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Oshun Incense

Oshun enjoys sweet smelling, fine incense, but you must make sure it is of the highest quality that you can afford.  If you are handy with the spoon, you can also make your own.  This is the recipe for a basic devotional incense, adapted for the western kitchen.

• a pinch of cinnamon or cloves for Eshu
• 10 spoonfuls fenugreek
• a handful of louisa
• 5 eucalyptus leaves
• 5 spoonfuls sandalwood powder (African camwood or Baphia nitida if you can find it)
• a spoonful of yellow mustard seeds
• a small handful of myrrh or copal
• a small handful of dragon’s blood chunks
• 5 gold leaves or a dash of gold dust

Crush and powder everything as well as possible, consecrate, and keep in a cool, dry place.

Oshun Oil

The basic recipe for Oshun’s devotional oil, again adapted for the western kitchen.  All of these ingredients should be dried

• A 1 inch cinnamon stick, 3 guinea peppers, 3 English peppers (allspice), 3 coffee beans, a vanilla bean cut into 3 pieces, or 3 cloves for Eshu
• 1 liter of sunflower oil
• 1 ml vitamin E oil
• 1/4 cup fenugreek
• 1 handful of louisa or dried orange peels
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 5 freshwater pearls or cowrie shells
• (optional) 1 tablespoon honey
• (optional) 5 gold leaves

Put all of the other ingredients in a large jar or bottle.

Pour the sunflower oil over all.

Close the jar for 5 months in a cool, dark place.

source: http://soulmindbody.net/esu/2011/02/oshun-ochun-oxum/