Frankincense

Also called Olibanum

Perfume or incenseIn 2 Signatures3 traditions

overview

Frankincense is the dried sap of Boswellia trees from Arabia and the Horn of Africa, burned in temples for over five thousand years and carried to the infant Jesus by the Magi. Its clean, lemony smoke is the classic incense of the Sun and of spiritual work.

Uses

Purifying a space before ritual
Protection
Raising spiritual energy
Consecrating tools

ritual

Working with it

Burn a few grains on a charcoal disc at the start of ritual to purify the space and lift the mood. Pass new tools through the smoke to consecrate them.

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Botanical name: Boswellia sacra
Planet: ☉︎ Sun
Kind: Resin
Element: Fire
Works for: Purification Protection Banishing Power
Forms: resinincensepowderessential oil
How to use: Burn as incense or loose herbAnointing oilAltar or offeringSachet or charm bagDiffuser or oil burner

Projective

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★ Part of the Signature of

♌︎ Leo· Perfume ☉︎ Sun· Perfume

Where the traditions place it

Leo — Common practice, Golden Dawn
Sun — Agrippa, Common practice, Golden Dawn
Path 31 — Golden Dawn