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mastic
Perfume or incense

Mastic

Perfume or incense3 traditions
overview

Mastic, the tears of Chios, is a pale resin from a shrub that grows almost only on one Greek island. It was chewed as the first chewing gum and burned to strengthen psychic power and help spells manifest.

Uses

  • Psychic power
  • Helping spells manifest
  • Desire
ritual

Working with it

Add a few drops of mastic to an incense blend to boost it, or burn it alone before divination.

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Botanical name
Pistacia lentiscus
Planet
☉︎ Sun
Kind
Resin
Element
Air
Works for
Psychic AbilitySuccessSensuality
Forms
resinincensepowder
How to use
Burn as incense or loose herbSachet or charm bagAltar or offering
Projective
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Where the traditions place it