Supplies for the Thirteen Lunations
First Lunation
8 ounces olive oil
1 ounce powdered frankincense
2 ounces powdered dragon’s blood resin
2 ounces dried dittany of Crete
A pan for heating herbs in oil
5 ounces sandalwood powder
1 ounce benzoin powder
1 ounce myrrh tears
10 ounces vegetable glycerin (most health food stores carry this)
A wooden spoon
A large mixing bowl you can dedicate to making incense
Tarot cards
Pad of paper and a pen
A journal or a notebook for jotting down your thoughts and experiences
1 teaspoon of each of the following: dried mugwort, hyssop, and chamomile
1 red “fire” candle
Salt (and a dish for it)
Self-igniting charcoal
1 white taper candle
A pot for boiling water and infusing herbs
A wire-mesh sieve (for straining out dried herbs from infusions) or coffee filters
2 ounces dried hyssop
3 pillar candles: one black, one white, one red (Pick candles that can burn for at least an hour or two.)
Another red taper candle (that can burn for two hours)
Red wine, any variety (not to be consumed)
2 small dishes, one to hold salt and the other for water
4 colored votive candles, one representing each quarter: yellow, red, blue, and green
Candle holders for the votives
A ball of twine
A white cord (enough to encircle your mid-section twice and still enough left to tie in a knot with the ends dangling at least six inches)
Blindfold
Glucose lancet
Thurible or fireproof dish to burn a small item
Cauldron or deep, fireproof pot designated for no other purpose except to serve as your cauldron
A medium-size ceramic bowl to hold your libations
1 ounce dried patchouli leaves
1 ounce ground cinnamon bark
1 ounce patchouli essential oil
1 ounce musk essential oil
1 ounce carnation essential oil
1 ounce dried periwinkle
2 ounces dried mugwort
1 ounce dried patchouli
1 ounce amber essential oil
2 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
4 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense
Second Lunation
3 ounces powdered sandalwood
½ ounce white balsam
1 ounce cedar bark, either powdered or chips
1 ounce cassia, powdered
1 ounce jasmine essential oil
1 ounce lemongrass essential oil
½ ounce rose essential oil (Rose essential oil can be expensive. It is fine to get a good-quality “lower-grade” rose oil as well.)
Mixing bowl and spoon for combining herbs and oils
10 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
½ ounce dried white sage
Black ink (the kind you can store in an inkwell or other small container)
A feather quill pen
1 white pillar candle
1 ounce dried Solomon’s seal
½ teaspoon poppy seed
¼ teaspoon dried elm
White tissue paper (the kind you use when wrapping gifts)
Plain white printer paper
A blow dryer
Scissors
2 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
2 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense
Wax paper (the kind you use in your kitchen)
8 small black votive candles
Self-igniting coals
A pot designated for melting wax
Third Lunation
2 ounces powdered pine bark
1 ounce cypress bark, either powdered or chips
1 ounce mastic gum
1 ounce dried juniper
1 ounce dragon’s blood essential oil
4 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
1 ounce cinnamon essential oil
1 ounce clove essential oil
1 ounce pine essential oil
Pinch of dried basil
3 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
3 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense
6 small jars with tight-fitting lids for magical ink storage
1 ounce powdered oak (or substitute powdered sandalwood)
1 ounce myrrh, either powdered or in tears
1 teaspoon dried cinquefoil
1 teaspoon dried white sage
2 ounces myrrh essential oil
1 ounce sage essential oil (Be sure that you are not allergic to this essential oil. If you are, omit this ingredient.)
Regular pen and some blank paper
1 ounce sandalwood essential oil
A small food processor or handheld mixer
Liquid bluing
Denatured alcohol
Iodine
Corn syrup
Salt
Lamp black (typically sold in art supply stores)
2 ounces gum arabic
1 ounce powdered dragon’s blood resin
1 ounce dried logwood
Isopropyl rubbing alcohol, at least 90%
2 teaspoons ground, powdered turmeric
A marble (for mixing)
Cheesecloth or coffee filter
White vinegar
1 cup blackberries
Mesh strainer, cheesecloth, or coffee filters
6 blue votive candles or tealights
1 blue pillar candle
Wax paper (the kind you use in your kitchen)
Plain white paper for a computer printer
White tissue paper (the kind for wrapping gifts)
Scissors
Self-igniting coals
Cinnamon essential oil (optional)
Myrrh essential oil (optional)
Cucumber essential oil (optional)
Lemongrass essential oil (optional)
Fourth Lunation
2 ounces powdered sandalwood
¼ cup powdered mesquite, elm, alder, or willow
1 teaspoon orris root (Try to find powdered. If not, grind up some orris root bits in a food processer as finely as possible.)
