Andras, Incense, and Setting the Room for That Work

Starting with the work, not with the tool

Spirit work is not shopping. It is a practice, and like any practice, it goes better when you are clear about why you are doing it, what you are asking for, and what you are prepared to do yourself. It is a blunt description, and it is worth sitting with before you do anything else. Taking care of an enemy does not mean the same thing in every situation. Sometimes it means protection. Sometimes it means a boundary being held. Sometimes it means a situation ending, cleanly, instead of dragging on. Be specific with yourself about which one you mean, because vague work tends to produce vague results, and vague results are hard to read afterwards.

If you cannot state the situation in one clear sentence, you are not ready to light anything yet. Write it down. Leave it overnight. Come back and see if it still reads true. That pause is part of the work, not a delay in it. Incense, in particular, rewards that pause, because once the room is full of smoke, the working has begun, whether you are ready or not. Do the thinking first, and let the incense mark the beginning of the working, not substitute for it.

What incense does in the room

Incense does a different job from oil, and understanding that difference is the beginning of using it well. Oil marks and anoints. Incense fills the space and sets the atmosphere for the working itself. It changes the air you breathe, the smell of the room, and the feeling of the place, and it does so for everyone present, not only for the person who lit it. That is why incense is so often the first thing lit in a working, and the last thing to fade after it: it opens the space, and it closes it, in a way that a single anointing does not.

Incense is also used for fumigating the tools and talismans that will be used in a working. Passing a seal, a candle, or another tool through the smoke, deliberately, is a way of preparing it, of marking it as set apart for this purpose, and of beginning the working with an action that involves the hands as well as the mind. That action matters, because it slows you down. You cannot fumigate a tool in a hurry without noticing that you are hurrying, and that noticing is itself a useful part of preparation.

Preparation is most of the work

Preparation in this kind of work is not decoration. It is how you get yourself into a state where you can listen, speak clearly, and notice what changes. Start with the room. Clear the space you will use, not just physically, but in the sense of setting it aside for this purpose. Put away the things that pull your attention elsewhere. If you have a regular working space, use it. If you do not, choose one place and use it consistently for this working, so the place itself starts to carry the association. Ventilation matters, too, in a practical sense: a room full of smoke that you cannot breathe in is not a good working space, whatever the atmosphere.

Then prepare yourself. Bathe, or at least wash your hands and face, and change into clothes you do not wear for ordinary errands. This is not about looking a certain way for anyone else. It is about marking, for yourself, that this time is set apart. Eat simply beforehand if you can, and avoid starting a working when you are exhausted, drunk, or already agitated. A clear head is a working tool, just as much as oil or incense is, and a working done in anger, in the heat of the moment, often reads, afterwards, as something you wish you had phrased differently.

How the Andras incense is made here

We offer a small variety of very rare and very useful incense. We hand make each batch of incense when you order it, unless we have just recently made some, of course. The incenses that we make are of a quality that we use them ourselves for magical work. They work well enough that I use them successfully for spirit work, work for clients, as well as my own spellwork. That last point is not a sales claim. It is a practical test: an incense that a practitioner will not use in her own work is not an incense worth offering to anyone else, and an incense she does use, regularly, has passed the only test that matters in practice.

That made-to-order point matters for a working like this. It means the incense has not been sitting, opened and closed, through other people's orders. It is made for your order, for this work, and it arrives as a fresh batch, not as warehouse stock. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is made by hand, for this work, and not mass produced. What follows from your practice, in terms of magical result, is yours to observe, not mine to guarantee, and that wording is about the magical result, not about delivery dates for physical items.

Oil and incense together

Incense and oil are often used together in Goetia work, and Andras work is no exception. They do different jobs in the room, and together they cover the working more completely than either does alone. The oil marks and anoints: the hands, the forehead, the seal, or the candle. The incense fills the space and sets the atmosphere. If you are doing a full working, rather than a single fumigation, use both. Anoint first, with a clear purpose in mind, then light the incense and let the room settle before you speak your petition. Do not rush from lighting to speaking. Give the room a moment to change, and give yourself a moment to notice that change.

If you are only fumigating a seal or a candle for later use, you can still use the incense on its own, to start that preparation, and to mark the item as set apart. That is a common use for incense in this kind of work: to start a working, and for fumigating the tools and talismans that will be used in it. Either way, the order matters less than the attention. A working done deliberately, with one tool used well, is worth more than a working done hurriedly with every tool on the altar.

A simple working order, to adapt to your own practice

The following is a general order, not a fixed script. Adapt it to the system you already work in, and do not treat a general article as a substitute for proper teaching in the system. First, prepare the room and yourself, as above. Second, set out the seal, tool, or candle you will use, and the incense and oil. Third, fumigate the tool, deliberately, and anoint if you are using oil, naming the purpose in your own words. Fourth, light the incense and let the space settle. Fifth, speak your petition, clearly and once, rather than repeating it until it loses its shape. Sixth, sit quietly for a time and listen, rather than filling every moment with more words. Seventh, close the working properly, thanking in whatever way your practice requires, and put the tools away in their proper place.

Afterwards, write down what you did, when you did it, and what you noticed. Not what you hoped would happen, but what actually happened, in plain language. That record is what lets you tell, weeks later, whether anything changed, and whether that change had anything to do with the work. Keep a short record for each working: date, purpose in one sentence, incense and oil used, what you did, and what you noticed afterwards, over days and weeks, not just on the night itself.

What not to do

Do not do this work when you are angry in the moment, if you can avoid it. Wait until you can state the matter calmly, even if the matter itself is serious. Do not use incense in a room you cannot ventilate, and do not leave burning incense unattended. Those are practical cautions, not ritual ones, and they matter because a working that ends in a headache, a smoke alarm, or a scorch mark is a working you will not want to repeat, however good the intention behind it.

Do not repeat the same working endlessly in the hope that repetition alone will force a result. Do the work properly, once, observe, and then decide, calmly, whether a second working, a different approach, or no further working is the right next step. Repetition without reflection is not persistence. It is noise, and noise in a room full of incense is still noise.

When this is not the right work

Sometimes the right answer is not a spirit working at all. If the situation is a legal matter, a safety matter, or a medical matter, deal with that matter in the ordinary world first, or at the same time. Ritual work is not a substitute for a lawyer, a doctor, or for leaving a dangerous situation. If you are unsure whether a working is appropriate, wait, ask a teacher you trust, or choose a simpler protective practice first and see how that sits.

It is also worth asking, honestly, whether the enemy in the situation is a person, a habit, a pattern, or a set of circumstances. The answer changes the petition, and it changes what you should be fumigating and why. A working aimed at a person when the real problem is a pattern you keep repeating will not do the work you actually need done. A working aimed clearly, at the real problem, has a chance of doing something useful, and a record that lets you tell whether it did.

Andras incense, and Andras oil to go with it

If you are doing spirit work with Andras, the incense is for setting the room and fumigating the tools, not for show.

I hand make Andras incense myself, in small batches when you order, of a quality I use myself for magical work, for spirit work and spellwork with Andras. I make no promise about what it will do for you, only that it is made by hand, for this work, and not mass produced.

If you want the incense for that work, this is the one I offer: Andras Goetia incense, $44 CAD. View the product

I also make the oil to go with it, for anointing in the same work: Andras Goetia grimoire demon evocation oil, $44 CAD, 1/2 oz bottle.

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