The Censer

Posted: July 5, 2006, 7:29pm

The censer is an incense burner. It can be a complex, swinging mental censer like used in the Catholic church or a simple seashell.

It holds smoldering incense or herbs during Wiccan rites. If you can not find a censer, make one.

Any bowl filled half full with salt or sand will serve well.
The sand and salt prevent the heat from touching the bowl and cracking it.

Incense in ritual and magick is an art in and of itself. When specific incense is called for use your own intuition and creativity.

Sticks, cones or block incense can be used but most Wiccans use raw or granulated incense, which must be burned on self igniting briquettes.

Sometimes the God or Goddess can be seen in the curling, twisting smoke. Sitting while breathing slowly and deeply and watching the smoke can cause you to slip into an altered state of consciousness.

In outdoor rituals stick incense can be stuck in the ground or a fire can be an alternative. To the Wiccan the censer represents the element of air.

Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 323 Location: USA

I have one of these as I find it very useful in everything I do. I do have to watch it after I begin using it though. (tends to get HOT!)

I basically use it for both cone and charcoal lit incense. I get a sense of the Ancients being near me when I use it. Sometimes I wonder off when using it and it helps me in the meditations. I love incense!

Brightest Blessings!