Three Books of Occult Philosophy Incense
Designed through years "messing around" with the various incense formulae outlined in Agrippa's
Three Books of Occult
Philosophy, these incenses follow Agrippa's formulae without including ingredients like blood or animal parts. At Alchemy Works we are all for authenticity, but we reject cruelty. Furthermore, it is our opinion that compounding these incenses using animal parts would stink. One of Alchemy Works' founding principles was the belief that magical tools that are aesthetically pleasing work better than those that aren't. Fortunately, Agrippa does offer an out, which most people don't notice, absorbed in the rather sensational ingredients:
"Besides,
to Saturne are appropriated for fumes all odoriferous
roots, as Pepper-wort root, &c. and the Frankincense tree: to
Jupiter odoriferous fruits, as Nutmegs, Cloves: to Mars
all
odoriferous wood, as Sanders, Cypress, Lignum-balsaim, and
Lignum-aloes: to the Sun
all Gums,
Frankincense, Mastick,
Benjamin, Storax, Laudanum, Amber-gryse, and Musk; to
Venus Flowers, as Roses, Violets, Saffron, and such
like: to
Mercury all Pils of Wood and fruit, as Cinnamon, Lignum
Cassia,
Mace, Citron pill, and Bayberries, and whatsoever
seeds are odoriferous; to the Moon the leaves of
all Vegetables, as the leaf Indum, the leaves of the Myrtle, and
Bay-tree" (Book One, Ch. 44).
Agrippa mentions that positive works should smell nice and negative works should stink, but in his case, "stink" is a relative term, since clearly frankincense, which is of Saturn, the "negative" planet, does not stink. Top © 2009-2024 Alchemy Works; No reproduction without permission
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Agrippa's
Planetary Incense |
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Roots of Saturn Incense
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