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General Fumes of the Planets
and the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
Material taken verbatim (format changed) from:
"The Magus" by Francis Barrett.
First Published 1801. ©1967, 1995 by
University Books, Inc. p. 93
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| Jupiter |
To Jupiter, all
odoriferous fruits: as nutmegs, cloves &c. |
| Mars |
To
Mars, all odoriferous woods: as sanders, cyprus, lignum
balsam, and lignum aloes. |
| Sun |
To the Sun, all gums: as
frankincense, mastich benjamin, storax, laudanum, ambergris, and
musk. |
| Venus |
To
Venus, flowers: as roses, violets, saffron, and the like |
| Mercury |
To Mercury, all the
parings of wood or fruit: as cinnamon, lignum cassia, mace,
citron peel, and bayberries, and whatever seeds are odoriferous |
| Moon |
To the
Moon, the leaves of all vegetables: as the leaf of indum, the
leaf of the myrtle, and bay tree |
| Saturn |
To Saturn are
appropriated for fumes, odoriferous roots: as pepper-wort
root, &c., and the frankincense tree. |
| Aries |
Myrrh |
| Taurus |
Pepper-wort |
| Gemini |
Mastich |
| Cancer |
Camphire |
| Leo |
Frankincense |
| Virgo |
Sanders |
| Libra |
Galbannum |
| Scorpio |
Oppoponax |
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Sagittarius |
Lignum
aloes |
| Capricorn |
Benjamin |
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Aquarius |
Euphorbium |
| Pisces |
Red Storax |
"But Hermes describes the most powerful
fume to be, that which is compounded of the seven aromatics, according to
the powers of the seven planets: for it receives from..."
- Saturn - pepperwort
- Jupiter - nutmeg
- Mars -
lignum-aloes
- Sun
- mastich
- Venus - saffron
- Mercury- cinnamon
- Moon -
myrtle
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