Wylundt's Book of Incense [Paperback]

Wylundt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2007

A complete how-to book for making your own incense. Discusses the various types of incense, gives instructions for making it, drying and storing it, working with liquids, censers, and charcoal. Includes recipes for herbal, magical,and planetary incense, plus instructions for psychic protection, renewal, strength, divination, compassion, and much more!

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877288690
• ISBN-13: 978-0877288695
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #990,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the most concise book of incense I've found so far., October 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Wylundt's Book of Incense (Paperback)

If you are patient enough to invest the time, money, and practice to create personal incense with your own two hands, this is definitely a book that I would recommend.
In all of my exhaustive searchings, this is one of the few books that I have found that actually described the steps needed to make incense, from referring you to the ingredients needed to make various types of incense (stick, cone, loose, and others), to the steps required to dry and burn the incense as a finished product- the author even goes as far as to tell you which censers are the best to use, and how.

No matter what our reasons for making incense, this book is an excellent reference tool. It will help you to know the satisfying feeling of lighting a cone or stick of incense that you made yourself (not store-bought from some large faceless corporation where you don't know what ingredients were put in it, and are afraid to ask), and enjoying the esoteric pleasure that it brings you.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a college course, but an *excellent* quick reference!, June 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Wylundts Book of Incense: A Magical Primer (Paperback)

I find this book extremely useful as a good quick reference, much like the comb-bound "... For Dummies" quick references. No, it does not get detailed enough for absolute-beginners, but for those who have previously studied herbalism and such *at all*, it is a fabulous book to have on hand. The layout is very easy to use. The appendices are well ordered. This is not a "101" sort of book, but rather a solid QUICK reference for those *already* familiar with the subject matter at least on a beginner level. I think that *anyone* who at least has beginner level understanding can get a lot out of the somewhat cursory nature of the entries in this book.

My recommendation for beginners regarding this book is to remember that this is a groundwork. It is not meant to be all encompassing at all. This book will not give you a college degree in incense; however, it does lay a good foundation and a smattering of some very good recipes/bases for further work and is always a good reference for verification purposes when doing more advanced work -- which is exactly the main use that I find for it -- cross-referencing and verifying the attributions on the fly.

Regardless of what herbal or [book of incense] is your favorite, you should always have more than one on hand for cross-reference purposes. The structure of this book makes that extremely easy. Of course with well documented experimentation, in time one can develop a log for themselves of what herbs, gums, etc. work best for their aims -- which may or may not correspond to *any* book, but this book can serve as a great springboard-point to begin doing exactly that.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book was very disappointing!, April 22, 1998

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This review is from: Wylundt's Book of Incense (Paperback)

The book seemed, at first, like it would enable me to make my own incense. But, after obtaining all of the necessary ingredients I find that there are gaps missing in the formulas listed in the book. While the book states that certain ingredients are a must, he doesn't actually tell you where to add them or how much to use, etc... Also, there is a lot of "filler" to the book (i.e. measurement tables, incomplete listing of many herbs (meaning the desciptions are brief and go by common name, so you may call it X and the book may call it Y). I would recommend NOT buying this book.