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 It's is that most magical time of the year....YULETIDE!
And even though the retail industry is trying to help everyone bring in 2008 in a very broke fashion, there are ways to give meaningful seasonal gifts that will not break the bank.
Making Yuletide incenses, oils and potpourri are an economical and magical way to not only fill your house with the essence of the season and some wonderful smells, your favorite witch or pagan will really appreciate receiving a wonderful gift of this nature (I know I would).
Heck, even muggles appreciate the wonderful smells of the season to waft through their house via a nice potpourri or incense!
I am going to be making plenty of these gifts for all my friends who made it to the good list this year! Enjoy!
How To Make Yule Incense
3 PARTS LAVENDER BUDS
3 PARTS CLOVES
3 PARTS CINNAMON
4 PARTS ORRIS ROOT
4 PARTS STORAX
3 PARTS EUCALYPTUS
3 PARTS ROSE
7 PARTS CEDAR WOOD
Grind herbs to a powder before mixing together. Then add green dye till
light green, not too dark.
Yule Incense
2 parts Frankincense
2 parts Pine needles or resin
1 part Cedar
1 part Juniper berries
Mix and smolder on Yule or during the winter months to cleanse the
home and to attune with the forces of nature amid the cold days and nights.
From Scott Cunningham's "The Complete book of Incense, Oils, and Brews"
Yule Incense 5 parts pine resin 4 parts mistletoe 3 parts spruce
resin 5
ml musk oil per 8 oz. of dry mixture
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Yule Incense -loose only (Wylundt's Book of Incense) 1 1/2 part
sandalwood 1/2 part Benzoin 1/2 part frankincense 1/4 part myrrh
bayberry oil
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Yule Incense (Incense, Oils and Brews by Cunningham) 2 parts
frankincense
2 parts pine needles or resin 1 part cedar 1 part juniper berries
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Yule Incense 3 parts frankincense 1/2 part mistletoe 1 part juniper
berries few drops juniper oil few drops orange oil
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Yule Incense 1 part cypress 1 part oak bark 1 part juniper berries
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Yule Incense 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp.
nutmeg 1 tsp.pine 1 tsp. cedar 1 tsp. frankincense 1 tsp. myrrh few
drops mulberry oil
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Yule Incense (Magical Herbalism by Cunningham) Burn during all Winter
rites and also to purify the home from November 1 to March 21: Pine
Juniper Cedar
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Yule Incense
INGREDIENTS:
2 parts Frankincense
2 parts Pine needles
1 part Cedar
1 part Juniper
1 part Orange rind
A few drops of bayberry oil
Mix and grind mixture using a mortar and pestle. Smolder on charcoal
blocks
at Wiccan rites on Yule (on or around Dec. 21st) or during the winter
months
to cleanse the home and to attune with the forces of nature amid the cold
days and nights.
Yule
2 drops of each Cinnamon and Clove oil
1 drop of mandarin oil
1 drop of popine oil and
2 drops each frankincense and Myrrh oil.
Winter Solstice Ritual Potpourri Recipe by Gerina Dunwich 20 drops musk
oil 25 drops pine oil 1 cup oak moss 2 cups dried mistletoe 1 cup
dried
poinsettia flowers 1 cup dried bayberries 1/2 cup dried rosemary
1/2 cup
dried holly leaves and berries 3 crushed pinecones Mix the musk and pine
oils with the oak moss, and then add the remaining ingredients. Stir the
potpourri well and store in a tightly covered ceramic or glass container.
