The Art of Incense Blending

🎓 Course Tutor: Elder High Priestess Wort Moon (Head of Academy)

🎯 Level: Beginners and beyond

🔑 Prerequisites: None

🏆 Mastery Stream & Credits: Ceremonial - One Credit 

📜 Course Description
Burning incense has a long religious and spiritual history and remains an important part of many peoples lives. Used to clear out negative and unwanted energy, or burnt up as a sweet offering to the gods, incense is also known to have some health benefits too. However, many commercial incenses contain synthetic fragrances and substances harmful to human and animal health. Learning how to make your own ensures that you are only burning natural and safe blends.

This course will lead you through the whole process of selecting ingredients: herbs, flowers, oils, woods and resins, and blending them together in the right proportions to create unique and wonderful incense. You will be taught how to create loose incense mixture (both self combustible and non combustible) and how to make solid forms such as cones and joss sticks. You will also learn about the history and use of smudge and how to make your own smudge bundles.

✨ By the end of this course, students will:

• Understand the historical roots of incense and how it has been employed by different cultures down throughout the areas.

• Recognise that incense can be made from a wide range of ingredients and that each ingredients has their own forms, qualities and properties.

• Know how to blend an incense mixture using the appropriate quantities and ratios.

• Be able to make a range of incense forms: smudge, loose blends, cones, sticks etc.

📖 Course Modules:
Lesson 1 - History & Benefits

Lesson 2 - Selecting Ingredients & Equipment

Lesson 3 - Herbs, Leaves & Flowers

Lesson 4 - Trees, Fruits & Berries

Lesson 5 - Resins, Gums & Oils

Lesson 6 - Loose Incense

Lesson 7 - Solid Incense

Lesson 8 - Smudge

📥 Course Access Requirements

To access this course, students will need a device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) that meets the Canvas system requirements.
👉 View system and browser requirements

You can also access your course on the go with the Canvas mobile app. From any device, students can:

• View lessons and grades

• Submit assignments

• Track progress with the built-in calendar and to-do list

• Send and receive messages

📚  Additional Resources 

Textbooks are not required in order to complete this course. Students will need access to a supply of basic incense ingredients and a method for heating or burning them. 

📝 Coursework & Submissions

This course includes a variety of thoughtfully crafted assignments to help you integrate and apply what you’ve learned.
Assignments are submitted through the Canvas platform and are evaluated based on:

• Clarity of expression

• Creativity and originality

• Understanding of the material

• Sincere effort and engagement
  
  

✍️ Coursework Load: Moderate

You can expect to spend around 2–4 hours completing assignments, in addition to reading and reflection time.

🎓 Mastery Stream & Credit Information

🏠  House: Domus Ceremonia (Ceremonial)

🏆 Credits Earned: 1 

This credit counts toward progression through the Mastery Streams as part of our structured training and advancement system. To learn more about how credits contribute to initiation and elevation within the tradition, please visit our Training Paths page.

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