Pagan Pyros

[whiporwill-o]

candles (votifs, tapers or tea lights, depending on what i'm doing or what's handy/cheapest)

incense (dragonsblood and india temple mostly, just because they smell delicious!) edit: i prefer resins to sticks or cones.

paper or photographs (depending on the situation. i did a release burning when my ex and i stopped talking, it did wonders for my peace of mind)

have also burned herbs (mostly sage)

and i enjoy using oils ^^

lets face it, i just love setting things on fire! rofl

once i caught my microwave on fire, but thats a whole different box of crayons! ninja  

[Bastemhet]

Bastemhet

I haven't come across an authentic recipe yet, but I know there were many inscribed on the laboratory walls at the temple of Edfu, and for perfume as well.

After a bit of digging, I found a bunch on google books here. They seem like a bit of work but sound like they smell delicious. whee I can't wait to make some!  

[Recursive Paradox]

TeaDidikai

I haven't met a pagan who didn't like to light things on fire.
Most commonly candles, parchment and incense.

So, the question at hand is this:

Do you use fire in your practice?
If so, candles, incense or something else?

When I use candles, I most often use chime candles. They're readily available in just about any color I care to think of. They're within my budget and I have some of the most adorable holders for them.

I don't actually use fire in my practice, although boy oh boy do I love using fire in general. The operative problem is that out of the Aspects and Essences I work with, only one is even close to fire conceptually (Star/Radiance) and that's really a different kind of "fire" than we get on Earth outside of a nuclear reactor or a nuke bomb.

I prolly could use candles or flame of some kind to solidify the connection more, but until I actually get some closer Essences to that zone (I'll likely not work with the Fire Aspect, too chaotic for me) I don't have much use for the burinating in my practice.  

[ShadowCatSoul]

I mainly light incense and oils, but in the poll I marked down candles because I left my incense and oil burners back home. They were a bit big to carry and I don't have a place to put them anyway, so I use candles more frequently these days. I generally light a single unscented candle, color depends mainly on what I have in stock at the time and also what I'm using it for. Unscented because they're cheaper. When I have the luxury of my oils and and inscence, though, dragon's blood is definately my favorite as well as rose and lavender.  

[TeaDidikai]

Never use scented candles myself. Lord only knows what they put into them and most of them never smell quite right.

I prefer dressing oils myself.  

[Aino Ailill]

How does one burn oils? I've never burned much of anything other than matches, firewood, candles, and the occasional bit of food, but my mom just bought me some oils as a gift - more so as a perfume than to burn, but as it is pure oil, it ought to work for that, too, oughtn't it?  

[Bastemhet]

Aino Ailill

How does one burn oils? I've never burned much of anything other than matches, firewood, candles, and the occasional bit of food, but my mom just bought me some oils as a gift - more so as a perfume than to burn, but as it is pure oil, it ought to work for that, too, oughtn't it?

You'll need an oil burner for it. Oils made for perfume I'm not sure are safe to burn. If by pure you mean essential then it's fine to burn them, but if you want to wear an essential oil you'll need to put it in a carrier oil.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoils/carrieroils.asp  

[Aino Ailill]

Bastemhet

Aino Ailill

How does one burn oils? I've never burned much of anything other than matches, firewood, candles, and the occasional bit of food, but my mom just bought me some oils as a gift - more so as a perfume than to burn, but as it is pure oil, it ought to work for that, too, oughtn't it?

You'll need an oil burner for it. Oils made for perfume I'm not sure are safe to burn. If by pure you mean essential then it's fine to burn them, but if you want to wear an essential oil you'll need to put it in a carrier oil.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoils/carrieroils.asp

By pure, I was referring to the '100% Pure Oil' that it typed on the label. It says that it is a fragrance oil, not an essential oil.

Oh, finally found the producer's website. Works a lot better when using the correct name. sweatdrop Apparently it isn't a perfume oil. Would that mean that it is unsafe or otherwise unsuited to use as a perfume?  

[Bastemhet]

Aino Ailill

Bastemhet

Aino Ailill

How does one burn oils? I've never burned much of anything other than matches, firewood, candles, and the occasional bit of food, but my mom just bought me some oils as a gift - more so as a perfume than to burn, but as it is pure oil, it ought to work for that, too, oughtn't it?

You'll need an oil burner for it. Oils made for perfume I'm not sure are safe to burn. If by pure you mean essential then it's fine to burn them, but if you want to wear an essential oil you'll need to put it in a carrier oil.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoils/carrieroils.asp

By pure, I was referring to the '100% Pure Oil' that it typed on the label. It says that it is a fragrance oil, not an essential oil.

Oh, finally found the producer's website. Works a lot better when using the correct name. sweatdrop Apparently it isn't a perfume oil. Would that mean that it is unsafe or otherwise unsuited to use as a perfume?

Well...I'm guessing by pure they mean essential oil instead of manufactured fragrance. Essential oil is not safe to apply directly on the skin without a carrier oil because it can cause irritation. I think the link I gave you shows how much essential oil you can add to a carrier oil for safe wear. If anything I'd try putting it on a small patch of skin to test it. I've heard that the scent lasts longer for essential oils if you wear a carrier oil, though.  

[TeaDidikai]

I'm partial to soap stone oil defuses myself.

But then, I like lighting things on fire. Barring that, you can get small brass rings that go around standard incandescent bulbs.  

[Aino Ailill]

Bastemhet

Aino Ailill

Bastemhet

Aino Ailill

How does one burn oils? I've never burned much of anything other than matches, firewood, candles, and the occasional bit of food, but my mom just bought me some oils as a gift - more so as a perfume than to burn, but as it is pure oil, it ought to work for that, too, oughtn't it?

You'll need an oil burner for it. Oils made for perfume I'm not sure are safe to burn. If by pure you mean essential then it's fine to burn them, but if you want to wear an essential oil you'll need to put it in a carrier oil.

http://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoils/carrieroils.asp

By pure, I was referring to the '100% Pure Oil' that it typed on the label. It says that it is a fragrance oil, not an essential oil.

Oh, finally found the producer's website. Works a lot better when using the correct name. sweatdrop Apparently it isn't a perfume oil. Would that mean that it is unsafe or otherwise unsuited to use as a perfume?

Well...I'm guessing by pure they mean essential oil instead of manufactured fragrance. Essential oil is not safe to apply directly on the skin without a carrier oil because it can cause irritation. I think the link I gave you shows how much essential oil you can add to a carrier oil for safe wear. If anything I'd try putting it on a small patch of skin to test it. I've heard that the scent lasts longer for essential oils if you wear a carrier oil, though.

xnodsx Thank for the help. <3