Rose essential oil
1 ounce gardenia essential oil
1 ounce iris essential oil
6 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
1 ounce orris root essential oil
Pinch of dried rose petals
1 ounce powdered cedar
1 tablespoon dried fennel
1 tablespoon dried cassia
1 tablespoon dried mandrake
1 ounce lily of the valley essential oil
1 ounce meadowsweet essential oil
2 ounces cedar essential oil
Purple ink (made in previous lunation)
4 purple votive candles or tealights
A black, fairly translucent veil that drapes to the length of your waist
½ ounce dragon’s blood resin, powdered
½ ounce benzoin resin (powdered preferred)
1 ounce frankincense essential oil
1 ounce geranium essential oil
Red ink (made earlier)
Feather quill pen
3 thin lengths of cord made of natural materials (your choice of color)
1 ounce gum mastic
1 teaspoon sweet rush root
1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
1 teaspoon dried juniper
3 colored beading threads to braid
Self-igniting coals
9 colored beads (optional)
6 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
7 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense
Fifth Lunation
1 ounce powdered pine
1 ounce dried patchouli
½ ounce mandrake root (Try to find powdered. If not, grind up some mandrake root bits in a food processer to get them as fine as possible.)
1 ounce violet essential oil
3 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
1 ounce pine essential oil
Patchouli essential oil (already procured)
Frankincense essential oil (already procured)
Myrrh essential oil (already procured)
Pages of plain white paper (computer-printer size)
A feather quill pen
½ ounce frankincense
½ ounce ground cinnamon
½ ounce copal
1 ounce copal essential oil
1 ounce bay leaf essential oil
1 yellow votive candle
1 ounce calamus essential oil
1 ounce cassia essential oil
1 ounce cinnamon essential oil
1 small quartz crystal
A bunch of fresh bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried mullein
1 teaspoon dried wild smallage
1 teaspoon sagapenum (a resin)
1 teaspoon sandalwood, powdered
1 teaspoon dried mugwort
Self-igniting coals
4 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
4 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense
Sixth Lunation
½ ounce dragon’s blood resin, powdered
1 ounce frankincense tears
1 ounce red sandalwood (preferred, but use regular sandalwood if you have it on hand)
1 ounce dried white sage
1 ounce heather essential oil
2 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
1 ounce lemon essential oil
Self-igniting coals
Paper and pen for writing your thoughts, or a journal
1 one-ounce amber bottle with a tight-fitting lid for magical oils
1 jar with a tight-fitting lid for storage of dry incense
Seventh Lunation
Self-igniting coals
1 bottle of your favorite essential oil (you’ll only need a few drops)
Pen, a pencil, and plain white printer paper
All of your colored inks (previously made)
A quill pen
1 pillar candle (it will be one of the elemental colors, but it depends on your energy system)
A pendulum
A shovel (could be just a hand shovel or garden trowel)
Salt
A quantity of purified water
A fresh bunch of rue
Distilled vinegar
Fresh whole onions (you will likely need several)
Bowls large enough to hold a few ingredients
An outdoor fire pit or barbeque
Eighth Lunation
1 teaspoon of several sacred woods of your choice
3 teaspoons dried rosemary
Handful of dried rose petals
Meadowsweet essential oil (already procured)
5 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
¼ ounce apple essential oil
¼ ounce rosemary essential oil
Pinch of dried rosemary
Self-igniting coals
Wood from your sacred tree
Dried wood for kindling
A 12-inch cutting from a piece of your old clothing
Bag of sand, gravel, or mineral soil (found at garden shops)
Several gallons of water
A shovel
An altar cloth that you can spread on the ground
A deep, heat-resistant pot, such as a cauldron, a deep cooking pot, or a cast-iron pot
A trivet or large ceramic tile
Brightly colored flowers (about a dozen or more, if possible)
Brightly colored thread (Try a colorful needlepoint thread, which is usually thicker than typical sewing thread.)
