Samhain Recipes: Incense

If you would like to make your own Incenses for Samhain,  I would suggest you to include herbs that have special meaning for Samhain.

For example:

For Remembrance: you can use Rosemary
For Purification: you can use Sage and Salt
For Protection: you can use Marigold, Pepper (for ghostly protection), Cinnamon, Wormwood ( protection against evil spirits)
To Honor the Earth: Patchouli and Pine.
To Honor the ancestors: Marigold

Sage is also a good herb for wisdom. Apple and Apple leaves can be used for the Sabbat of Samhain itself and for fall too. Mugwort is good for psychic awareness and to aid divination. Bay and Bay leaves are good for psychic powers.


Those are the most common herbs used to create incense for the Sabbat of Samhain. However, you can also choose herbs from the following:

Mullein seeds (a projection for abundance), rue, calendula, sunflower petals and seeds, pumpkin seeds, turnip seeds, mushrooms, wild ginseng, tarragon, almond, hazelnut, passionflower, pine needles, nettle, garlic, hemlock cones, mandrake root.

Now, if you are not comfortable to create your own incense for whatever reason, here are some recipes for you:

*When we make incense, normally, we use 1/2 t. to equal 1 part.

Samhain Incense
1 part cinnamon
1-1/2 part clove
1/2 part frankincense
1/2 part myrrh
1/4 part cedar
1/4 part sandalwood
1/4 part benzoin
4 parts pumpkin pie spice

Crush all ingredients together until ground to a fine paste, its best to use a Mortar and Pestle for this if you have one available. Burn upon lit charcoal blocks within a fire proof container.

Another Samhain Incense
3 Parts Frankincense
2 parts Myrrh
1 Part Rosemary
1 Part Cedar
1 Part Juniper

Crush all ingredients together until ground to a fine paste....It is best to use a Mortar and Pestle for this if you have one available. Burn upon lit charcoal blocks within a fire proof container.

Samhain Incense 3
3 parts Rosemary
3 parts Pine
3 parts Bay Leaves
3 parts Apple Leaves
2 drops Patchouli Oil

Using a mortar and pestle, crush all dry herbs until it becomes almost a powder, then add the Patchouli Oil and mix everything together. To burn on a hot charcoal.

Samhain Incense 4
1 tsp. sage (dried crushed leaves if possible)
2 tsp. myrrh
2 tsp. mugwort
1 bay leaf (dried)
3 drops sandalwood oil
2 drops vetiver oil