Home Blessing Kit

Sandalwood Stupa incense sticks - Santalum album-based incense from the Kathmandu Valley workshop, in the Stupa Collection's signature thick hand-rolled format. The South Asian dhoop tradition that has scented domestic interiors across India for centuries, produced in the Newar craft lineage.

Yerba Santa Smudge Bundle (4-inch) - Eriodictyon californicum, California-native. Tightly bound dried Yerba Santa leaves that smoulder when lit at one end.

Cedar Smudge Bundle (4-inch) - "Cedar" as used in the North American smudge-bundle tradition typically refers to Juniperus virginiana (Eastern red cedar) or Thuja plicata (Western red cedar), neither of which is botanically a true cedar but both of which carry the common name across the trade. Distinct from the Himalayan Cedrus deodara used in the Sandalwood Stupa incense above. Specific species pending supplier confirmation.

White Sage Smudge Bundle (4-inch) - Salvia apiana. Tightly bound dried sage leaves that smoulder slowly when lit at one end.

Hojari Frankincense Resin (30g) - Boswellia sacra from Oman. The same Hojari grade as the standalone resin pages; the resin that has scented Khaleeji households daily in the mabkhara (مبخرة, the Arabic word for incense burner) for centuries.

Selenite Crystal Pyramid - selenite is a fibrous variety of gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO₄·2H₂O), Mohs hardness 2, with the characteristic satin-silk crystalline structure. The pyramid form is carved and polished from natural selenite; selenite is water-soluble over time, so kept dry rather than washed.

Four self-igniting charcoal tablets - the standard accessory for burning the Hojari resin; the tablet's edges glow grey-white when ready to receive a small piece of resin.

Bundles (Yerba Santa, Cedar, White Sage):

1. Hold the bundle tip to a flame for 5–10 seconds until the tip catches.
2. Blow the flame out - the bundle smoulders.
3. Place in a heat-safe vessel or hold over a dish to catch ash.

Sandalwood Stupa incense:

1. Light the tip until the dhoop catches.
2. Blow the flame out so the incense smoulders.
3. Place upright in a heat-safe holder.

Hojari frankincense on charcoal:

1. Hold a charcoal tablet with tongs and light an edge.
2. Wait until the edges glow grey-white (30–45 seconds).
3. Place a small piece of Hojari resin on the warm tablet.
4. Use a heat-safe burner - a traditional mabkhara works well for this format.

Selenite pyramid: display item - handle dry. Selenite is gypsum and dissolves slowly when wet; avoid water, humidity, and direct contact with damp surfaces. A soft dry cloth removes dust as needed.

• Components: 7 items
• Sandalwood Stupa Incense: Santalum album-based · Kathmandu Valley · stick count TBC
• Yerba Santa Bundle: 1 × 4-inch · Eriodictyon californicum
• Cedar Bundle: 1 × 4-inch · likely Juniperus virginiana or Thuja plicata (specific species TBC)
• White Sage Bundle: 1 × 4-inch · Salvia apiana
• Hojari Frankincense Resin: 30 g · Boswellia sacra · Oman
• Selenite Crystal Pyramid: Gypsum (CaSO₄·2H₂O) · Mohs 2 · dimensions TBC
• Charcoal Tablets: Self-igniting · count TBC
• Storage: Aromatics cool/dry · selenite dry · away from moisture

The Home Blessing Kit is anchored in two enduring household-aromatic traditions. The Khaleeji mabkhara tradition: across the Arabian Peninsula, frankincense has been burned daily in the mabkhara (مبخرة, the Arabic word for incense burner) as a household practice continuous from pre-Islamic Arabia through to the contemporary GCC home - every Khaleeji home recognises the format. The South Asian dhoop tradition: across India and the broader subcontinent, sandalwood-based dhoop incense has played the same parallel role - burned in domestic interiors as part of daily life, with the Karnataka and Kathmandu Valley workshops carrying the craft lineage. The Home Blessing Kit pairs these two enduring household-aromatic traditions with three North American botanical bundles and a selenite mineral pyramid - different aromatic registers, all in the service of the domestic interior.