Recipes
One thing you've seen a lot of here, besides Dragons is a call for various oils ands incense blends. One of the easiest ways to create anointing oils today is to blend together various types of essential oils. Now many people are going to tell you that if you are going to use essential oils, you *must* use genuine essential oils and not synthetic. Just between you, me and the keyboard, that's a load of hooey!
Until some one shows me an essential oil (or anything else for that matter) that is made from something not found on the Periodic Table of Elements, you are looking at something made from natural ingredients! The only difference is the level of processing it went through before it found it's way into your eager hands. Synthetic essentials are easier to find and are much less expensive (a boon for someone on a limited budget). The only thing I would caution against is using synthetics in things like incense because many can smell *totally* different when they are burned.
Oh, one more thing: Never Drink any of the potions listed here! In fact, never drink any potion unless you know for certain it is safe to do so!!
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J'Karrah's General "All-Purpose" Oil: I use this one a *lot* and for just about everything from offerings to the Gods, to consecrating tools, to protection and healing spells: Take a 1 ounce bottle and fill it a little less than half way with cinnamon oil. Add: a some bay leaf, lemon peel, dill, sage, and mint leaves Add: small piece of quartz, amethyst, fluorite and a small iron or steel nail (try a small nail from a picture mounting kit) Top off the bottle with equal parts apple oil and vanilla (oil or extract) and seal Paint on the outside of the bottle:
Charge each component according to its magical uses as listed on the following pages: Using either the Empowerment Chant or one of you own. |
Ansuz 
Kenaz 
Hagall
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Protection Potion This Protection Potion can be found in the book Spellcraft: A Primer for the Young Magician It may seem a bit simple, but it is still very effective. Which is an important thing to remember: magic doesn't have to be hard or complex to work. Often times the simpler a spell the better it works! Equal amounts of: Frankincense & myrrh A little cinnamon One or two bay leaves broken into pieces |
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Peace Oil This one made it into my friend's book to go along with the Anger Calming Spell 1 dram olive oil as a base 10 drops lavender oil 10 drops rose oil 1 small piece of rose quartz Mix during on a Friday night during the waxing moon if possible, and chant 9 times: Gentle fragrance of fruit and flower I call upon your gentle power Bring to all a sense of peace So that strife may quickly cease |
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This Friendship Potion can be found in the book Spellcraft: A Primer for the Young Magician 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. lemon peel or orange peel, 1/2 vanilla bean Put all ingredients into a ceramic cup (like a large coffee cup) and pour in a cup of hot water like you were making tea. Let it sit for a day or so, then strain and place the resulting potion into a nice bottle and store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight. Friendship Oil This is a little more complex. It was designed for the Companion Dragon ritual and also wound up in my friend's love spell book as an aid to re-establishing contact with distant loved ones: 1 dram of almond oil as a base 10 drops geranium oil 10 drops vanilla 10 Drops ylang ylang oil 2 whole cloves 1 small piece of turquoise Empower by chanting 7 times: Friendships new and friendships old, friendships true and friendships bold More precious now than gold or gem May friendships never see an end! (you can use this you charge the friendship potion listed above as well if you want) |
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In the Reading section I listed one of the best books I know of for recipes and such: The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews, by Scott Cunningham In his recipes he uses only genuine essential oils mixed with a "neutral" base oil, like almond oil. Since he uses genuine essentials, less of each is required, but for some essentials, the cost can be very high (I've paid more than $30 for less than half an ounce for certain oils). But don't let that stop you from experimenting. Some of my favorite examples are: |
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Temple Oil: 4 drops Frankincense 2 drops Rosemary 1drops Bay 1 drops Sandalwood (makes a nice consecration oil) |
Citrus Purification Oil 3 drops Orange 2 drops Lemongrass 2 drops lemon 1 drop Lime (makes a nice consecration oil) |
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Healing Oil 4 drops Rosemary 2 drops Juniper 1 drop Sandalwood
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Protection Oil 4 drops Basil 3 drops Geranium 1 drop Vetivert
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