Agrippa's Planetary Incenses

The Composition of some fumes appropriated to the Planets.

We make a suffumigation for the Sun in this manner, viz. of Saffron, Amber, Musk, Lignum-aloes,
Lignum-balsam]\, the fruit of the Laurell, Cloves, Myrrh, and Frankincense, all which being bruised,
and mixt in such a proportion as may make a sweet odour, must be incorporated with the brain of an
Eagle, or the blood of a white Cock, after the manner of pills, or Troches.

For the Moon we make a suffumigation of the head of a Frog dried, the eyes of a Bull, the seed of
white Poppy, Frankincense, and Camphor, which must be incorporated with Menstruous blood, or the
blood of a Goose.

For Saturne take the seed of black Poppy, of Henbane, root of Mandrake, the Load-stone, and Myrrh,
and make them up with the brain of a Cat, or the blood of a Bat.

For Jupiter take the seed of Ash, Lignum-aloes, Storax, the gum Benzoin, the Lazuli stone, the tops of
the feathers of a Peacock, and incorporate them with the blood of a Stork, or a Swallow, or the brain of
a Hart.

For Mars take Euphorbium, Bdellium, gum Armoniack, the roots of both Hellebores, the Load stone,
and a little Sulphur, and incorporate them all with the brain of a Hart, the blood of a Man, and the blood
of a black Cat.

For Venus take Musk, Amber, Lignum-aloes, red Roses, and red Corall, and make them up with the
brain of Sparrows, and the blood of Pigeons.

For Mercury take Mastick, Frankincense, Cloves, and the Herb Cinquefoile, and the stone Achates, and
incorporate them all with the brain of a Fox, or Weasel, and the blood of a Magpie.

Besides, to Saturne are appropriated for fumes all odoriferous roots, as Pepper-wort root, &c. and the
Frankincense tree: to Jupiter odoriferous fruits, as Nutmegs, Cloves: to Mars all odoriferous wood, as
Sandalwood, Cypress, Lignum-balsam, and Lignum aloes: to the Sun, all Gums, Frankincense,
Mastick, Benjamin, Storax, Laudanum [labdanum, i.e. Cistus], Ambergris, and Musk; to Venus
Flowers, as Roses, Violets, Saffron, and such like: to Mercury all Peels of Wood and fruit, as
Cinnamon, Lignum Cassia, Mace, Lemon peel, and Bayberries, and whatsoever seeds are odoriferous;
to the Moon the leaves of all Vegetables, as the leaf Indum, the leaves of the Myrtle, and Bay-tree.

Know also, that according to the opinion of the Magicians, in every good matter, as love, good will,
and the like, there must be a good fume, odoriferous, and precious; and in every evil matter, as hatred,
anger, misery, and the like, there must be a stinking fume, that is of no worth.
The twelve Signes also of the Zodiack have their proper fumes, as Aries hath Myrrh, Taurus, Pepper-
wort, Gemini, Mastick; Cancer, Camphor, Leo, Frankincense, Virgo Sandalwood, Libra, Galbanum,
Scorpio,Opoponax, Sagittarius, Lignum aloes, Capricornus, Benzoin, Aquarius, Euphorbium, Pisces,
red Storax.

But Hermes describes the most powerfull fume to be, viz. that which is compounded of the seven
Aromaticks, according to the powers of the seven Planets, for it receives from Saturne,Pepper-wort,
from Jupiter, Nutmeg, from Mars, Lignum-aloes, from the Sun, Mastick, from Venus Saffron, from
Mercury, Cinnamon, and from the Moon, the Myrtle.