~*Sabbat Oils & Incense*~
Sabbat Oils
Anoint yourself and candles with any of these oils prior to Sabbats:
1. Wild parsley root, celery root, popular leaves (balm of Gilead), cinquefoil & saffron. Bruise the leaves and put in hot vegetable or olive oil (be careful not to burn!) on a low heat. Let heat for four or five hours, stirring occasionally. Strain, and using fresh leaves, repeat as many times as needed to make pungent in aroma. *A crock pot is the best method to avoid burning*
2. Popular leaves (balm of Gilead), cinquefoil, saffron, lemon verbena or vervain. Prepare as above.
To enhance either preceding oil, add a few drops of Musk, a suspicion of Ambergris, Patchouly or Cassia.
Sabbat Incense
Summer Variety: Beltain, Midsummer, Lammas, Michaelmas
Fennel, Thyme, Rue, Chervil Seed, Chamomile, Geranium, Pennyroyl, High grade Church Incense (as a base)
Winter Variety: Hallows, Yule, Candalmas, Lady Day
Bay Laurel, Vervain, Wormwood, Ivy Leaves, Fir branches, Solomon's Seal (poly gonatum multiflorum), High grade Church Incense (as a base)
Sabbat Cakes
Mix the following ingredients:
1 Tablespoon Honey
1/2 Cup Shortening
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon White Wine (Don't forget to enjoy some yourself-tis the secret of a good cook)
Add:
1 1/2 Cups Flour
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 1/4 Cups Oatmeal
Optional: Cinnamon, Allspice, Cloves, ground cardamom (to taste)
Combine well, adding water if necessary to make into a rollable dough. Cut into small, crescent shaped cakes and bake until light brown in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Sabbat Wine
Any wine is suitable for Sabbats, but here is an old recipe that many enjoy
6oz. Hyacinth Blossoms
1/4 lb. Violet Petals
1/4 lb. Wallflower Petals
1/4 lb. Jonquil Petals
1 oz. Orris Powder
1/2 oz. Powdered Mace
2 oz. Orange or Lemon Essence
1/4 lb. Lily of the Valley Flowers
Bruise hyacinth petals, orris root & mace together with 1 gallon alcohol in glass container toward end of March, when hyacinths are in season. Toward end of April, add jonquils, wallflowers and lilys of the valley. The liquid must now be stirred once every day for a week, then at the end of one week, the liquor should be distilled off very slowly and carefully, preferably usine a bain-marie.
Remember: use alcohol fit for consumption...never rubbing alcohol!!
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