Myrrh ink

Syncretic Egyptian / Graeco-Roman magic from the collection of texts known as the Papyri Graecae Magicae.
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Berenike
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Re: Myrrh ink

Post#11 » Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:32 am

Asahel wrote:If you insist on using "doctored" inks better get a dip pen instead.

That is in fact what I ended up doing.

I can't speak to the effectiveness or magical properties of the ink as such, being that it was only a smaller part of a larger picture, but it did its part without bleeding or otherwise getting in the way due to doctoring (I wrote on papyrus, your mileage may vary with differently absorbent materials).

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nipha333
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Re: Myrrh ink

Post#12 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:45 pm

ash does not become ink, youre looking for fine carbon soot, not the ash itself.

aside from that, stephen flowers presents a perfectly usable version. Also i suggest looking into how to make inks with pigments.. youtube has a wealth of information. you can even whip up inks out of dollar store mica pigments (sold as "eyeshadow", just look for powdery metallicness) and a drop of dishsoap as a surfactent in alcohol. this and other powders can also be added to "acrylic extender" and small amounts of water to make acrylic inks. so many ways.. maybe i should write a little piece about making ink.
'Goetic Magic … if properly understood would regenerate Western magic and underline its immense cultural significance, on a level equal to any spiritual tradition in the world.' -JSK

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Nashimiron
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Re: Myrrh ink

Post#13 » Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:29 am

nipha333 wrote:.. maybe i should write a little piece about making ink.


Please do. I for one am always keen to get more little bits of practical tips. And I'd like to know where Stephen Flowers process can be found.

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Re: Myrrh ink

Post#14 » Sun Jul 15, 2018 3:10 am

Nashimiron wrote:
nipha333 wrote:.. maybe i should write a little piece about making ink.


Please do. I for one am always keen to get more little bits of practical tips. And I'd like to know where Stephen Flowers process can be found.



flowers=
4 drams myrrh
3 figs
7 date pits
7 dried pinecones
7 piths of the single stemmed wormwood
7 leaves of buckthorn
'Goetic Magic … if properly understood would regenerate Western magic and underline its immense cultural significance, on a level equal to any spiritual tradition in the world.' -JSK

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Re: Myrrh ink

Post#15 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:17 am

nipha333 wrote:
Nashimiron wrote:
nipha333 wrote:.. maybe i should write a little piece about making ink.


Please do. I for one am always keen to get more little bits of practical tips. And I'd like to know where Stephen Flowers process can be found.



flowers=
4 drams myrrh
3 figs
7 date pits
7 dried pinecones
7 piths of the single stemmed wormwood
7 leaves of buckthorn


Cheers! This looks familiar, is it one from the PGM?

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nipha333
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Re: Myrrh ink

Post#16 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:36 pm

Nashimiron wrote:
nipha333 wrote:
Nashimiron wrote:
Please do. I for one am always keen to get more little bits of practical tips. And I'd like to know where Stephen Flowers process can be found.



flowers=
4 drams myrrh
3 figs
7 date pits
7 dried pinecones
7 piths of the single stemmed wormwood
7 leaves of buckthorn


Cheers! This looks familiar, is it one from the PGM?


it is the one stephen flowers gives in hermetic magic
'Goetic Magic … if properly understood would regenerate Western magic and underline its immense cultural significance, on a level equal to any spiritual tradition in the world.' -JSK

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