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Summary: Yup
Review: It's exactly what it says it is. How to make it, what to use. It's in there. Definately worth getting.
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Summary: Spooky!!
Review: The book kinda takes to long to get to point. I wasn't really interested in burining incense to get rid of evil spirts, or to envoke some spooky spell. I just wanted to know how to make my own incense. But, if you are interested in occult life style then maybe it's the book for you.
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Summary: Yet another misleading book of the absurd.
Review: This book was originally titled "The Magic of Incense, Oils & Brews". That would have been a more honest title. The reader can make his own judgements concerning the motives that prompted the name change.This book has almost nothing useful to do with incense at all. It is nothing more than a book of "spells" and other such ridiculous nonsense. About the only thing of any use I got from it was an answer to why the incense I buy at Ren Faire have such idiotic names. If you are looking for a book on making incense, without all the superstitious mumbo-jumbo, I'd suggest "Potpourri, Incense and Other Fragrant Concoctions" by Ann Tucker Fettner. It's also a much cheaper book.
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Summary: Best Book of its Kind in my Collection
Review: This book is awesome. Not only a big book of receipes, but also a wonderful primer on why and how to make and use all types of brews. Again, Scott Cunningham gives you so many resources there is no reason why you cannot start making your own incenses and oils right away. What really puts this book ahead of other is that he cautions you on using certain things and tells you why(like one of the flying potions), but he also encourages you to make up your own brews, and not just follow the receipes he gives you in the book. Run, don't walk to your mouse and get this book.
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Summary: A very good and large collection of magical recipes.
Review: This is a very good collection of many recipes for oils, incenses, soaps, wines, bath salts, and what not of a magical nature, some very traditional (dating from Egyptian or Babylonian times) and some newer ones. That in its own makes it a very commendable book on scholarly magical research. It is a very good source book for any kind of magic practitioner. A word of warning though: I believe this book is effective in the hands of people who know how to work magic, whatever their approach, tradition, paradigm or school. Yet the book is not a course in magic in its own, and even if it gives SKETCHES of how to charge the preparations magically, additional training is needed to do this effectively. I would recommend prospective buyers that do not know how to magically charge inanimate objects to learn this Craft elsewhere, or to expand the indications given in this book with other techniques and practices, perhaps extracted from other books as well.
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Summary: Wonderful herbal "recipe" book!
Review: This book has all kinds of cool stuff! There are recipes for oils for all occasions, which is why I bought the book. I attended the Florida Pagan Gathering at the beginning of November, and I took a class on how to make oils and that is what sparked my interest. This book also has recipes for incenses and all kinds of potions.
Good for everyone.
I also recommend Scott Cunningham's "Encyclopedia of Magickal Herbs".
Blessed Be!
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Summary: The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews
Review: Good book for beginners! Limited for advanced.It's been a great help. Not too many illustrations.
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Summary: A book I use over and over
Review: This is a great book for the beginner and the Crafty Wiccan alike. As always, Cunningham shows his great talent for writing a wonderful "how to" guide, and the reader discovers that he has many forms of spellcraft at his disposal. Describing everything from the making of different kinds of incense (combustible vs. non-combustible), soaps (solid vs. liquid), sachets (for the bath or otherwise), ointments, oils, powders, tinctures, inks, and salts, Cunningham covers every imaginable base. From which form of magical herb combination works best towards which purposes (uses of incenses vs. uses of ritual baths, for example), to notations about traditional use vs. modern use, to cautions against poison or bad-smelling combinations, to recipes for a wealth of different purposes. For anyone who likes doing it all themselves, this book is a godsend. I use this book quite frequently as a starting point for ideas and as a general reference. I strongly recommend it.
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Summary: On permanent loan to the shop I bought it from!
Review: The shop I bought this book last year has trouble keeping it in stock. I loaned it to my friends at the shop, and now I'm constantly going in to copy down recipes or substitutes for ingredients. The instructions are easy to follow, and the ingredients are easy to obtain. Cunningham uses an all-over approach to herbal magic, including soaps, bath salts, brews, incense, etc. A must have for any serious pagan.
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Summary: Not a Typical Review
Review: I've never studied, have not a desire to study any type of "magic" or "witchcraft". I don't know any thing about it to even discuss anything further. My only question is, why are so many of the responses related to "magic" and "witchcraft?" I just love essential oils, incents, and have an interest in possibly saving alot of money...is this normal?? Concerned
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