Ostara Recipes 2

Recipes for incenses, soaps, oils and other types of recipes that I may come across that can be used for Ostara!

Ostara Rose Bath

1 1/2 cups Epsom Salts
1/2 cup Sea Salt
1/4 cup Baking Soda
1/2 cup dried Rose Petals
6 drops of Rose Geranium
A piece of Aquamarine or Moonstone

Combine the salts and baking soda with the essential oil and mix well. Add the dried rose petals and mix well. Pour the rose bath mixture into a jar and place the aquamarine or moonstone in the jar and cover tighty with a lid, store in a cool, dry place. To use, pour half the mixture into a hot bath and stir gently to dissolve.

Ostara Diffuser Blend

3 Drops Lemon Essential Oil
5 Drops Lavender Essential Oil
4 Drops Rosemary Essential Oil

Ostara Incense 1

2 parts Frankincense
1 part Benzoin
1 part Dragon's Blood
1/2 part Nutmeg
1/2 part Violet flowers (or a few drops Violet oil)
1/2 part Orange peel
1/2 part Rose petals

Ostara Oil

8 drops frankincense oil
4 drops benzoin oil
4 drops dragon's blood oil
2 drops nutmeg oil
2 drops violet oil
2 drops orange oil
2 drops rose oil
Use olive oil as a base here

Ostara Incense 2

1 part Jasmine
1 part Rose
1 part Strawberry leaves
1 part copal
5 drops rose essential oil

Spring Equinox Ritual Potpourri

Recipe by Gerina Dunwich

A small cauldron filled with homemade potpourri can be used as a fragrant altar decoration, burned (outdoors) as an offering to the old gods during or after a Sabbat celebration, or wrapped in decorative paper and ribbons and given to a Craft Sister or Brother as a Sabbat gift.

45 drops rose oil
1 cup oak moss
2 cups dried dogwood blossoms
2 cups dried honeysuckle blossoms
1/2 cup dried violets
1/2 cup dried daffodils
1/2 cup dried rosebuds
1/2 cup dried crocus or iris

Mix the rose oil with the oak moss, and then add the remaining ingredients. Stir the potpourri well and then store in a tightly covered ceramic or glass container.

(The above recipe for "Spring Equinox Ritual Potpourri" is quoted directly from Gerina Dunwich's book "The Wicca Spellbook: A Witch's Collection of Wiccan Spells, Potions and Recipes", page 162, A Citadel Press Book, Carol Publishing Group, 1994/1995)

Ostara Incense 3

3 parts Frankincense
2 parts Sandalwood
1 parts jasmine
1 parts rose
¼ part lavender
1/2 part violet

Ostara Incense 4

1 part gorse flowers
3 parts frankincense
1 part benzoin
½ part bluebell flowers
½ part bistort
1 part acacia
½ part pine resin

Recipe created by Anna Franklin and can be found on her webpage.

Ostara Soap

1 cup grated unscented soap
1/4 cup hot water
1 tbsp. apricot oil
1 tbsp. Jasmine
1/2 tbsp. rose
6 drops frankincense oil
6 drops sandalwood oil
3 drops lavender oil

Place grated soap in a heat-proof non-metallic container and add the hot water and apricot oil. Leave until it is cool enough to handle, and then mix together with your hands. If the soap is floating on the water, add more soap. Leave to sit for 10 minutes, mixing occasionally, until the soap is soft and mushy. Once the soap, water, and oil are blended completely, add the dry ingredients. Once the mixture is cool, then add the essential oils (essential oils evaporate quickly in heat). Enough essential oils should be added to overcome the original scent of the soap. Blend thoroughly and then divide the soap mixture into four to six pieces. Squeeze the soaps, removing as much excess water as possible into the shape you desire, and tie in a cheesecloth. Hang in a warm, dry place until the soap is completely hard and dry.

Recipe adapted from Kate West's The Real Witches' Kitchen Sabbat Soap recipe.

Ostara Incense 5

2 parts frankincense
1 part gum arabic
1 part sandalwood
½ part nutmeg
½ part orange oil
½ part rose petals