Brighid Incense
Lis of Tiger Lilly Cottage came by yesterday for dinner and for planning Imbolg. While I made dinner, Lis set about making incense for our Hedge Group’s Imbolg ritual.
Brighid/Imbolg Incense
Roughly equal parts of:
White clover (flowers and leaves)
Red rose (petals)
Orange (dried peel)
Meadowsweet (flowers)
Spruce (cones, needles and some twig)
Rowan (berries and leaves)
Juniper (berries)
Yarrow (leaves and flowers)
Oak (leaves)
As well as:
Stuck it on my altar for the photo
1 thistle flower
A few Star Gazer Lily petals
Small amount of (ground) copal resin
All pieces were either ground to powder or chopped to roughly pea sized pieces or smaller.
We tested it after dinner and found that it was good. Earthy, subtly feminine, and invoking the feeling and scent of a hearth fire. So we put it in an attractive bottle and now it awaits Imbolg.
Why Isn’t Your Altar in the Garden?
You say that you feel the most connected with the divine and the land when you are working in your garden.
You’re happiest when you are doing things like repotting your geraniums.
But you are frustrated when standing in front of that altar, candles burning and all, while trying to pray because it has no real meaning to you, you just don’t feel it.
So
Why aren’t you praying when you are repotting your geraniums?
Why are there no geraniums on your altar?
Why isn’t your altar in the garden?
~ Juniper
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