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Crowley's
Tetragrammaton Incense
We came across this recipe while
looking for more information on the ketoret, the incense burned
as a sacrifice to YHVH in
the Hebrew Temple. If you substitute
olibanum for the frankincense and storax for the balsam in the basic ketoret recipe, you end up with
Crowley's Tetragrammaton incense, which makes it a sort of Western, one-pot
ketoret. However, Crowley certainly did not see this incense
in the same way as the ancient Hebrews viewed ketoret. In his Confessions
(p. 546),
he wrote, "There is an incense sacred to Tetragrammaton. After the cakes
of light
and the incense of Abra-Melin, it is the most powerful of all known
perfumes. In fact, it is in a sense more powerful than they are, for
they are definitely consecrated to particular purposes, whereas it is
entirely without conscience. It consists of galbanum for air, onycha
for water, storax for earth and olibanum for fire. It represents the
blind force of the four elements and by its use one can bring them to
manifestation. Being in itself neither good nor evil, it is
extraordinarily dangerous." Interesting how Crowley morphed an incense
used to worship YHVH into something ethically ambiguous. Still,
it's very Crowleyan to put the ball in the operator's court. Only
the magician can determine the ultimate use, for good or ill, of
this incense. Crowley reminds us that we are each morally and ethically
responsible for our work. We can say, however, that we have had reports
from users of immediate entity-initiated contact with this incense.
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This is a very sticky
incense and we suggest using a small tool to remove it from the tin. Treat it like it is made of pure essential oils
(because the liquid resins have very high components of essential
oil naturally) and so don't handle it with your bare hands or wash
them thoroughly afterward if you do. As always, this incense is all natural and requires a heat source, like a charcoal, to burn. Click here for tips about working with loose incense. Top
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Crowley's Tetragrammaton Incense
1 oz in
tin $21.00
Uses in Witchcraft
& Magic:
Elemental Magic
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