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4. Casting your own candles
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a. Most of todays candles are made from paraffin wax.
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(1) Paraffin wax is sold in blocks in grocery stores for
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sealing the tops of homemade preserves.
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b. Coloring for the candles can be bought at an arts and crafts
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store or if you are not going to make a lot at one time, you can melt
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a colored crayon in the hot paraffin.
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c. Molds for your candles should have smooth sides and should
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not break your heart if they have to be broken or cut off your candle
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with tin snips.
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d. Lengths of wick can be bought or you can make your own by
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soaking cotton thread or string (not nylon) in a boric solution (the
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crystals may be obtained at your pharmacy) and then leaving it to dry.
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e. When you are ready to make your candles, knock a small hole
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in the bottom of your mold and run your wick through it. Tie a knot in
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the wick at the outside bottom of the mold and apply some patching
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plaster to the inside of the mold to close the hole.
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(1) Tie the other end of the wick to a nail or stick which is
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long enough to rest across the sides of the mold.
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(a) Make sure the wick is taut so it is not wasted.
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f. To safely melt the paraffin, place cut up lumps of it into
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the top of a cheap double boiler which is sitting in a water bath and
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heat the water bath slowly until the clumps of wax melt thoroughly.
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(1) DO NOT place the wax into a pan which is resting directly
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on the heat source.
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(a) Wax is flammable and very hard to extinguish if you
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start a fire in the pan with it.
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(2) Once the paraffin is melted, add your coloring.
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(a) If you wish to scent your candle, this is the time to
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add your essential oils.
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(b) Herb oils and essences may be purchased in most
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pharmacies, herb stores, arts and crafts stores or occult supply
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stores.
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(c) REMEMBER--the oils should be used with restraint or
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else your candle will stink like a cheap bar of soap.
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g. The wax is poured into the mold a little at a time, say one
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fourth, and then allowed to cool and form a depression, then another
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fourth, and so on until the candle is entirely formed.
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(1) Once the candle is poured, place it in a jug of cold water
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so that the candle may cool, but no water may enter the mold.
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(a) When thoroughly cold, tip out the candle, trim the
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wick, and burnish the candles with a piece of cotton dipped in
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vegetable oil.
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5. It is customary not to blow out magic candles.
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a. Candle snuffers are preferred to the use of wet fingertips or
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a plate smashed down on the wick.
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(1) IT IS NOT A SAFE PRACTICE to leave a candle burning
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unattended in a closed up house.
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(a) Even the seemingly safest candle can be knocked over by
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a stray animal or a gust of wind and start a fire in your home.
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B. Preparation of Incense and Charcoal
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1. Types of Incense
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a. Oils
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(1) Sprinkled on a fire or a glowing coal.
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b. Powdered
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(1) Warmed in tiny braziers
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(a) Require a glowing coal to ignite
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c. Small cones
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(1) Also burned in a brazier
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(a) Does not need to sit on a charcoal.
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d. Joss Sticks
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(1) Burned by placing sand in a bowl and lodging the stick in
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the sand in an upright position.
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e. Ribbons
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(1) Made of inch-wide woven cotton ribbons.
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(a) Burned in an ashtray.
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f. Papers
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(1) Specially treated papers which when lit are gently blown
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out and allowed to smolder in ashtrays.
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2. Colors of Incenses
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a. The color is provided by the base and corresponds to the
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color assigned to the planets in the Table of Correspondences.
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(1) Of course, it is up to you, after experimentation, to
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determine if the assigned colors work for you.
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3. Bases and Recipes for each type of incense
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a. Most bases are made from the sawdust, or raspings, of wood.
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(1) Ground cascarilla bark is used in most of the finer
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incenses because it gives off a weak musk smell when burned.
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(a) It would not be unusual to find that the wood base of
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an incense was made from raspings of the tree that is sacred to the
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Intelligence of the planet for which the incense is prepared.
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b. The basic recipe for a wood base is as follows.
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(1) 50% of the total volume of the incense in the form of
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raspings.
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(a) Normally one ounce mixed with 2 ounces of powdered
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Benzoin and one ounce of Storax.
