Burn on charcoal disks. Elements Incense Earth Incense Earth is usually associated with the direction of north. This element is feminine in nature, and its attributes include stability, fertility, prosperity, grounding, money, planting, home life, the Mother Earth herself, and many types of healing. Water Incense Water is usually assigned to the direstion of west. This is the element of the natural psychic, one related to pregnancy, birth, rebirth, death, regeneration, divination, purification, psychic endeavors, spirit contact, and past life exploration.
Water is the other feminine element.
Fire Incense Fire is a masculine element, one usually associated with the south in the Northern Hemisphere. Its energies govern the areas of protection, employment, sex magic, the law, exorcism, strength and courage, and profound transformations or change. Air Incense Air is the other masculine element and it is usually associated with east. Areas governed by this element are education, communication, weather magic, general power raising, and music magic. I like to use sheets of interesting handmade papers which can be found in most art stores.