The Effects of Incense Fragrance

Magical Uses for Incenses Like Attracting Love and Money

Sep 25, 2009 Janis Masyk-Jackson

Different types of incense can bring about various effects when burned. How to attract love and money with incense.

There are a variety of different basic scents of incense, ranging from flower scents, spices, wood incense scents, and berry scents. Although there is no scientific basis in the following, there are those who believe that specific scents of incense can bring about a magical effect in various aspects of life including love.

Incense Fragrances And Love

Turn down the lights, put on a Barry White CD, and bring out the incense for an evening of romance and love. To increase passion, it's believed that lighting up some basil, ginger, or musk incense will improve the romantic mood.

To increase masculine stamina, try burning some bay, frankincense, or spearmint scented incense. For an aphrodisiac, burn juniper, cloves, rosemary, or violet scents. To strengthen love and bring about more affection, allspice, rose, coriander, and anise are some of the fragrances to burn.

Increasing Psychic Abilities With Incense

To help develop psychic abilities, the scent of lilac, celery, honeysuckle, or acacia is suggested. To enhance clairvoyance, (the ability to "see" things beyond the five senses, known also as "clear seeing") garlic, lemon grass, mugwort, or holly incense scents are recommended.

For psychic protection against negative energies, try using hemlock, fennel, dill, or yarrow.

Incense Meditation

Meditation is a way to quiet the mind, increase concentration, and relax. To enhance meditation, suggested incense fragrances consist of locust, thyme, and parsley. To add to peace and serenity, the scents of hibiscus, poppy, catnip, and maidenhair are recommended. The scent of incense can be enjoyed during a meditation are used as the focus of a meditation.

Notably, incense can be the sole focus of the meditation, or it can be used to enhance the meditation experience.

Material Wealth And Incense

Certain fragrances of incense can help attract material objects and increase finances. To help obtain more material objects, try experimenting with lighting some almond, pomegranate, mandrake, or crabgrass incense. To attract money, burn incense with the scent of orange, meadowsweet, ginseng, or Solomon's seal.

Incense And The Occult

Whether it be to attempt to recall a past life, communicate with the dead, or for help in any of the other topics of the occult, the burning of mistletoe, angelica, althea, or wisteria, are among the recommended scents to elevate the experience. Black haw, southernwood, and dittany incenses are also suggested for these magical purposes.

When burning incense, be sure to keep the incense away from any flammable materials. It is best to use an incense holder and be sure the incense is completely out when finished using it. Whether certain scents of incense can help materialize certain desires is up to one's personal belief system. However, the fragrance alone can be quite enjoyable.

Source:

Wylundt's Book of Incense, Steven R. Smith, (Samuel Weiser, Inc.,) 1989.

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