Alban Hefin ~ Incense

Dear All,

Every celebration of the Wheel of the Year has its own herbs. Also Alban Hefin ~ Midsummer ~ Litha. Below are suggestions for a delicious Midsummer Incense.

Midsummer Incense: Make a mix of equal parts of:
– Lavender
– Thyme
– Rosemary
– Basil
– Reed

Add to this:
– Rose petals
– Marigold
– Linden blossom
– Lavender
– Mint
– St. John’s wort

Cleanse your home and yourself with this incense during Alban Hefin. And burn this in your Summer Fire or sprinkle it over the smoldering coals after a cozy barbecue.

Other herbs associated with Alban Hefin ~ Midsummer ~ Litha: All herbs you can harvest now, such as:
– Catnip
– Daisies
– Yarrow
– Chamomile
– Mugwort
– Wild Marjoram
– Verbena
– Clover
and much more

Before using herbs in food or tea or herbal water, check thoroughly whether they are safe for consumption.

Wishing you a lovely sunny and fragrant Alban Hefin♥

With love,
Elke )O( The Alder Scrolls /|\

Beltane Incense

Beltane is a great opportunity to cleanse your house. Cleansing your house and yourself removes heavy or negative energy that sticks to you. This relieves and makes room for new experiences. Energetic cleansing is often done with New Moon, Full Moon and Celebrations of the Wheel of the Year. To cleanse your house and yourself with Beltane, it is fun to put together an incense that suits Beltane and her fertility, passion and fire. You can make this incense from:

• Dried Rosemary
• Dried Catnip
• Dried Lavender flowers
• Granular Benzoin resin

This link on YouTube shows how to make this incense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_o48BYHe4

If you don’t have Benzoin resin, mix the herbs with Juniper Berry. Put this in an ovenproof dish, light the herbs and blow out again in such a way that it continues to smoulder. With the smoke you can cleanse your house by smudging it. First smudge yourself and then all the rooms in your house. After smudging, open windows and doors so all the smoke can disappear and you have a wonderfully cleansed house.

Other herbs associated with Beltane that you could add to your incense include:

• Clover
• Frankincense
• Hawthorn
• Ivy
• Calendula
• Rose
• Rowan
• Woodruff
• Meadowsweet
• Sorrel

I wish you a warm, loving and fertile Beltane♥

With love,
Elke )O( The Alder Scrolls /|\