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How do you make ritual myrrh?
I understand what real myrrh is. Myrrh is a resin/gum oil, essentially the sap of a plant native to the middle east and Africa. Myrrh represents the Spirit of God as used in the New Testament. Some churches use myrrh as a sacred oil of blessing in atonement.
Since real myrrh is so expensive, they use a recipe representation of myrrh. It's an oil base with added ingredients.
What I'm asking is concerning the representative myrrh. What are the ingredients added to make ritual myrrh?
As much as I appreciate the input, neither of the top 2 responses answered my question. If you pay attention to the question, I already stated that I'm aware of the real myrrh, therefore, that's not what I'm asking, but that's all the respondents offered. In this case, unless there is a better answer, there can't be a best answer.
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- TruprincessLv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
The primary species relied upon today are Commiphora myrrha for myrrh, also known as Commiphora molmol.
Other significant commercial sources are shown below. These are used as a substitite for Commiphora myrrha or as 'representative myrrh'.
Commiphora mukul - common names: Indian bdellium, false myrrh, guggul
Commiphora erythraea - common names: sweet myrrh
Commiphora kataf - common names: baisa bol, bhesa bol, or bissa bol
On ebay.com you can get 1lb of Ethiopian myrrh for $14.95, 1lb of myrrh gum resin for $10.95. There are loads of other deals for cheaper and less quantity.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570....
Balm of Gilead resin has also been used as a Myrrh substitute.
http://witchofforestgrove.com/2011/02/14/tests-sub...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balm_of_Gilead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsam_of_Mecca
It is also called Balsam of Mecca, produced from the tree Commiphora gileadensis (syn. C. opobalsamum), native to southern Arabia. Other common names are Poplar buds, Balsam Poplar, Canary Balm, True Balm of Gilead, Willow Poplar Buds.
How to make Balm of Gilead (representative Myrrh):
Source(s): Some real interesting stuff about Myrrh: http://www.itmonline.org/arts/myrrh.htm - NousLv 78 years ago
There is only one ingredient - myrrh!
Commiphora myrrha, the most common source of myrrh, is a type of tree native to places like Yemen, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia. It is also known as Balsamodendron myrrha or "gum myrrh." These trees produce myrrh when their bark and sapwood are cut, which is often done deliberately in order to collect the resin. At times throughout history, myrrh has been at least as valuable as gold, and sometimes even more so, because of its medicinal properties and role in religious ceremonies.
