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Liber ab Clementia (Book of Humanity)^337

Incense Recipe

2 parts Sandalwood (yellow/red) powder

1 part Benzoin

1 part Gum Mastic

Enough Hermes or Sandalwood essential oil

to bind

Oil Recipe

9 drops Sandalwood essential oil

6 drops Benzoin essential oil

6 drops tincture of Gum Mastic

1/2 ounce olive oil

Herne—Male—Central Europe

Animal association: Bear, Wolf, Bull, Otter,

Sheep (ram), Deer (stag), Goat

Plant association: Juniper, Oak, Patchouli,

Pine

Celtic Horned God of the hunt who rep-

resents the hunter, the hunted, and the con-

nection between both. He is, in essence, the

connection or mediator between Life and

Death. From his lore, we see the Wiccan prin-

ciple that for Life there must be Death. See

also Cernunnos.

Incense Recipe

4 parts Patchouli herb

4 parts pine needles (or 1 part pitch and 3 part

sandalwood)

2 parts Gum Arabic

Enough Herne oil or a mixture of patchouli

and pine oil to bind

Oil Recipe

9 drops Patchouli essential oil

6 drops Pine essential oil

6 drops Juniper essential oil

1/2 ounce base oil

Hestia—Female—Mediterranean

Father: Cronus

Mother: Rhea

Greek goddess of the warmth in a home.

Her altar is the hearth where family members

gather to worship her with mutual love for each

other. Such is her conviction to remain virgin,

that she rejected the courting of both Apollo

and Poseidon himself, swearing on the head

of Zeus that she would now and forever more

remain virgin. As you can probably guess, her

Roman equivalent is Vesta.

Himavat—Male—Near East/Central Asia

(Also known as Himavan)

‘Snow top’—Hindu personification and god

of the Himalayas.

Hine Au One—Female—Polynesian Islands

(Also known as Kane [Hawaii])

Plant association: Bamboo

Polynesian first woman, molded out of clay

by her father Tane. Without knowing he was

her father, she welcomed him to her bed and

bore him one daughter, Hina Titama. Upon

discovering her lover was also her father, she

fled to the Underworld in the shame of her

incest.

Hino—Male—North America

Iroquois god of thunder who fought against

the original inhabitants of North America. De-

scribed as giants, this could be one of the many

surviving hints that European migration oc-

curred much earlier than currently thought.

Hinokagu—Male—Far East

Father: Izanagi

Mother: Izanami-No-Kami

Japanese Fire god and patron of those

seeking sudden change.

Hit—Female—Micronesia

Animal association: Octopus

Octopus goddess who is prayed to for as-

surance of safe passage over the ocean.

Hjordis—Female—North Europe

Husband: Sigmund

See Sigmund for her story.

z WB Chap 17.p65 337 7/11/2003, 6:04 PM