth, faithfulness.

Bay: Protection, purification, healing, dreaming, divination, and repels negativity.

Benzoin: Purification, prosperity

Caraway: Love, passion

Carnation: Protection, blessing, strength

Catnip: Attraction, friendship, healing, dreaming, consecration

Cayenne: Increases your magickal power, healing

Cedar: Money, healing, protection, purification, calming, comforting, and strengthening

Chamomile: Success, love, purification, peace, harmony, healing

Cinnamon: Psychic power, protection,love, creativity.

Cinquefoil: Protection, prosperity.

Clove: Protection, prosperity, purification, love, visions.

Clover: Beauty, healing, good luck, visions

Coriander: Longevity, love, serenity, harmony

Daisy: Blessings, happiness, love, joy

Dandelion: Purification, divination

Dill: Love, dreaming, protection

Dragon‘s blood: Love, protection, exorcism

Echinacea: Strength, healing, protection

Eucalyptus: Healing, protection

Garlic: Protection, courage, healing

Geranium: Love, fertility, protection, balancing

Ginger: Prosperity, love, power, success, healing, strength

Ginseng: Desire, love, longevity, healing

Grape: Money, fertility, mental clarity

Honeysuckle: Prosperity, love, protection, relaxation

Hyacinth: Love, happiness, protection, success

Ivy: Protection, good luck

Jasmine: Love, seduction, dreaming

Juniper: Purification, protection against harm and theft, love

Lavender: Love, peace, purification, protection, calming, balancing

Lemon: Purification, love, healing, blessings, friendship, clarity

Lilac: Exorcism, protection, love, harmony, memory, concentration

Mandrake: Courage, protection, fertility, potency

Marigold: Justice, love, dreaming, renewal, prophesy, healing

Marjoram: Healing, protection, fertility, love, happiness

Mint: Passion, protection, travel, luck, exorcism, healing, clarity, memory

Mugwort: Visions, astral travel, protection, dreaming, divination

Mullein: Purification, protection, courage

Myrrh: Consecration, protection, purification

Nettle: Healing, protection, strength

Nutmeg: Visions, divination, clairvoyance, dreaming

Onion: Healing, protection

Orange: Love, divination, luck, fertility

Parsley: Healing, vitality

Patchouli: Prosperity, passion, fertility, attraction

Pine: Fertility, prosperity, protection, purification

Poppy: Fertility, prosperity, creativity, dreaming

Rose: Love, luck, divination, protection, peace, friendship, strength

Rosemary: Protection, healing, passion, clarity, purification, courage

Saffron: Healing, passion, divination, prosperity

Sage: Wisdom, fertility, protection, purification, longevity, healing

Sandalwood: Protection, healing, purification

Sesame: Prosperity, passion, love, lust, fertility

Saint-Johns-wort: Healing, purification, protection, dreaming

Strawberry: Love, luck, passion, gifts, joy, happiness

Sunflower: Fertility, prosperity, blessings

Thyme: Dreaming, courage, healing, protection, purification.

Valerian: Love, sleep, purification, healing

Vanilla: Passion, love, harmony, attraction

Vervain: Consecration, purification, dreaming, protection, good luck

Violet: Protection, good luck, love, healing

Willow: Healing, blessings, divination

Yarrow: Healing, love, courage, protection, divination

Recommended combinations for ceremonies and rituals

Below are different variations which  enhance power of your ritual or ceremony. Start some charcoal before mixing the incense. Add a little of each ingredient to the base powder and burn a pinch and listen own feelings.

Mind preparation, Goal visualization, meditations

1. rosemary, sage, cinnamon, sandalwood

2. 2 cups frankincense, 2 cups rosemary, 2 cups sage, 2 cups cinnamon, 2 cups sandalwood

