San Miguel (St Michael) incense sticks

How to Use It

Folk Catholicism & Spiritism

• Protection prayer: light a stick before his image and pray the Saint Michael prayer, “Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle”, asking him to guard the house.
• Driving out evil: carry the burning stick through each room, from the back of the house to the front door, commanding anything unwelcome to leave in his name.
• Tuesday devotion: many devotees honour him on Tuesdays, burning incense beside a red or blue candle.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Banishing ritual: in the Golden Dawn’s Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram, Michael is called at the south, the quarter of Fire; burn a stick at that point when you perform it.
• Solar work: Michael is attributed to the Sun in Renaissance planetary schemes, so his incense suits workings on a Sunday or in the hour of the Sun.

A Simple Working

• Set an image of Saint Michael on a clean surface facing the front door.
• Light a red chime candle in front of it.
• Light a stick of San Miguel incense from the candle.
• Pray the Saint Michael prayer slowly, once for each person in the household.
• Walk the stick through the house and finish at the front door, tracing a cross in the air.
• Let the candle burn out and leave the image facing the door.

Pairs Well With

• Saint Michael candle: a seven-day devotion candle with his image.
• Red chime candle: for strength and protection.
• Holy water: to sprinkle at doors and windows.
• Saint Michael medal: to carry his protection with you.

What You Receive

San Miguel stick incense, a box of 6 hexagon packs with 20 sticks in each (120 sticks).

Origin & Lore

Michael is the archangel named in the books of Daniel, Jude and Revelation, where he leads the angels against the dragon. In Catholic tradition he is the protector of the Church, defender in spiritual battle and guide of souls at death, with his feast of Michaelmas on 29 September. In Latin American folk Catholicism, San Miguel is one of the most called-upon saints for protection.

He is painted with a sword raised and a dragon beneath his foot, or holding scales to weigh souls. Saint Michael is the saint you call when something has to be fought.

Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy began, according to its founding legend, in 708, when Michael appeared to Bishop Aubert of Avranches and told him to build a sanctuary on the rocky island. When Aubert hesitated, the archangel is said to have pressed a finger into his skull, and a skull with a hole in it is still kept at Avranches.