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I first encountered Kapet, or Kyphi as it was known by the Greeks, when one of my previous Coven Sisters made it as a gift for a Sabbat ritual. I was very intrigued with the idea of a recipe that takes nearly 2 weeks to complete, adding each ingredient at the proper time. Her version required the addition of one resin or spice per day. It made me think that great care and possibly meditation was required of the clergy who crafted such an expensive and time consuming incense. After New Years…

Mesopotamia, seleucid period (ca. third-first century B.C.) Baked clay MLC 1872 The Morgan Library & Museum Cuneiform Tablets, Ancient Sumer, Ancient Scripts, Ancient Writing, Baked Clay, Cradle Of Civilization, Ancient Near East, Ancient Kingdom, Ancient Mesopotamia

Lunar eclipses figured prominently in the prognostications of the Babylonian seer. This text was part of the temple ritual. Specific roles and chants are assigned to different types of priests and laypeople. Aromatic woods are to be burned on an altar throughout an eclipse; dirges are to be sung; people are to remove their headgear and cover their heads with their garments, then wail and cry aloud, begging the gods to save them, their cities, and their shrines. The text conceives of an…