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Incense Recipe
4 parts Dragon’s Blood
2 parts Sandalwood (white)
1 part Cedar
1 part Cumin
Oil Recipe
8 drops Sandalwood oil
4 drops Clove oil
4 drops Cypress oil
4 drops Cedar oil
1/2 ounce Sesame oil as a base
Shasti—Female—Near East
Animal association: Cat
Hindu protector and patron of children.
Sheila Na Gig—Female—Central England
Irish fertility goddess who is depicted with
her legs spread and her hands opening and ex-
posing the inner folds of her vagina. Her im-
age is used in both pre-Christian and Christian
cultures to ward off evil as if to say, here is life.
Skeiron—Male—Mediterranean
Greek personification of the North East
Wind.
Shen Mu—Female—Central Asia
Chinese Mother Goddess. Patron and pro-
tector of pregnant women, children, and the
act of childbirth.
Shen Nung—Male—Central Asia
Wife: Shen Tsan
Chinese emperor who taught his people
how to negotiate with Nature in the order of
farming.
Shen Tsan—Female—Central Asia
Chinese wife of emperor Shen Nung who
became a goddess associated with silk.
Sheu—Female—North America
Husband: Kanati
Cherokee corn goddess.
Shezmu—Male—Africa
Egyptian god of wine who played many
roles, the most noted being the person who
ripped the souls of evil people apart in the
Underworld, forcing them to endure great
suffering.
Shing Mu—Female—Central Asia
Chinese Mother goddess of intelligence.
Patron and protector of prostitutes.
Shitateru-Hime—Female—Far East
Husband: Ame-No-Wakahiko
Japanese mortal woman who married the
god Ame-No-Wakahiko.
Shiu Mu—Female—Central Asia
Holiday: February 1st
Chinese Mother and Water goddess.
Shiva—Male—Near East
Wife: Parvati
Note: Many of the wives cited to Shiva are as-
pects of Parvati. See Parvati and Shakti for
more information.
Animal associations: Antelope, Cattle (bull),
Elephant, Jackal, Snake (serpent),Tiger
Plant associations: Dragon’s Blood, Geranium
Hindu god who forms the sacred triad with
Vishnu and Brahma. He retook the heavens
after they were taken in combat by Jalandhara.
When Jalandhara tried to abduct Shiva’s wife
Parvati it renewed his will to fight, causing him
to rally the other gods to defeat Jalandhara.
Although commonly thought of as a God of
destruction, he is most often depicted either
meditating or making love with wife Parvati in
one of her many forms.
Incense Recipe
2 parts Dragon’s Blood resin
1 part Geranium flowers or Sandalwood pow-
der dampened with geranium essential oil
Enough Shiva or Dragon’s Blood perfume oil
to bind
z WB Chap 17.p65 390 7/11/2003, 6:05 PM

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