(The above recipe for "Winter Solstice Ritual Potpourri" is quoted
directly
from Gerina Dunwich's book "The Wicca Spellbook: A Witch's Collection of
Wiccan Spells, Potions and Recipes", page 164, A Citadel Press Book, Carol
Publishing Group, 1994/1995)
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Yule Oil 2 drops cinnamon oil 2 drops clove oil 2 drops
frankincense oil
2 drops myrrh oil 1 drop mandarin oil 1 drop pine oil
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Yule Oil 1 dram pine oil 1 dram balsam fir oil 5 drams almond oil 1
cinnamon stick handful of cloves 1 drop musk oil apple wood pieces
Warm
over low heat
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Yule Oil One 6-8" branch fresh-cut spruce One 6-8" branch fresh-cut
short
needle pine One 6-8" branch fresh-cut cedar 2 TB. frankincense resin,
ground 1 TB. bayberry oil Cut branches into 1 inch pieces, put into a
jar. Add remaining ingredients and cover with base oil and steep.
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Yule Oil 1 dram pine oil 1 dram cinnamon oil 1 dram olive oil 1 tsp.
ginger root, broken into small pieces 3 tsp. sea salt
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YULE OIL
1 dram pine oil
1 dram fir oil
5 drams almond oil
1 cinnamon stick
handful of whole cloves
1 drop musk
apple wood pieces
WARM OVER LOW HEAT
Yule Potpourri (Gerena Dunwich) 1 cup oakmoss 2 cups dried mistletoe 1
cup dried poinsettia flowers 1 cup dried bayberries 1/2 cup rosemary
1/2
cop holly leaves and berries 3 crushed pinecones 20 drops musk oil 25
drops pine oil
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YULE PROSPERITY POTPOURRI
3 cups water
4 tablespoons cardamom seeds
2 tablespoons whole cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
3 nutmeg berries
1 teaspoon ginger
Simmer ingredients together on a stovetop or in a potpourri pot.
Yule Powder
equal parts:
alfalfa
vetiver
ivy
Twelve Herb Yule Sachet
7 parts Juniper
4 parts Cinnamon
4 parts Allspice
4 parts Ginger
4 parts Caraway
2 parts Nutmeg
2 parts Rosemary
2 parts Lemon
2 parts Orange
1 part Clove
1 part Bay
2 pinches Orris
Tie up in a green cloth and give as gifts at Yule or Samhain.
Christmas Potpourri
Among the many delights of the Christmas season are the mingled scents of
fresh evergreens, cinnamon-spiked drinks, hot baked Christmas cookies, and
gingerbread houses. Even when there's nothing on the stove, you can fill
your home with the festive aromas of Christmas with a potpourri that
is made
to capture the holiday season in both fragrance and visual appeal. For a
special holiday glow, add pinecones that have been spray-painted gold to a
selection of spices, balsam oil, red berries and dried orange slices.
All the materials needed to make this Christmas potpourri are
available from
the 'great outdoors' or at grocery, natural food stores or craft stores.
Just be sure to have more on hand than you think you'll need because the
fresh materials shrink as they dry....and you'll want to have plenty
on hand
to give as gifts. Cure all potpourri for at least six weeks
Materials;
One cup oak moss
Three tablespoons each of star anise, rosemary, cardamom pods and juniper
berries
20 bay leaves
1/4 cup of one inch cinnamon sticks
1/4 cup of dried rosebuds and petals
1/2 cup of plain pinecones
1/2 cup of gilded pinecones
10 dried orange slices
Balsam oil(or if you prefer a pine, spruce, or fir oil)
Instructions;
Tear one cup oak moss into small bits...ad five drops of the balsam
oil and
mix well. Put this in an airtight container and cure for 2 days.
Using mortar and pestle, bruise, crumble and mix 3 tablespoons each of
star
anise, rosemary, cardamom pods, and juniper berries. Don't put these in a
grinder of any kind as you want to just bruise them.
After the oak moss has cured, combine the spice and oak moss mixture
into a
bowl. Add 5 more drops of oil and mix gently. Add the bay leaves, cinnamon
sticks, rosebud and petals, pinecones and dried orange slices.
Put in an airtight container for six weeks and gently shake every day. The
potpourri will be ready to transfer into pretty bowls or gift bags.
Last update : 2007.12.04 - 09:50
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