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Attraction oil |
3oz. Apricot or Almond oil base |
2dr. Allspice oil |
2dr. white musk oil Color: Topaz |
1dr. citrus oil (lemon and lime, and orange) |
1/2dr. Sweet pea |
Place an amber stone in the master bottle and a corriander seed in the |
dram bottles for sale. |
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Magnet oil |
2oz each Apricot and sesame oils as a base |
1dr. Cinnamon |
1dr. Rose Color: Dark red |
2dr. Rose Geranium |
A lodestone in master bottle with iron filings |
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GODDESS RECIPES:OILS, PERFUMES ETC |
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[From 'The Witches' Goddess by Janet & Stewart Farrar (C) 1987 |
and published by Phoenix Publishing Inc., Portal Way, P.O. |
Box 10, Custer, Washington USA 98240. Presented here to help |
encourage the continuance of The Craft and to encourage those |
who find it of interest to acquire the books written by the |
selfsame authors. Uploaded Into computer BBS circulation by |
the MYSTERIA MAGICIA BBS of Des Moines, IA.] |
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MOON PRIESTESS PERFUME: |
1 Drop Queen of the Night Oil |
3 drops rose oil |
1 drop lemon verbena oil |
4 fl. oz (120cc) white spirit |
Blend the three oils in a bottle. Add the white spirit, and shake all |
vigorously. A cologne can be made by adding another 1 FL. oz (30cc) |
of white spirit and 3 fl. oz (90cc) of distilled water. |
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MOON PRIEST COLOGNE: |
1 fl.oz (30cc) lemon verbena or Lime oil |
2 fl.oz (60cc) coriander oil |
1/2 fl.oz. (15cc) camphor or myrrh oil |
1/4 fl.oz. (7cc) white spirit |
3 3/4 fl.oz. (105cc) distilled water |
Blend the oils in a bottle, add the spirit and water and shake all |
vigorously. Increasing the myrrh oils gives a darker perfume; |
increasing the camphor, a lighter and more spicy one. All perfumes |
'behave' differently on different skins, so it is worth experimenting |
to find your own balance. |
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EARTH MOTHER PERFUME: |
Musk oil |
Patchouli oil |
Rose Oil |
Blend in equal parts, bottle and shake well. |
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ISIS PERFUME: |
Rose oil |
Blue Lotus Oil |
Blend equal parts, bottle and shake well. |
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SUN GODDESS PERFUME: |
Cinnamon Oil |
Lemon Verbena Oil |
YlangYlang Oil |
Blend equal parts, bottle and shake well. |
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OIL FOR THE DARK OF THE MOON: |
2 fl.oz.(60cc) tincture of myrrh |
1 fl.oz.(30cc) oil of cinnamon |
1/4 fl.oz.(7cc) Queen of the Night Oil |
1 fl.oz.(30cc) oil of rose |
Blend, bottle and shake well. |
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OIL FOR THE RITES OF ISIS: |
7 drops oil of rose |
2 Drops oil of Camphor |
2 drops tincture of myrrh |
3 drops oil of blue hyacinth |
Blends the oils of rose, camphor, and blue hyacinth during the |
waxing moon. Bottle and keep till the Moon wanes. Add the Myrrh |
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KALI INCENSE: |
This is an individual and personalized incense, for attunement |
to your own Dark of the Moon. |
1 oz (30gm) sandalwood chips |
1 oz (30gm) Dried jasmine flowers or 6 drops jasmine oil |
1/2 oz (15gm) dried rose petals |
2 drops of your own menstrual blood |
Blend and use for private meditation during the onset of your |
menstruation. |
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MORRIGAN INCENSE: |
1 oz (30gm) musk amberette |
1/2 oz (15gm) dragon's blood (resin used in violin staining) |
4 drops patchouli oil |
4 drops civet oil |
4 drops of blood from your own finger |
Blend at the dark of the Mon, put in a jar and bury in the earth |
for 6 weeks (a flower pot of peat in a cool cupboard will do). |
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ATHENE OIL & INCENSE: |
The olive is sacred to Athene, so use pure olive oil as an |
anointing oil in particular, rub between the palms of your hands |
and anoint your feet, forehead and lips. For the Incense: |
1 oz (30gm) cedarwood chips |
1/2 oz (15gm) camphor |
7 drops musk oil |
Female sweat (as much as possible) |
6 olives unstuffed and preferably black |
Blend the first four ingredients well, at the full moon, and add |
the olives. Put in a jar and leave for one month to mature. Then |
remove the olives (Which will have imparted their essence to the |
rest) and throw them away. |
Stuffed olives, both black and green, are an obvious food for |
a ritual of Athene, also stuffed vine leaves, a very Athenian dish. |
If possible, of course, the wine should be Greek especially |
retsina, though that is an acquired taste. |
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PRERITUAL BATH SCENTS: |
To cleanse and relax the body before a ritual, and to energize |
the psychic centers Fill small sachets of muslin cloth with equal |
amounts of the following herbs: |
Basil (for psychic energy) |
Borage (to strengthen the inner self) |
Lavendar (to banish mental and emotional stress) |
Centaury (a traditional witch herb) |
Rue (a traditional bathing herb) |
Put a sachet into your bath five minutes before you get in, to |
give the aromatics time to work. |
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DIANA OF THE MOON INCENSE: |
It is recommended that it be made in the hour and the day of the |
Moon i.e. the first or eighth hour after sunrise, or the third or |
tenth hour after sunset, on a Monday. |
