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The fragrance of cedar is often incorporated into charms to attract money, but in China, these trees are associated with lovers because of the way they reach out their branches when growing near each other. In Assyrian mythology, cedar was one of the trees Inanna ate to gain the knowledge of love and sexuality. In Britain, however, this plant has been thought to be capable of prophesying death in the family through the loss of its limbs, which adds a somber note to this Sun scent. In terms of angels, cedar is thought to evoke angelic help, particularly when one needs wisdom. Obviously, the wide popularity of this natural fragrance has meant it has been used in various contexts. Top
Combining With Other Essential Oils The wonderful scent of cedarwood goes well in magickal perfumes that might use ambrette, amyris, angelica root, anise, benzoin, bay leaf, bergamot, blood orange, camphor, cardamom, carrot seed, cassia, chamomile, clary sage, costus, cypress, fir, fir balsam, frankincense, galangal, geranium, grapefruit, guaiacwood, juniper berry, labdanum, lavender, marjoram, myrrh, orris, palmarosa, petitgrain, pine, roman chamomile, rose, rosemary, rosewood, sandalwood, tonka bean, vetiver, or ylang ylang. Top |
Western Red Cedar Heartwood Essential Oil 
Uses in Witchcraft & Magic:
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Cedarwood Essential Oils
Cedar has powerful properties
to repel mold and bugs - in Roman times, Celts
embalmed the heads of their enemies with this
oil in order to preserve and keep them, and
you know how much bugs love dead heads. We carry three
types of cedarwood essential oil: Atlas Cedar, Himalayan Cedarwood, and Western Red Cedar Heartwood. The
tree that produces Atlas cedar oil is one
of the four true cedars and can live to be
1500 years old. It gets the name "Atlas" from
the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria. It's spicier than the Himalayan variety and is steam-distilled from Cedrus atlantica. Himalayan Cedar, also a true cedar, is regarded as particularly sacred in India and Tibet—its sturdy wood has been used to build temples and shrines for centuries. Steam distilled from Cedrus deodara, it is slightly more camphorous than Atlas Cedar but with a dry, balsamic, and warmly sweet and woody aroma. Western Red Cedar, which is actually in the arborvitae family, is very woody and resinous and is steam distilled from the heartwood of Thuja plicata. This oil has a beautiful red color and a very tenacious scent.