The spiritual meanings of fragrances and magickal properties of incense will help focus your mind on achieving specific goals. Burning incense has a symbolic meaning that helps pagans focus their attention on the purpose of a ritual or magical working. 

This is a list of a-z of various Incenses and what they are believed to be used for.

Acacia
Burned with sandalwood to stimulate the psychic powers.

African Violet
Burned for protection and to promote spirituality within the home.

Allspice
Burned to attract both good luck and money.

Amber
Love, comfort, happiness and healing.

Ambergris
Dreams, aphrodisiac

Angelica
Protection, harmony, integration, insight, understanding, stability and meditation.

Anise Seeds
Emotional balance.

Apple Blossom
Happiness, love and friendship.

Basil
For Concentration, assertiveness, decisiveness, trust, integrity, enthusiasm, mental clarity, cheerfulness, confidence, courage to attract fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth.

Bay
To facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophetic dream visions.

Bayberry
Protection, prosperity, happiness, control and to attract money.

Benzoin
Astral projection, purification, clears negative energy, emotional balance, eases sadness, depression, weariness, grief, anger and anxiety.

Bergamot
For Money, prosperity, uplifting of spirits, joy, protection, concentration, alertness, confidence, balance, strength, courage, motivation and assertiveness

Bistort
Burned often with frankincense as a powerful incense to aid divination.

Blue Berry
To keep unwanted influences away from your home and property.

Bracken
Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain.

Cardamom
Mental clarity, concentration, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and motivation.

Carnation
Protection, strength, healing, love and lust, traditionally used for healing.

Cedar
Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom.

Cedarwood
Burn for healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom

Chamomile
Harmony, peace, calm, spiritual, and inner peace.

Cherry
To attract and stimulate love.

Cinnamon
Stimulation, wealth, prosperity, business success, strength, lust, healing, to attract money, stimulate and strengthen the psychic powers and to aid in healing. To gain wealth and success.

Citron
Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen psychic powers.

Citronella
Cleansing, warding off, healing.

Clove
Pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection, eases fears, improves memory and focus.

Coconut
Burn for protection and purification.

Copal
For love, purification, uplifting spirits, protection, spirituality, and to attract love.

Cypress
Strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety and stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration.

Damiana
Burned to facilitate psychic visions.

Dittany of Crete
Astral projection and divination.

Dragon’s Blood
Protection, purification, courage, dispel negativity, attract love, enhance psychic awareness.

Elecampane
Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities.

Eucalyptus
Healing, purification and protection.

Fern
Burned in outdoor fires to magickally produce rain. Also used to exorcise evil supernatural entities.

Frankincense
Spirituality, astral strength, protection, consecration courage, dispel negativity, aid to meditation, induce psychic visions and attract good luck.

Frangipani
Burn to brighten your home with friendship and love.

Fumitory
Burned to exorcise demons, poltergeists, and evil supernatural entities.

Galangal
Burned to break the curses cast by sorcerers.

Gardenia
Peace, love and healing.

Ginger
Wealth, lust and love.

Ginseng Root
Burned to keep wicked spirits at bay, and for protection against all forms of evil.

Gotu Kola
Burned to aid meditation.

Heather
Burned to conjure beneficial spirits, and to magickally produce rain.

Hibiscus
Divination, love and lust to attract love.

Honeysuckle
Money, happiness, friendship, healing, for good health, luck, and psychic power.

Hyacinth
Happiness and protection.

Jasmine
Love, money, dreams, purification, wisdom, skills, astral projection, to attract love and money, for luck in general, especially in matters relating to love.

Juniper
Calming, protection, healing, to increase psychic powers and to break the curses and hexes cast by evil.

Lavender
Cleansing, healing, love, happiness, relaxation, to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love.

Lemon
Healing, love and purification.

Lemongrass
Mental clarity.

Lilac
Soothing, increase psychic powers and to attract harmony into one’s life.

Lotus
Elevates mood, protection, spirituality, healing, meditation for inner peace and outer harmony, to aid in meditation and open the mind’s eye.

Mace
To stimulate or increase psychic powers.

Mastic
Burned to conjure beneficial spirits, stimulate or increase the psychic powers, and intensify sexual desires. The magickal powers of other incenses are greatly increased when a bit of mastic is added.

Mesquite
The magickal powers of all healing incenses are greatly increased when mesquite is added.

Mint
to increase sexual desire and attract money.

Musk
Aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage, creates a sensual atmosphre. For courage and vitality, or to heighten sensual passion.

Myrrh
Spirituality, meditation, healing and consecration. An ancient incense for protection, healing, purification and spirituality.

Nutmeg
Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers and attract prosperity.

Oakmoss
To attract money.

Orange
Divination, love, luck, money.

Patchouli
Money, growth, love, mastery, sensuality to attract money and love, and also to promote fertility.

Passionflower
For peace of mind, this sweet scent will soothe troubles and aid in sleep.

Peppermint
Energy, mental stimulant, healing.

Pine
Grounding, strength, cleansing, healing and to attract money.

Poppy Seeds
Burned to promote female fertility, and to attract love, good luck, and money.

Rose
Love, house blessing, fertility, healing to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, and attract love to return calm energies to the home.

Rose Geranium
Courage and protection.

Rosemary
Remembrance, memory, energy, healing to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression.

Rue
Burned to help restore health.

Sage
Protection against all forms of evil. It is also burned to purify sacred spaces and ritual tools. Plus it is great for promoting wisdom, clarity, attract money, and aid in the healing the body, mind, and soul.

Sagebrush
Burned to aid healing, and to banish negative energies and evil supernatural entities.

Sandalwood
Spirituality, healing, protection, astral projection to heal and protect, also for purification.

Star Anise Seeds
Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers.

Strawberry
Love, luck and friendship.

Sweetgrass
Burned to conjure beneficial spirits prior to spell casting.

Sweet Pea
Friendship, love and courage.

Thyme
Burned for the purification of magickal spaces prior to rituals, to aid in healing, and to attract good health.

Tangerine
A solar aroma used to attract prosperity.

Vanilla
Lust, mental alterness, stimulate amorous appetites and enhance memory.

Vervain
Burned to exorcise evil supernatural entities.

Vetivert
Money, peace and love.

Violet
Wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing.

Willow
Burned to avert evil, attract love, and promote healing. It is also used by many Witches as an offertory incense for Pagan lunar deities.

Wisteria
Burned for protection against all forms of evil.

Wormwood
Burned to stimulate or increase the psychic powers. When mixed with sandalwood and burned at night in a cemetery, wormwood is said to be able to conjure spirits from their graves.

Yarrow
For courage.

Ylang-Ylang
For love, harmony and euphoria.

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