{"id":156,"date":"2016-06-02T23:51:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2016-06-02T23:51:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:51:10","slug":"midsummer-nights-dream-incense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/midsummer-nights-dream-incense\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream Incense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Midsummer thoughts, today I&#8217;m sharing a self-burning incense recipe we formulated several years ago for a workshop we offered at Pagan Spirit Gathering.<\/p>\n<p>This blend is useful when practicing any kind of dream magic especially when you seek answers for a question or prophetic dreams. The formula contains herbs that help open the gates of dream as well as those that have sedative properties, so we call it <strong>Midsummer Nights Dream<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>2 Tbsp   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/botanicals\/sandalwood_white_.html\" target=\"_blank\">White Sandalwood<\/a><br \/>\n2 tsp    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/botanicals\/lavender.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lavender<\/a><br \/>\n2 tsp    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/botanicals\/mugwort.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mugwort<\/a><br \/>\n2 tsp    Chamomile<br \/>\n1 tsp    Thyme<br \/>\n1 tsp    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/botanicals\/benzoin_sumatra.html\" target=\"_blank\">Benzoin<\/a><br \/>\npinch    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/botanicals\/dittany_of_crete.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dittany of Crete<\/a><br \/>\npinch    Yarrow<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/botanicals\/guar_gum.html\" target=\"_blank\">Guar Gum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finely powder all ingredients, and then add just enough warm water to give the blend a consistency similar to modeling clay. Form into tall thin cones, the diameter of which should be no bigger than a pencil at the widest point. Tightly pack the cone to avoid cracks; these cracks will get bigger as the cone dries and prevent the finished cone from burning. Allow them to dry in a cool, dry environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Midsummer thoughts, today I&#8217;m sharing a self-burning incense recipe we formulated several years ago for a workshop we offered at Pagan Spirit Gathering. This blend is useful when practicing any kind of dream magic especially when you seek answers for a question or prophetic dreams. The formula contains herbs that help open the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/midsummer-nights-dream-incense\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream Incense<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otherworld-apothecary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}