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(2) 50% of the total volume of the incense in the form of
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finely ground spices, herbs, or coarsely ground resins.
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(a) Normally about one ounce.
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c. Before mixing the base you would want to dye the raspings in
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a pot of clothing dye and allow them to dry fully in the sun.
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(1) As the raspings start to dry you should spread them out on
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a drying board to ensure that they do not dry in clumps.
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(a) Being careful to wear rubber gloves when you are
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handling the raspings during the dying process, and afterwards when
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you are spreading them out to dry, this will keep you from dying your
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hands as well.
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d. The base for making cones is as follows.
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6 oz finely powdered charcoal
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1 oz powdered Benzoin
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1/2 oz Saltpeter
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1/4 oz Tolu
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1/4 oz of raspings.
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Enough mucilage of tragacanth or gum arabic to make a stiff
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paste.
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(1) The solid ingredients are ground to a fine powder and
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mixed into the tragacanth.
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(a) Gum tragacanth and gum arabic or acacia gum are the two
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principle glues used to hold powdered ingredients together.
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(b) Mucilage of tragacanth is prepared by placing a
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tablespoon of powdered tragacanth into a container with 10 oz of
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water. If necessary, correct the consistency - you want a heavy paste
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that can be molded with your hands.
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(c) Keep the mucilage well covered, so that it will remain
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soft.
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(d) If the tragacanth or gum of arabic pastes become hard
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before you have a change to mold them they can be softened in a double
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boiler with gentle heat and constant stirring.
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(2) When the oils and other powdered ingredients are added the
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mixture should form a manageable dough.
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(a) After the addition of the scented oils, the mixture is
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divided and rolled into small cones.
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(3) A cone shaped mold is handy to use as it is hard to get
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the exact shape just with your fingers - but not impossible.
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(a) You have to work quite fast and keep the unused portion
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in a bowl covered with a damp cloth.
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(b) Set these little shapes aside to dry - which takes a
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day - and they are ready to ignite.
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e. Joss sticks are difficult to make without a special press.
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(1) You can usually obtain one in areas where there is a large
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oriental population.
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(2) The idea is to make coils from the paste mixture
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prepared in the recipe for cones.
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(a) You might roll slim snakes of the paste, place them
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on waxed paper and stick tiny twigs into one end so they will stand in
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an incense holder.
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(b) You might also try rolling paste around a thick broom
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straw.
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f. Sweet Ribbons are made with inch wide woven cotton ribbons
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like the ones used in upholstery repair.
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(1) To ensure an even and slow burn in the ribbons, you should
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prepare a solution of 12 ozs of boiling water and 1 oz of saltpeter.
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(a) Pull the ribbons through the solution until they are
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thoroughly saturated and set them aside in the sun to dry.
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(b) Saltpeter (sodium nitrate) is obtainable from your
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druggist.
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(2) After the ribbon is dried, it is pulled through a shallow
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tray of the perfume or oil you are using and dried again.
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(a) To use, you cut off a length of ribbon and light one
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end.
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(b) Blow out the fire and set the smoldering ribbon in an
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ashtray.
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g. Armenian Incense Papers are prepared by cutting a large sheet
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of white blotting paper into about eight pieces.
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(1) Pull each paper through the saltpeter solution prepared
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for the Sweet Ribbons, until each piece is thoroughly saturated. Hang
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the strips to dry.
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(a) Macerate or soak a crushed vanilla bean in 8 ozs of
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vodka for a week, filter the solids. out.
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(b) Add a few drops, to preference, of your favorite
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essence oils to the alcohol and mix this with 1 1/2 ozs of powdered
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benzoin and 1 oz of crushed sandalwood.
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(c) Again, draw the papers through the resulting liquid and
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hang them to dry.
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(2) When dry, cut them into inch wide strips and store them in
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waxed paper or foil.
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(a) To perfume a room light the corner of one of the papers
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and immediately blow it out.
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(b) It should smolder and give off it's scent.
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(c) Leave the smoldering paper in an ashtray, until it has
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burned itself out.
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4. Most incenses will burn by themselves, but oils and resinous
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incenses, like Frankincense and Myrrh, as well as most powdered
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incenses, require a glowing charcoal to provide heat for ignition.