3. 2 cups chamomile, 3 cups frankincense, 2 cups sandalwood

3. 3 cups myrrh, 3 cups frankincense, 2 cups chamomile

Energy

1. 2 cups bay, 3 cups carnation, 2 cups ginger, 3 cups nutmeg

2. 4 cups vanilla, 3 cups ginger, 3 cups nutmeg

3. 3 cups orange, 3 cups bay, 3 cups pine

4. 4 cups carnation, 3 cups pine, 2 cups orange

5. 2 cups bay, 2 cups black pepper, 3 cups camphor, 3 cups caraway

6. 5 cups carnation, 4 cups cinnamon, 3 cups patchouli, 4 cups saffron

7. 2 cups nutmeg, 2 cups black pepper, 2 cups garlic, 2 cups cinnamon,

8. 3 cups vanilla, 2 cups orange, 3 cups lime

9. 5 cups pennyroyal, 4 cups pine, 3 cups saffron, 2 cups bay

10. 2 cups bay, 2 cups patchouli, 4 cups ginger, 3 cups caraway

Purification

1. 4 cups bay, 3 cups camphor, 2 cups dill, 3 cups eucalyptus,

2. 3 cups garlic, 4 cups dill, 2 cups lilac, 2 cups hyssop

3. 3 cups hyssop, 1 cup eucalyptus, 3 cups juniper, 1 cup lemon verbena,

4. 1 cup orange, 1 cup pine, 2 cups lime, 3 cups neroli

5. 1 cup lemon, 1 cup lemon grass, 1 cup lemon verbena, 1 cup lemon balm, 1 cup lime

6. 1 cup tulip, 1 cup bay, 1 cup dill, 3 cups garlic

Casting circle

3 cups frankincense, 2 cups myrrh, 1 cup cinnamon, 1 cup mint, 1 cup rosemary, 1 cup sandalwood

Beauty

1 cup catnip, 3 cups rose

Happiness

1. 1 cup neroli, 2 cups orange, 3 cups apple blossom

2. 1 cup basil, 1 cup bergamot, 1 cup neroli

3. 3 cups apple blossom, 2 cups orange, 1 cup water lily, 2 cups sweet pea

Health

1. 1 cup clove, 2 cups cypress, 2 cups hops, 2 cups pine

2. 3 cups eucalyptus, 1 cup sandalwood, 2 cups spearmint, 1 cup coriander

3. 3 cups myrrh, 2 cups spearmint, 1 cup clove, 2 cups cypress

4. 3 cups carnation, 2 cups pine, 4 cups garlic

5. 3 cups lemon, 3 cups lavender, 3 cups garlic

6. 3 cups garlic, 3 cups clove, 4 cups cypress, 2 cups lavender, 1 cup carnation, 1 cup spearmint

7. 4 cups eucalyptus, 3 cups garlic, 3 cups lemon, 2 cups lavender

8. 3 cups thyme, 3 cups rue, 1 cup carnation, 2 cups lemon

Love

1.  2 cups apple blossom, 2 cups carnation, 2 cups freesia, 2 cups iris

2.  2 cups yarrow, 2 cups water lily, 3 cups vanilla

4.  3 cups lavender, 2 cups jasmine, 1 cup hyacinth, 3 cups gardenia

5.  3 cups iris, 2 cups lemon verbena, 4 cups lilac, 3 cups vanilla

6.  2 cups cardamom, 2 cups coriander, 2 cups freesia, 2 cups ginger

7.  2 cups hyacinth, 2 cups jasmine, 2 cups lemon verbena, 2 cups meadowsweet

8.  2 cups narcissus, 3 cups plumeria, 4 cups rosemary, 2 cups iris

9.   5 cups vanilla, 3 cups tuberose, 4 cups ylang-ylang, 3 cups lilac

10. 1 cup ginger, 2 cups vanilla, 1 cup jasmine

11. 1 cup jasmine, 2 cups vanilla, 1 cup sandalwood

12. 2 cups rose, 1 cup vanilla, 1 cup ylang-ylang

Prosperity

3 cups bergamot, 4 cups cinnamon, 4 cups honeysuckle

Protection

1. 3 cups basil, 3 cups vetivert, 3 cups black pepper, 3 cups pine

2. 2 cups clove, 3 cups pennyroyal, 3 cups cumin, 3 cups peppermint

3. 2 cups garlic, 2 cups cumin, 3 cups parsley, 2 cups clove

4. 3 cups onion, 3 cups cumin, 2 cups garlic, 1 cup parsley

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