Thoroughly mix equal amounts of the following: |
Gum mastic |
Jasmine |
Mandrake |
Orris root |
add a few drops of wintergreen oil and moisten with a little clear |
mineral oil. |
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AINE of KNOCKAINE INCENSE: |
1/2 oz (15gm) meadowsweet flowers and leaf (gathered when the |
plant is in full bloom and dried) |
1/2 oz (15gm) finely chopped pine needles |
1/2 fl.oz. (15cc) lemon verbena oil |
By the way, meadowsweet blossom also makes a delicious wine. |
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Witches often ask about how to make essential oils. |
I don't know exactly how you produce essential oils from herbs. What I |
do know is that it's a laborious process, and that most of the time you |
will want to dilute the essential oils anyway, so that fragrant, |
blended oils consisting of a carrier oil and a herb are often more |
versatile. In addition to that they are quite easy to |
manufacture. This is how I do it. |
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oils & herbs |
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ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/religion/neopagan/Herbs/Uses/Pleasure/fragrant_oils |
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Copyright Ceci Henningsson 1994. This article may be freely copied and |
distributed, provided this copyright notice is included. |
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The Kitchen Magic School's Fragrant Oils |
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This is what you need |
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A carrier oil. The intended use decides which one. Edible oils are |
sold in supermarkets everywhere, and can often be used for other |
purposes than just eating. In herbal cosmetic shops like the Body Shop |
you can buy pure or blended oils for special purposes like bathing and |
massage. You can experiment with different oils for different |
purposes, but never ingest any oil that wasn't specifically made for |
the purpose. It's important that you use new oil with the best before |
date well ahead, as fragrant oils don't keep as well as essential |
oils. Wheatgerm oil can be used as a preservative if you find that |
your oils don't keep well. |
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The herb. For this purpose it doesn't matter if it's fresh, dried or |
even frozen. Herbs are sold in many places. Occult shops often have |
quite an assortment, but the supermarket in your area may sell some |
of these much cheaper. Supermarkets often have herbs in either the |
spice department (notably fennel and cardamom the health food |
department (notably rosehips and buckwheat) or even the hot drinks |
department (notably chamomile and cocoa). Specialized health food |
stores and natural cosmetics boutiques often have herbs too. |
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Growing your own herbs can be a very satisfying experience, and it |
doesn't take a lot of skill to do with the most common ones. You can |
buy plants at a nursery or raise your own from seeds. Seeds are |
available in supermarkets, garden centers and nurseries. There are |
often quite adequate instructions on the seed envelope. If you are new |
to growing things, start out with easy growers like mint, heartsease |
and dill and grow them in pots. |
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Which herb to choose is a science in itself. If you want to use the |
oil for magickal purposes, you will probably want to choose it |
according to its correspondences. At the end of Starhawk's |
_Spiral_Dance_ there is a substantial list of common correspondences, |
and the classic Culpeper's Complete Herbal lists herbs and their uses |
and correspondences. Of course if you follow a specific tradition you |
will want to consult it, so you don't use inappropriate herbs. Many |
eclectic witches like to make up their own correspondences following |
their intuition. If you will use the oil on your skin, make sure that |
it won't irritate or cause allergic reactions. You may want to consult |
a book on aromatherapy if you are using fragrant oils for |
healing. Some oils are considered aphrodisiacs, and can be quite fun |
to use for massage. |
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A practical consideration is the availability of a given herb. Herbs |
may be unavailable for many different reasons. Maybe it isn't |
traditionally used in your part of the world, it may be illegal for a |
number of reasons, it could be surrounded with superstition or it can |
simply be out of season. |
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A bottle. Fragrant oils are sensitive to light so try avoiding crystal |
clear bottles. You will often want to use just a spoonful of the oil, |
so a squirt cap is useful. Shampoo bottles can often be used, as they |
are generally about the right size and have caps which are made so you |
can easily take a small amount without having oil run down the outside |
of the bottle. Plastic bottles will often be found to take on some of |
the aroma of the contents, so you may want to throw them away after |
one use, or always keep the same oil in the same bottle. Some occult |
shops sell amber glass bottles, too. Of course it's neat to have all |
your oils in identical bottles instead of having an array of brightly |
colored shampoo bottles, but they're a lot more expensive than saved |
up shampoo bottles. Label all your bottles carefully with the name of |
the herb, carrier oil and date of manufacture! |
