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Making Magickal Incenses & Ritual Perfumes
I really enjoyed this book, it had a lot of information in it for the compounding of ritual incenses as well as some information on oils. Keith Morgan seemed to have had experience and success with all his recipes and formulas and the reader can easily see that.I especially enjoyed the section on incense for the Kabalistic tree of life as well as recipes for the different zodiacal signs.
- GenresOccult
84 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1993
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Keith Morgan
41 books3 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Pseudonym of Kimberly Morgan, editor of the "Deosil Dance" journal, who claims initiation into the Alexandrian and Gardnerian lineages of witchcraft.
Pseudonym of Kimberly Morgan, editor of the "Deosil Dance" journal, who claims initiation into the Alexandrian and Gardnerian lineages of witchcraft.
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December 3, 2021
The cover art is the highlight, it's all downhill from there. Disclaimer that this book was written in the early 90s from a Wiccan perspective and I'm reading it in 2021; it might have been more useful at the time.
The recipes and basic instructions themselves are fine, there's nothing wrong with them. It's everything else that's a mess. Huge, huge emphasis on how the recipes in this book are the only "correct" and "pure" forms of incense, without ever explaining what those words are supposed to mean in this context or what makes his recipes "correct" - not historical accuracy, since the author states the recipes are all his own and not based on any historical tradition, though in the very next paragraph he calls this book the wisdom of the ancients. Weird grudge against joss sticks as unfit for ritual use - if he was trying to draw a line between eastern and western traditions there, he doesn't have any hesitation about throwing chakras into the mix elsewhere. And zero explanations of any of the correspondences or anything else to indicate why any particular ingredient might be included in any particular recipe, even though the book's specifically aimed at the beginner not just to incense-making but to magic in general - the overall tone is just repeated "this is the right way because I say so," which is a lousy introduction to anything.
The recipes and basic instructions themselves are fine, there's nothing wrong with them. It's everything else that's a mess. Huge, huge emphasis on how the recipes in this book are the only "correct" and "pure" forms of incense, without ever explaining what those words are supposed to mean in this context or what makes his recipes "correct" - not historical accuracy, since the author states the recipes are all his own and not based on any historical tradition, though in the very next paragraph he calls this book the wisdom of the ancients. Weird grudge against joss sticks as unfit for ritual use - if he was trying to draw a line between eastern and western traditions there, he doesn't have any hesitation about throwing chakras into the mix elsewhere. And zero explanations of any of the correspondences or anything else to indicate why any particular ingredient might be included in any particular recipe, even though the book's specifically aimed at the beginner not just to incense-making but to magic in general - the overall tone is just repeated "this is the right way because I say so," which is a lousy introduction to anything.
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