The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews (Llewellyn's Practical Magick) Paperback – September 8, 2002

Scott Cunningham’s “The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews” is a really excellent go-to general reference on the use of herbs and herbal creations. What I really appreciate about Cunningham is the fact that he was practical and no nonsense, not to mention his healthy dose of common sense that floods his writing.This book is in three parts with a glossary, appendixes, and a bibliography and is a prime example of truly practical magic. Throughout the text, he encourages readers to utilize substitutions. For example, I used his recipe for the Psychic Bath (page 214), but being out of lemongrass, I substituted the lemongrass for some grated lemon rind that I had frozen last year.When I was in graduate school, my mother gave me a CD of Gail Twersky’s guided meditation for stress relief. After I made the Psychic Bath sachet, I lit a yellow candle, put on Twersky’s meditation, and soaked in the tub. To be perfectly honest, the bath relaxed me more than I have ever been, and I’ve previously used the candle and the guided meditation—both separately and in conjunction with one another.The book is an easy read and highly informative. I absolutely recommend this book, and particularly so given the author was continually adamant about the dangers of certain herbs. Cunningham is an author whose works continue to be trustworthy sources.

This book is a keeper! You will find yourself flipping through the pages over and over again! Love it, love it, love it!

This is one great book! Very helpful, lots of reference tools available inside and appendices that show you where to get more information. I love Scott Cunningham's books. I only recently discovered the wealth of information he has provided to the world on Wicca and Wiccan traditions - as well as natural healing, practical magic (magick), and "Incense, Oils, and Brews" - and I was thrilled to see in the foreword where the author reads letters from fans/readers, and quickly as equally disappointed to soon after learn that he had since passed away.Buy any of Scott Cunningham's books on anything Wicca-related, and I guarantee you, you can't go wrong. Full of helpful information, and written in a way that is not only easy to understand but actually also a pleasure to read. This is not an easy statement to make about most reference-type books, but it is true of Scott Cunningham's works. He was not only a great practitioner of Wicca, but honestly, a great writer as well. I am so glad that he decided to pass on his personal information that he learned from dedicating most of his lifetime to the craft - to the rest of us, for our day-to-day use, life enrichment, and for the betterment of our health, love, work, and every aspect of our daily living.I am currently diving in to TEN of his books right now. If practicing Herbal Magick, Wicca, or creating your own incenses interests you in any way, this book is a MUST HAVE for your personal library. I prefer the physical version to the Kindle app - as you can highlight, make notes, and easily flip back and forth through ear-marked pages as needed. Before long, I'm sure I'll have every book available in his name - and I know that I will not only read them all, but will USE them all in many of my day-to-day workings as a solitary practitioner of the Wiccan craft.

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This book is great. If you like Cunningham, this is one of his bests. In Part I: Basics, he explains everything well enough for beginners to understand, yet briefly enough lest the more advanced get frustrated. He even includes a chapter on creating your own recipes! Throughout Part II: Processing and Recipes, he gives useful lists of things like the most common ingredients used so you can keep them in stock, substitutions, simple uses for single ingredients, etc. Part II includes the following chapters: Incense, Oils, Ointments, Inks, Tinctures, Herb Baths, Bath Salts, Brews, Ritual Soaps, Sachets or Herbal Charm, Powders, and A Miscellany of Recipes. His recipes are not exact measurements; they are more like ratio suggestions, which is great and he explains why. Part III is entirely devoted to different kinds of substitutions. This books includes a glossary and appendices that are very useful for beginners. I would have loved to see more recipes for more magickal needs to be honest. There are a good bit of recipes, but they are mostly for the basic magickal needs. I would have liked to see the index more expanded. Obviously it's a bit outdated, but most of the best books are right? This is one of those books that will be used frequently for reference; I know it is an important addition to my library. I'm rating it 4 stars because I prefer bigger, more detailed reference books, but I hope that doesn't diminish its importance. I am including an out-of-focus picture of two of the pages so you can see the layout of the recipe pages.

Scott Cunningham was the first pagan author I read. I first read his Wicca and Living Wicca. I then went on to add several more of his books including this one.This book is a great resource for making your own incense, and oils and brews :) These things can get pricey after awhile. Being able to buy the ingredients in bulk from somewhere like mountain rose herbs and then making your own is way more affordable.Scott teaches you all you need to know about making your own and infusing them with your intentions. There are so many recipes in here with correspondences to match you are sure to find some you love. Some of the negative reviews dislike the book because of his use of salt peter, etc. You don't have to use these things. Take the book, learn the steps for making incense, with or without combustible ingredients and enjoy your creations.