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The basic principle is easy: put the herb in the oil, and wait. |
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If you are bothered by herb particles in the finished product, you can |
use a tea egg or a small bag of muslin or nylon suspended by string in |
the bottle, and remove them when you find the fragrance strong |
enough. This requires a bottle with a wide opening. If you don't have |
such a bottle, you can strain the oil in a wiremesh tea sieve |
instead. If you aren't bothered by herb particles, you can often leave |
the herb in the oil until you've used it all up. This works |
particularly well with antiseptic herbs like peppermint, but can in |
other cases make the oil go stale. |
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The time it takes for an oil to become pleasantly fragrant depends on |
the herb and the oil, what you consider pleasant and the conditions |
you keep them under. You will have to experiment with concentration, |
stirring, and time to find out which works best under your |
circumstances. With some herbs crushing can speed up the process. |
Seeds like fennel are among those. Many herbs vary quite a lot in |
strength depending on a range of factors, so sometimes you will have |
to adapt your recipes. The best thing is probably to develop your |
intuition with regards to herbs. As a rule of thumb, two weeks to |
three months should be adequate. |
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Bathing: Many oils can change your mood when used in a bath. Try out |
different ones, like thyme and heartsease. Caveat 1: Some |
herbs are skin irritants, and you may be allergic to some |
without knowing this. If your skin gets irritated during or |
after a bath, immediately take a shower and wash yourself all |
over with hypoallergenic soap. Then dry yourself and use a |
hypoallergenic body lotion. This should take care of most skin |
irritations. If it doesn't, seek a doctor. Carefully note |
which herbs cause skin irritations in you, and avoid |
them. If you know that your skin is sensitive, avoid herbs |
which are known to cause skin irritations or allergic |
reactions in many people. Some of the more common ones are |
mint, vanilla and of course all hot spices like pepper. Caveat |
2: Never use psychoactive herbs in a bath, this includes sleep |
inducing herbs. You can drown yourself quite easily that way. |
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Anointing Fragrant oils are much milder than essential oils, and can |
often be used directly for anointing on your skin. If you are |
using fragrant oils for magickal purposes, you may want to |
take into account the correspondences of the carrier oil, |
too. |
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Vaporising: Vaporising means that you heat the oil so that it |
gives off its fragrance. This is useful in its own right, but |
can also serve as a substitute for incense when you or members |
of your household object to incense for medical or other |
reasons. Vaporisers can be bought in occult stores, shops for |
herbal cosmetics, interior decoration boutiques or even in the |
department store. The most common ones are a terracotta ring |
that you suspend on a lightbulb, and more elaborate structures |
with a ÓhouseÓ for a teacandle and a shallow pan |
suspended above it. The fragrant oil has to be quite strong |
for this purpose. |
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Massage: Massage is a fine art and healing in many ways. You may want |
to experiment with using edible oils for this purpose. Caveat |
1: The oil used for massage enters the skin even more |
forcefully than the one used in a bath. Make sure you |
aren't allergic beforehand. Vigorously rub in a tad of oil |
on a sensitive place like the inside of the arm just above |
your wrist. If the skin is irritated after an hour, don't |
use that oil on your skin again. Caveat 2: Massage is often a |
part of lovemaking. If you use a condom for birth control, |
don't use massage oils. The reason for this is that the oil |
makes microscopic holes in the rubber, and renders it useless. |
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Cooking: Fragrant oils of spices like oregano or basil can be used in |
cooking. You can use it as a marinade, or to brush on meat |
before you grill it. How about making your own curry oil? |
Caveat: Use only oils specifically made for ingestion for this |
purpose. |
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Libations: We often use wine or water for libations, but we know that |
for instance the Minoans on Crete offered their deities oils |
as well as wine and honey. |
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You can use this method with other mediums than oil; shampoo and |
liquid soap for instance. Find fragrance free products, and make your |
own herbal cosmetics. I like to use chamomile shampoo, so I blend 100 |
ml of fragrance free shampoo with 1 gram of chamomile flowers from |
a teabag. After one week the liquid starts to turn yellow and smell of |
chamomile and is ready for use. I use a hair conditioner (again |
fragrance free) to make sure I rinse out all chamomile particles from |
my hair. The same can be done with rosemary if you have dark hair, and |
other herbs if you have problems with your hair or scalp. Lavender |
produces a soothing soap, and pine needles an invigorating one. Again, |
make sure you aren't allergic to herbs used on the skin or in the hair |
in this way. |
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