Visionary Incense

"And but one word with one of us? couple it with
something; make it a word and a blow."

-Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet

"There seems little point in practicing magic unless you want to do at least a few extraordinary things with this incarnation."

-Peter J Carroll, The Octavo

Like “love,” “hope” is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.

-Harry Dresden, Turn Coat

The starry-eyed idealists of today have submerged their critical faculties beneath a tidal wave of slop marketed by those old hippies who now sell a user-friendly dilution of their original enlightenment.

-Peter J Caroll, Psybermagick

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

-Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Behind the clock back there you know
At the four winds bar

-Blue Öyster Cult, Astronomy

"Offering's a complicated business."

-Jake Stratton-Kent

"Another related point is that theological eclecticism to the tune of replacing this structure with pagan deities so it appeals to personal taste does the ritualist no favours as it undermines their ability to leverage a power dynamic that is better understood and has been employed countless times."

-Julio Cesar Ody, Magister Officiorum

"Only fluffy bunnies need apply."
-Jake Stratton-Kent

"If you want the win, stay civil and stand in your invincibility."
-Gordon White, Rune Soup

“You are certainly free to join whatever nineteenth-century swingers club masquerading as a magical order you like, but do it on your own time.” ― Gordon White, The Chaos Protocols: Magical Techniques for Navigating the New Economic Reality

“It took me more than ten years to begrudgingly admit to myself that meditation is the single best thing you can do to improve your health and your magic and that I should probably do more of it.”
― Gordon White, The Chaos Protocols: Magical Techniques for Navigating the New Economic Reality

Now moves. Even in storytime, dreamtime, once-upon-a time, now isn’t then. - Ursula K. le Guin

4 Parts Breuzinho (Breu Claro)
2 Parts Aloeswood
2 Parts Elemi
1 Part Cardamom

Grind the breuzinho, aloeswood and cardamom into a fine powder. You can approach the elemi in two ways: either freeze it and shatter/grind it and add to the other ingredients, or wait until your final compounding step and dissolve it in an alcohol (wine, whiskey...or a high proof vodka) that you will then add to the other ingredients.

As usual, this is my own recipe. If you share it or repost, please note where it came from.