Galbanum Resin
Ferula galbaniflua
Crowley associated this scent with the Element of Air (although to me it is an Earth aroma).  This stimulant resin is taken from the roots of a Persian tree. Galbanum is often used in perfume and in work involving learning, developing psychic abilities, and contacting angels and the dead. In Liber Juratus, this resin is associated with Libra.  This is dried galbanum, which is much easier to work with than the wet form that is more commonly encountered in the marketplace. Try it in Abramelin incense according to the recipe in the German manucripts, historically accurate ketoret incense from the Hebrew Bible, or Crowley's Tetragrammaton incense (equal parts galbanum, storax, olibanum, and onycha). Galbanum is also known as feshook.

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Uses in Witchcraft & Magick:

Elemental Magick (Earth & Air)
Working with Angels
Necromancy
Protection Spells