The normal Shango incense given in observances will literally clear a room, so it is usually burned outside.  One may not want to go to such extremes in every occasion.  So here is a milder version I call “Shango Smoulders”.

You will need:

• 3 coffee beans
• 1/4 teaspoon hot red chilli powder
• a handful of benzoin chips
• a handful of dragon’s blood
• a handful of cinnamon chips
• a handful of sandalwood
• 30 cloves
• a handful of chopped cypress “leaves”
• a good pinch of deer musk

Instructions:

Mix, and grind the ingredients together as coarsely or finely as you prefer.  During your daily or weekly observance, give a little to Eshu, and then some to Shango.

Here is a batch of incense made by one of my students, Arden:

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