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a. Most religious supply stores sell self-igniting charcoal in
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little round cakes which can be used whole or broken into smaller
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pieces.
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(1) If you have a mind to, you can make your own charcoal and
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then treat it so that it will catch fire easily.
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(2) To make your own charcoal, build a small fire, in a
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container which is airtight when it is closed, using wood chips
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purchased at the supermarket or pieces of bark from a nursery.
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(a) Once the wood is glowing red-hot, close the lid, and
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let the fire smother.
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(b) After the coals have cooled, from several hours to a
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few days, remove them and grind them up into a fine powder using the
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grating side of a kitchen grater.
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(3) To treat your charcoal for easy lighting and shaping into
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usable shapes you will need to prepare a solution of 30 ozs of water
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in which 1/2 oz of saltpeter has been dissolved.
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(a) Add 30 ozs of the ground up charcoal to the previou
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solution and add just enough gum tragacanth or gum arabic to make a
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heavy paste.
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(b) Form the paste into small squares or circles and make
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an indentation in the top of them with your thumb. This will form a
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cup to hold a pinch of incense.
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(4) To light your charcoal, hold a flame to the corner or edge
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of your square or circle.
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(a) Lay the charcoal in an incense burner, which is filled
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at least 1/3 full with sand or ashes to prevent burning the table that
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it sits on.
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(b) Wait until all the charcoal is glowing and then place a
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pinch of powdered incense or a small piece of resin on the coal.
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(c) Be careful not to smother it with too much incense.
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C. Formularies for the Planetary Incenses
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1. Moon Incense
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a. Wood base is made of Willow raspings, colored white or silver
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for use on the new moon, red or green on the full moon and black on
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the dark or waning moon.
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(1) Mix equal parts of wormwood and camphor raspings to the
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wood base.
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(a) Form into whichever form of incense you prefer. Don't
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forget you can shape it into the symbols that hold special meaning to
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you. Example: making small crescent moons using the recipe for cones
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would be appropriate.
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2. Sun Incense
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a. Wood base is made of acacia, bay laurel, ash, birch or broom
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raspings and colored gold or yellow.
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(1) Mix equal parts of coarsely ground Frankincense and Myrrh.
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(a) It is best to form these into cones so that they burn
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more evenly.
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3. Mercury Incense
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a. Wood base is made of hazel, ash, or almond raspings and
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colored violet.
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(1) Mix equal parts of gum mastic and cinnamon.
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(a) Powder or cones will work just as well.
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4. Venus Incense
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a. Wood base is made of apple or quince raspings and colored
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green, indigo, or rose red.
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(1) Mixing equal parts of finely ground lavender, chamomile,
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cinnamon, orris root, and rose petals. add musk and patchouli oil to
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your liking. Best prepared as a powdered incense.
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5. Mars Incense
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a. Wood base is made of holly or kerm-oak raspings and colored
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blood red.
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(1) Mix 4 parts coarse ground Dragons Blood resin with 4 parts
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ground Rue, 1 part Ginger, 1 part coarse ground peppercorns, and a
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pinch of sulfur.
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(a) Best prepared as a powdered incense.
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6. Jupiter Incense
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a. Wood base is made of oak, olive, or terebinth raspings and
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colored a deep, or royal blue.
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(1) Mix equal parts of finely ground anise, mint, hyssop,
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chervil, liverwort, and juniper.
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(a) Makes an excellent powdered incense.
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7. Saturn Incense
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a. Wood base is made of alder or pomegranite raspings and
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colored black or blue.
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(1) Mix 4 parts of coarse ground myrrh, 1 part elderberry, 1
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part cypress, 1 part yew, and 1 part patchouli raspings.
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(a) Burns best as a powder, if it is finely mixed. Cones
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are better if you cannot mix them well enough.
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D. Using Spices as Incense
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1. Once it was very common to use spices to perfume a room or
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house.
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a. Popular spices such as cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, or
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rosemary leave a room smelling very pleasant.
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(1) Heat up about 1/4 of a teaspoonful of a good vegetable
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cooking oil and stir in your spices.
