Fire

The Oils:

  • 3 parts Frankincense
  • 2 parts Basil
  • 2 parts Juniper
  • 1/2 part Orange

Color: Red

Uses:

For use in attuning with the element of Fire, or for rituals involving strength, courage, passion, lust, etc.

Note:

The proportions here, though for essential oils, are by parts. One part may equal six drops. Generally speaking, there shouldn’t be more than ten total drops of essential oil per half-cup of bath salts. Experiment to find what works best, and please use only genuine essential oils. You should remember, too, the irritating qualities of some essential oils, and use accordingly.

Bath Salts:

To make bath salts add this oil blend to the recipe found in: Bath Salts Basics

From: The Master Grimoire

When you burn dried herbs or resins, you’ll need a heat tolerant vessel. Traditionally this is an abalone shell with a bit of sand in the bottom. You might also use a charcoal disc beneath the herbs to keep them smoking, especially in the case of resins. Here are some plants commonly used as incense and their magickal uses:

  • Allspice: Attracting money, good luck, and providing extra physical energy.
  • Arabic(gum): Attracting money, good luck, and providing extra physical energy.
  • Bay: Purification, healing, protection, and enhancing psychic powers.
  • Benzoin: Purification, prosperity, and increasing mental powers.
  • Cedar: Purification, protection, speed healing, promoting spirituality, and obtaining money.
  • Clove: Protection, exorcism, money, love, and purification.
  • Copal: Protection, cleansing, purification, spirituality, and purifying quartz crystals and other stones before use in magic ritual.
  • Dragon’s Blood: Love, protection, sexual prowess, and exorcism.
  • Fern: House purification, or, when burned outdoors, bringing rain.
  • Frankincense: Protection, spirituality, love, exorcism, and consecration.
  • Juniper: Exorcism, protection, healing, and love.
  • Lavender: Peace, restful sleep and happiness. Relief of insomnia, depression, grief, sorrow and anxiety.
  • Mugwort: Used to cleanse space of negative energies. When burned before bedtime, known to stimulate dreams.
  • Myrrh: Healing, protection, peace, consecration, exorcism, and meditation.
  • Pine: Money, healing, exorcism, and purification.
  • Rose: Who knew people burn dried rose petals for incense? Attracts love, enhances a romantic environment. Also used for meditation and encouraging peace.
  • Rosemary: Protection, purification, healing, exorcism, and to induce sleep; to restore or maintain youth, bring love, and increase mental and intellectual powers.
  • Sage: Spirituality and to promote healing.
  • Sandalwood: Spirituality, healing, protection, and exorcism.
  • Sweetgrass: Attracts positive energy into the space. Is good for cleansing sacred space.
  • Thyme: Purification, promoting health, and healing.

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You can use the power of the elements to create holy water.
Here’s how:

Take a large, clean, open-top container and put it outside on the ground when you know there is going to be a thunder storm. The water you collect will be “blessed” by the four elements.

  • Air, the wind
  • Fire, the lighting
  • Earth, there will always be a bit of dirt from the ground.
  • Water, the rain

Note: The water will also take on additional properties. For example, if the sun comes out after the storm, there will be a solar influence, if the moon reflects into it – a lunar aspect, and special blessings if the reflection of a rainbow is seen within it.

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Herbs can be mixed and combined to produce a “recipe” that’s just right for each of us. Since the Sun sign you were born under has such an amazing influence on your health and well-being, using the herbs that correspond with that sign alone can be a tremendous help in times of stress or illness. Here’s a short list of herbs that seem to be tailor-made due to their associations with both the planetary ruler and the positive qualities of this sign.

027784-glossy-space-icon-culture-astrology-ariesAries – Mars

  • Allspice,
  • Basil,
  • Cayenne,
  • Garlic,
  • Ginger,
  • Mustard,
  • Onion,
  • Pepper.

It’s no secret that Aries is the astrological equivalent of a bullet. It’s a red-hot burst of energy that’s capable of overcoming any obstacle by charging straight for it. The ruler of Aries is Mars, the “red” planet, the ancient god of war who was known for his equally fiery temperament. No wonder, then, the herbs that correspond with your sign are also a bit “hot” to the taste. Use them in cooking to raise your endorphins, the substance Mars loves best. Use them for spells to invoke that Mars energy.

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