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Incense Recipe
1 part Acacia flowers
1 part Benzoin
Enough Osiris or Benzoin essential oil to bind
Oil Recipe
12 drops Benzoin essential oil
18 drops tincture of Acacia
1/4 ounce Olive oil
Otsuchi No Kami—Female—Far East
Japanese Earth Mother.
Ovinnik—Male—Central Europe/Northern
Europe
Animal association: Cat (black)
Baneful spirits who set fire to homes.
Oya—Female—African/Caribbean/South
America
In Santeria, her name is Oya/Olla/Yansa
In Voodoo, her name is Aida-Wedo/Brigette
In Africa, her name is Oya/Odo-Oya
Saint and Catholic associations: Our Lady of
La Candeleria, Our Lady of Mount Carmel,
St. Catherine, St. Theresa
Mother: Yemaja
Husband: Shango
Plant associations: Anise, Aspen (American),
Cinnamon, Carnation, Calamus, Clove,
Dragon’s Blood, Dittany of Crete, Hibiscus,
Lemon, Lime, Myrrh, Nutmeg, Oakmoss, Star
Anise, Sandalwood (white), Tangerine
Holiday: Feast of Our Lady of Candlemas on
February 2
In Africa, she is goddess of wind and light-
ning. Sometimes seen to also preside over wa-
ter and fertility. One of two sisters who were
the wives of Shango (the other is Oshun). She
is described as plain-looking and jealous of her
husband’s love of her sister (his other wife)
Oshun, as well as her beauty. In Santeria and
Voodoo, she is the Orisha of the Winds and
of the entrance to cemeteries.
Incense Recipe
4 parts Sandalwood (white)
2 parts Gum Arabic
1 part Dragon’s Blood
1 part Clove
1 part Lemon (peel)
Enough Oya or Sandalwood oil to bind
Oil Recipe
8 drops Sandalwood
4 drops Lemon
4 drops Clove
4 drops Cinnamon
1/2 ounce base oil
Pachacamac—Male—South America
Wife: Pachamama
‘Earth Maker’—Inca Creator but not ex-
actly friend of humanity. He created the first
man and woman, and then forgot to feed them.
The man died first, so the woman complained
about the god that was also an unfit father.
Pachacamac caused her to become pregnant.
When her first son was born, Pachacamac cut
the child in half and used the body parts to cre-
ate the plants of this world. He told her to dine.
When her second son escaped he killed the
woman, but her son came back to avenge his
mother’s death, driving their creator into the
sea.
Pachamama—Female—South America
(Also known as Mama Pacha)
Husband: Pachacamac
Chincha/Inca Earth Mother. Pachamama
formed her husband, Pachacamac, from her-
self the way Diana formed her lover Lucifer.
Pachacamac then created the world, and she
became a fertility goddess associated with
cultivation.
Padma, Dakinis—Female—Central Asia
Dakinis Padma is the Tibetan goddess as-
sociated with the West, fascination, and affec-
tion. See also Vajra, Ratna, Karma, and
Buddha.
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