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(a) As soon as the mixture starts to smoke, remove it from
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the heat and walk about the room with the pan of hot spices.
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E. Preparation of Essence Oils
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1. Methods of Extraction
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a. The three most used methods of extracting essence oils from
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plants are: distillation, enfleurage and maceration.
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b. Distillation is the most common method of extraction and
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works well on leaves, bark, roots, seeds, and tough flowers such as
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roses and lavender. This method is not, however, suitable for the more
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delicate flowers.
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(1) The basic apparatus for distillation consists of a still
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or retort, in which the materials are heated over a boiling liquid, a
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condenser to cool and condense the resulting vapor carrying the oils,
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and a receiver to collect the distilled liquid.
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(a) Gather and cut up about 60-80 grams of plant material
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as best you can and place it in the retort, where the contents are
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steamed by boiling water.
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(b) As the steam passes over the plant material it causes
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the moisture in the plants to escape, carrying the essential oils
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along with it.
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(c) The vapor enters into the condenser where it cools and
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condenses into tiny droplets which slide down the collector into a
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vial.
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(d) Generally, the first ounce is pure oil and the rest is
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suitable for toilet water.
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c. Enfluerage is an extraction which uses no heat and is best
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applied to the removal of essence oils from delicate flowers like
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violets, lily of the valley, and mignonette.
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(1) Enfluerage is based on the principle that essential oils
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are absorbed by other fats and oils.
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(a) Shallow trays are greased on both sides with purifies
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fat and fresh blossoms are spread thickly between them.
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(b) Every few days the spent flowers are removed and
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replaced with fresh ones until, in about 4 weeks, the fat is saturated
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with the flower oil. You now have Pomade.
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(2) The oil is then extracted from the fat by mixing it with
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unscented vodka, surgical alcohol or brandy.
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(a) The oil will dissolve in the alcohol and can be removed
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by placing the container of fat, essence oil and alcohol in a cold
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water bath.
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(b) This is prepared by taking a container full of ice
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water, which is larger than you oil container, and placing the oil
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container in it.
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(c) The fat will congeal and the alcohol, with the essence
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oil, can be poured into a suitable container.
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(3) Sometimes cloths soaked in olive oil are used instead of
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trays, the blossoms being replaced as necessary until the olive oil is
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fully charged with the perfume.
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(a) Then the oil is squeezed from the cloths and the
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essential oils separated with alcohol as in the earlier procedure.
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d. Maceration is a similar and quicker method of extraction used
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for less fragile flowers.
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(1) Successive batches of fresh flowers are left to soak in
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warm fat for several days, until the fat is strongly impregnated.
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(a) As before, the oils are washed out of the fat by the
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alcohol.
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2. Mixing Essence Oils
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a. When mixing essence oils for use as scents on the body, you
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will want to dilute the pure essence oil with 50% olive oil or light
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mineral oil.
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(1) This extends your essence oils and prevents the body oil
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from being too overpowering.
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(a) When applying body oils you should place a small drop
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over those places where the blood vessels run close to the surface of
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the skin so that as your blood runs hot the scent radiates from you.
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b. In working specific spells, it might be necessary to use five
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or more oils to cover all the bases.
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F. Formula for an Annointing Oil
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1. This oil is generally utilized to bless candles before they are
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used in a ceremony, and is said to magnetize the candles or to give
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them more occult strength.
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b. This oil can also be used to wipe down an altar or a worship
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room.
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(1) Determine the total volume of oil you wish to make, mix
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50% of the total in a good quality olive oil or light mineral oil with
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a 50% blend of the following oils:
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(a) Patchouli Oil
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(b) Cinnamon oil
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(c) Verbena oil
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(2) Try to obtain as pure an oil as possible for each
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ingredient.
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(a) Mix the patchouli, cinnamon, and verbena in equal
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amounts, so that the total is 50% of the total volume.
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G. A Word of Caution
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1. Some people have allergic reactions to essence oils.
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a. Never use oils or blends of oils in large amounts until you
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have tried a small amount on your skin to be sure you are not allergic
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to them.
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END OF LESSON 7
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