Frankincense incense sticks

Frankincense was once worth its weight in gold, carried across the Arabian desert on camel trains to the temples of Egypt, Jerusalem and Rome.

Origin & Traditional Use

Frankincense is the resin of Boswellia trees, tapped in southern Arabia, Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It was the chief temple incense of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean, is named among the ingredients of the holy incense in Exodus, and is still the base of church incense in Catholic and Orthodox worship.

Uses by Tradition

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Consecration: pass new tools, crystals and jewellery through the smoke before first use.
• Purification: burn before ritual to clean the space and quiet the mind.
• Sun work: burn on a Sunday for success, vitality and blessing.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Agrippa lists frankincense among the suffumigations of the Sun, and it is the all-purpose incense of ceremonial magick.
• Banishing: frankincense smoke is used in many ceremonial rites to purify the temple before and after the work.

A Simple Working

• Set a white candle on your altar beside the item you want to consecrate.
• Light the candle and light a frankincense stick from its flame.
• Pass the item through the smoke three times.
• Say: ‘I cleanse you of all that came before, and bless you for my work.’
• Set the item beside the candle until both have burned out.
• Wrap the item in clean cloth or put it to use at once.

Pairs Well With

• Myrrh: the classic partner resin.
• A white chime candle: for blessing and consecration.
• Frankincense tears: for charcoal burning in bigger rites.
• An incense holder: to catch the ash.

Lore & History

Herodotus wrote that the Arabians gathered frankincense from trees guarded by small winged serpents, which they drove off with the smoke of storax. Pliny later described the incense trade as one of the great sources of Arabian wealth, and the overland Incense Road made cities like Petra rich.

What You Receive

Frankincense incense sticks, available in a 20 pack, a 16 pack, or a premium 10 pack of all-natural resin sticks handmade from frankincense, bamboo, coconut, natural cereal mucilage and fruit juice.