This batch is sold out, we will be offering the new one in the Fall....The ingredients are all prepared and now we are letting it age.

Our Premium Kyphi, Nefertum - The incense creation closest to our heart....

It was created originally with Nathaniel Mussellman's original formula "Divine Lover" inspired by historic Egyptian texts.
The care and physical preparation of this blend also follows ancient tradition. It takes no less than a month to combine and blend all the components, and at least another six months of aging and curing before this sacred fumigation is ready for offering. Further study of the ritual doctrines of Isis, Horus, and Osiris help to increase the potency of this temple fumigation.

We can guarantee that this is truly a Kyphi worthy of the Gods and made to the highest and most tradtional standards possible.

We recommend that this fine premium incense be used on a a electric heater at a very low setting (10-20), an Aromatic Vaporizer or heated very gently on charcoal with foil.

Nefertum (Nefertem)is the Egyptian god of Healing and Fragrance.
The full-blossomed lotus with its heavenly fragrance symbolized all life on earth. It was named the child of dawn, Nefertum, meaning Beautiful Atum" or "Beautiful Light."

Hymn to Nefertem, 18th dynasty:

"I invoke Nefertem, in the following of Ptah. Thou art the guardian and protector of the perfume and oil makers, protector and god of the sacred lotus. Osiris is the body of the plants, Nefertum is the soul of the plants, the plants purified. The divine perfume belongs to Nefertum living forever. "

This Kyphi is the most recent re-creation of the powerful fumigation from the ancient temples of Horus and Isis. Based on the latest research from the Edfu temple and a recent study of ceramic dishes used in the preparation of kyphi, this incense contains components 'great of magic' that were dedicated to the gods of the Ennead:

Hougary Frankincense, Yemen and African myrrh, Labdanum, Persian Galbanum, Turkish Storax, Chios Mastic, African Canarium, Colophony, Juniper, Honey, Wine and other sacred spices, woods and resins.

Contrary to the Greek, Arabic, and later versions of this formula, it appears that the revised inscriptions at Edfu do not call for fruit paste in the making of this incense. This formula appears to be composed mostly of sacred resins, and this re-creation has been blended with the finest resins associated with Egyptian perfumery and worship.

Burned in the evening, kyphi was believed to restore the sexuality of the gods or departed dead. Recent Egyptology closely ties scent and sexuality together in the ancient culture. Funerary beliefs and mythical doctrines also place strong emphasis on the life-giving force of sexuality. This is quite appropriate as the kyphi formula comes to us from the temples of gods associated with the creation, life, and afterlife. "Heka" (assumed "magic" or "life force in action") was believed the means of communing with and influencing the divine. What better way to influence the gods than with the potent magic of scents?

We have placed this amazing incense in a glass jar that holds about 20 handrolled pieces dusted with Sandalwood, Aloeswood Dust, Cedar of Lebanon

An elegant piece of Scented Art.....only available from Mermade