A long tapestry needle (usually with an elongated hole)
Gold-colored ink
A feather quill pen
1 yellow votive candle
A large ziplock bag, mylar card storage envelope, plastic page protector, or large plain white envelope
½ ounce dried patchouli
1 ounce powdered oak
1 tablespoon crushed, powdered cloves
1 ounce frankincense tears
Clove essential oil (previously procured)
½ ounce vetiver essential oil
½ ounce myrrh
½ ounce gum arabic
½ ounce gum mastic
2 tablespoons calamus root
½ tablespoon cinnamon bark
½ tablespoon juniper
1 ounce sandalwood powder
½ ounce ambergris essential oil
Patchouli essential oil (previously procured)
Musk essential oil (previously procured)
Vegetable glycerin
3 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
3 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense
Ninth Lunation
2 tablespoons dried fenugreek
3 tablespoons frankincense tears (previously procured)
Powdered oak (previously procured; powdered is preferred, but use regular sandalwood if you do not have oak available)
1 teaspoon dried barley, wheat, or other grain
Heather essential oil (previously procured)
Frankincense essential oil (previously procured)
2 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
½ ounce oak essential oil
5 blue votive candles or tealights
A feather quill pen
1 one-ounce amber bottle with a tight-fitting lid for magical oil
1 jar with a tight-fitting lid for storage of dry incense
Tenth Lunation
You already possess most of the needed items for this lunation. You may need to procure some herbs and oils; which ones and the quantities will depend on you.
Eleventh Lunation
3 tablespoons dried rosemary
3 tablespoons frankincense tears (already procured)
3 tablespoons dried (and powdered) mandrake root
Powdered/crushed dried acorn (optional)
Myrrh essential oil (already procured)
Patchouli essential oil (already procured)
Frankincense essential oil (already procured)
2 ounces vegetable glycerin or other carrier oil
1 black pillar candle
Self-igniting charcoal (already procured)
Everclear (a high-proof, neutral ethyl alcohol) or vodka (the highest proof possible)
1 one-ounce amber bottle with a tight-fitting lid for magical oils
1 jar with a tight-fitting lid for storage of dry incense
7 separate jars or bottles with tight-fitting lids for storage of herbal condensers
Fresh herbs (your choice from the list) as described in the directions for each planetary condenser
Cheesecloth
Twelfth Lunation
Selected fresh herbs of planetary condensers
Everclear or vodka
Cheesecloth
Pen and blank paper for writing
Thirteenth Lunation
1 yellow candle
White tissue paper (the kind you use when wrapping gifts)
Plain white computer printer paper
Yellow ink (already procured)
A feather quill pen
A blow dryer
Scissors
A roll of wax paper (the kind you use in your kitchen)
1 white pillar candle
Silver ink (from a craft store)
1 tablespoon gum mastic
1 tablespoon dried poppy
1 tablespoon dried willow bark
2 ounces dried sandalwood powder
½ ounce water lily essential oil
3 ounces vegetable glycerin
½ ounce poppy essential oil
1 green pillar candle
Green ink (already procured)
1 tablespoon dried elder
1 tablespoon dried peppermint
1 tablespoon dried yarrow
½ ounce apple essential oil
½ ounce pear essential oil
1 red pillar candle
Red ink (already procured)
1 purple pillar candle
Purple ink (already procured)
1 blue pillar candle
Blue ink (already procured)
1 black pillar candle
Black ink (already procured)
½ ounce frankincense tears
1 teaspoon balm of Gilead resin, powdered
1 teaspoon galbanum resin, powdered
½ ounce storax, powdered
2 teaspoons cedar, dried and powdered
1 teaspoon aloe powder
½ ounce balm of Gilead essential oil
½ ounce galbanum essential oil
½ ounce storax essential oil
1 teaspoon each of dried angelica root, burdock root, citrus peel, mugwort, and orris root (5 teaspoons in all)
3 one-ounce amber bottles with tight-fitting lids for magical oils
4 jars with tight-fitting lids for storage of dry incense