2nd Weekly Challenge Catch Up
A few days ago, after I had gone through some shadow work, perfectly timed with the Dark Moon, I had to make some incense as an offering. Today I have to make more for Brighid, but for the purposes of this challenge, we are going with the 1 I made for the Morrigan. She’s been with me & around & pushing me into the darkness & guiding me through. As a matter of fact, yesterday a crow flew over my head into my backyard. The only animal besides my dogs that I really saw yesterday. I am not alone while I’m going through this.
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I had all of the ingredients but I did add some patchouli leaves to it. Because of my hands it’s very hard for me to use the mortar & pestle for some things. So I went to Walmart & bought a $10 coffee grinder, a few taps of the button & voila!
A coffee grinder is also advisable for things like resin, pieces of wood (small to very small to, like slivers almost, cinnamon sticks, things of that nature) So I just went 1 step further when my hands got sore & did all of it in there. It has to be into fine pieces or it doesn’t burn properly on the charcoal disc & the resin helps it burn slower.
Resin should be used in the coffee grinder, mortar & pestle, and then they should be cleaned out because they leave a residue. They are very hard to use in the mortar & pestle, but the coffee grinder I just hit it once really quick to break it up a bit & then clean out the coffee grinder for the dry ingredients. Then tougher things like woods & cinnamon sticks should also be done separately from the plants.
I had to break up some sandalwood incense cones for the sandalwood part but I broke the cone & then just hit it once really quick to break it up.
Now I have it in a little jar with a cloth attached to the top with a piece of string & I sit Her silver spoon on top of the jar so I know that it’s hers. I had taken the cloth of because it covers part of the top of the little jar.
The little jar came from my daughter. She found a couple at our neighbor’s that were used for jellies & she asked if she could take them home. At first, she was kind of teasing me that she had them & I couldn’t use them for anything witchy. Then a few days later they were on my altar with 2 cloth/flannel pouches that have Winnie the Pooh patterns. I use those for special pouches for protection or spells.