Myrrh
Commophora myrrha
Considering the plant's shape and the fact that its gum resin has been used as a drying stimulant, it is easy to place this incense in Mars. The thorns of the tree represent the grief of loss as well as the resin's ability to protect and heal. This is an excellent incense to help with loss, whether it be that of a loved one or a great injury (and thus loss of safety) done to one's heart, spirit, or body. It brings Martial protection to the injured and is wonderful for all sorts of purification. In the Kabbalah, it is associated with Binah, and it connects with Crone energy and thus the Underworld and the Abyss. Try treating myrrh with wine the way the ancient Egyptians did: soak pieces overnight in red wine, drain, grind with other ingredients of your incense, and mix with a small amount of well boiled honey for a smoky, sweet incense. This removes the rubbery undertone that myrrh resin has and makes it very sweet and intensely powerful--a few grams of myrrh treated this way can stand in for an ounce or so in an incense mixture. I now have two types of myrrh, Chinese and Kenyan.

Ivory Coast Myrrh
Kenyan Myrrh

Uses in Witchcraft & Magic:

Purification
Kabbalah
Protection Spells
Emotional & Spiritual Healing
Connecting to the Underworld or the Abyss
Mars Incense

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Ivory Coast Myrrh  I got sick of waiting for my regular supplier to get myrrh pieces back in stock again and decided to try another wholesaler. I got lucky with some real nice myrrh from the Ivory Coast. The pieces are a decent size, and the myrrh is a good, strong scent, very "myrrhy." You can see the pieces are pretty good size (1-2").

Kenyan Myrrh  This myrrh is very fragrant with a scent more like opoponax, i.e., sweeter than the average myrrh. Right now I can get this only in granular form--they call it a powder, but the pieces are bigger than they are in a powder; I hope to have the pieces back in stock eventually. The pictures shows the large pea size.

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Kenyan myrrh granules
1 oz. $3.75

 Kenyan myrrh large pea size
1 oz. $3.75