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“Discover how incense fragrances empower rituals” ~ Crystal Wind

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T The spiritual meanings and magickal properties of incense fragrances help focus your mind on achieving specific goals. Burning incense carries deep symbolic meaning and assists pagans and spiritual practitioners in directing their attention toward the purpose of a ritual or magical working.

Below is an A-to-Z guide of popular incenses and their traditional magickal uses.

Magickal Properties of Incense

Acacia
Burned with sandalwood to stimulate the psychic powers.

African Violet
Burned for protection and to promote spirituality within the home.

Allspice
Burned to attract both good luck and money.

Aloe
Burned to attract good fortune, love, spiritual vibrations, and strength.

Althea
Burned for protection and to stimulate the psychic powers.

Amber
Love, comfort, happiness and healing.

Ambergris
Dreams, aphrodisiac.

Angelica
Protection, harmony, integration, insight, understanding, stability and meditation.

Anise Seeds
Emotional balance.

Apple Blossom
Happiness, love and friendship.

Basil
Concentration, assertiveness, decisiveness, trust, integrity, enthusiasm, mental clarity, cheerfulness, confidence, courage, fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth.

Bay
To facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophetic dream visions.

Bayberry
Protection, prosperity, happiness, control and to attract money.

Benzoin
Astral projection, purification, clears negative energy, emotional balance, eases sadness, depression, weariness, grief, anger and anxiety.

Bergamot
Money, prosperity, uplifting of spirits, joy, protection, concentration, alertness, confidence, balance, strength, courage, motivation and assertiveness.

Bistort
Burned often with frankincense as a powerful incense to aid divination.

Blue Berry
To keep unwanted influences away from your home and property.

Bracken
Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain.

Cardamom
Mental clarity, concentration, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and motivation.

Carnation
Protection, strength, healing, love and lust.

Cedar
Purification, psychic powers, love, prevent nightmares, healing, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom.

Cedarwood
Healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom.

Chamomile
Harmony, peace, calm, spiritual and inner peace.

Cherry
To attract and stimulate love.

Cinnamon
Stimulation, wealth, prosperity, business success, strength, lust, healing, psychic powers.

Citron
Burned in rituals to aid healing and strengthen psychic powers.

Citronella
Cleansing, warding off, healing.

Clove
Pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection.

Coconut
Protection and purification.

Copal
Love, purification, uplifting spirits, protection, spirituality.

Cypress
Strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety and stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration.

Damiana
Burned to facilitate psychic visions.

Dittany of Crete
Astral projection and divination.

Dragon’s Blood
Protection, purification, courage, dispel negativity, attract love, enhance psychic awareness.

Elecampane
Strengthen clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities.

Eucalyptus
Healing, purification and protection.

Fern
Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. Also used to exorcise evil supernatural entities.

Frankincense
Spirituality, astral strength, protection, consecration, meditation, psychic visions, good luck.

Frangipani
Burn to brighten your home with friendship and love.

Fumitory
Burned to exorcise demons, poltergeists, and evil supernatural entities.

Galangal
Burned to break curses cast by sorcerers.

Gardenia
Peace, love and healing.

Ginger
Wealth, lust and love.

Ginseng Root
Keep wicked spirits at bay and protect against evil.

Gotu Kola
Burned to aid meditation.

Heather
Burned to conjure beneficial spirits and to magickally produce rain.

Hibiscus
Divination, love and lust.

Honeysuckle
Money, happiness, friendship, healing, good health, luck, and psychic power.

Hyacinth
Happiness and protection.

Jasmine
Love, money, dreams, purification, wisdom, astral projection, luck in love.

Juniper
Calming, protection, healing, increase psychic powers, break curses and hexes.

Lavender
Cleansing, healing, love, happiness, relaxation, restful sleep.

Lemon
Healing, love and purification.

Lemongrass
Mental clarity.

Lilac
Soothing, increase psychic powers, attract harmony.

Lotus
Elevates mood, protection, spirituality, healing, meditation, opens the mind’s eye.

Mace
Stimulate or increase psychic powers.

Mastic
Conjure beneficial spirits, increase psychic powers, intensify sexual desires. Enhances the power of other incenses.

Mesquite
Increases the magickal powers of all healing incenses.

Mint
Increase sexual desire and attract money.

Musk
Aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage, sensual atmosphere.

Myrrh
Spirituality, meditation, healing, consecration, protection, purification.

Nutmeg
Aid meditation, increase psychic powers, attract prosperity.

Oakmoss
To attract money.

Orange
Divination, love, luck, money.

Patchouli
Money, growth, love, sensuality, fertility.

Passionflower
Peace of mind, soothes troubles, aids sleep.

Peppermint
Energy, mental stimulant, healing.

Pine
Grounding, strength, cleansing, healing, attract money.

Poppy Seeds
Promote female fertility, attract love, good luck, and money.

Rose
Love, house blessing, fertility, healing, courage, prophetic dreams.

Rose Geranium
Courage and protection.

Rosemary
Remembrance, energy, healing, purify, prevent nightmares, dispel depression.

Rue
Burned to help restore health.

Sage
Protection against evil, purify sacred spaces, promote wisdom, clarity, attract money, healing.

Sagebrush
Aid healing and banish negative energies and evil entities.

Sandalwood
Spirituality, healing, protection, astral projection, purification.

Solomons Seal
Burned mainly as an offertory incense to ancient Pagan deities.

Star Anise Seeds
Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers.

Strawberry
Love, luck and friendship.

Sweetgrass
Burned to conjure beneficial spirits prior to spell casting.

Sweet Pea
Friendship, love and courage.

Thyme
Purification of magickal spaces, healing, attract good health.

Tangerine
A solar aroma used to attract prosperity.

Vanilla
Lust, mental alertness, enhance memory.

Vervain
Burned to exorcise evil supernatural entities.

Vetivert
Money, peace and love.

Violet
Wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing.

Willow
Avert evil, attract love, promote healing. Offertory incense for Pagan lunar deities.

Wisteria
Protection against all forms of evil.

Wormwood
Stimulate psychic powers. When mixed with sandalwood and burned at night in a cemetery, it is said to conjure spirits.

Yarrow
For courage.

Ylang-Ylang
Love, harmony and euphoria.

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