Description

Origin & Traditional Use

A hanging censer in the shape of a small cauldron, used to swing incense through a space. A hanging censer, or thurible, is a vessel on a chain used to swing burning incense through a space. Thuribles are used in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican services.

Uses in the Work

Swing it around the circle to cense the boundary before ritual, carry it to each quarter while calling the demons, and use it to fill the temple with offering smoke. It is especially powerful in group ritual and processions. Cense the altar, statue and participants before a rite, and use it outdoors where smoke disperses quickly. The cauldron shape joins the vessel of witchcraft with the thurible of the temple.

Pairs Well With

Frankincense & Myrrh Resin – 1 oz; Three Kings Charcoal – 10 Tablets; Pentagram Charcoal Tongs

Lore

The cauldron is the witch’s vessel of transformation, and the thurible the priest’s vessel of offering. In Celtic myth the Cauldron of Rebirth restored the dead to life.

What You Receive

Burn your favorite cone or powder incense in this fun hanging burner. Cauldron stand is approximately 6 1/4″ tall with cauldron being 2″ tall with a 4″ measurement at widest point. Can use cauldron with or without included stand.