Quick Specs
- Brand: Sonavi
- Series: Crystal Scents Ritual Kit
- Format: Incense sticks packed with chips
- Pack: 8 sticks
- Stone: Lava chips
- Sticks: Dark, rust and gold botanical grains visible
- Scent: Fragrance inspired by lava
Volcanic Rock and Botanical Smoke
The Lava box looks made for night: black card with gold foil, a pink glow rising from the bottom, and a golden disc holding a mountain and a stand of pines, ringed by crescent moons and stars. The sticks inside run darker than you might expect, with rust and gold flecks of dried plant material over black, a rough, earthy finish above bare tan ends. Then there’s the stone. Lava is magma that has reached a planet’s surface, and the solid rock left behind when it cools is also called lava. In the crystal and bead trade, lava stone is basalt, a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock that most often forms in lava flows. It’s usually matte and pitted, because gas bubbles were trapped as the rock set. Lava pieces each show their own pits and crevices, so expect variation from chip to chip. That makes it a stone you’ll want to touch: rough, light for its size, and unmistakably made by fire. Set a few chips beside a burning stick and you have fire and rock on the same table.
In modern crystal practice, lava is linked with the root chakra and with grounding, focus and balance, and it’s said to carry both earth and fire energies. That’s lore, and it explains why lava makes a natural choice for sessions where you want your feet on the floor: a plan for the week, a decision you keep circling, a form you’ve been avoiding. The two elements sit together in the stone itself: it’s rock, and it was fire. The Tower is a good card to pair with it: in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, lightning strikes a tall tower on a rocky peak and two figures plunge from its windows. Readers take it as a card of crisis and sudden change. Lava is the picture of what follows. The eruption ends, the flow cools, and new rock lies where there was none. If a Tower week has just ended, a stick of Lava incense gives you a way to mark the close of it and turn toward what you’ll build on the ground that’s left.
Practical Ritual Applications
Light a stick in the hall when you get home from a day that went sideways, and let the doorway mark the change from out there to in here. Burn one at your reading table before a spread about a hard decision, or before a conversation you’ve been putting off. After a Tower card turns up, sit with a stick and write down what is still standing. A Sunday evening works as well, with a stick burning while you sketch out the week ahead. Keep the lava chips beside your notebook while you write. If you’d like more stones for a grounded corner, my grounding and earth energy stones collection has tumbled and raw pieces to set beside them. One stick also makes a tidy end-of-day marker once the house has gone quiet.
How to Burn Lava Incense Sticks Safely at Home
Three steps cover the burn from setup to fully cold ash.
- Choose a spot that can take the heat
Use a sturdy, heat-resistant holder made for incense that can catch falling embers. Set it on a flat, heat-resistant surface such as a ceramic tile or a metal plate, in a well-ventilated room and clear of curtains, paper and clothing. Don't burn incense where people are sleeping. The sticks wear a rough plant coating, so make sure the holder grips one firmly before you strike a match.
- Light one stick and keep the chips off the ash line
Hold the tip to a flame until it catches, then let the flame die so the end glows and the smoke starts. Stand the stick in the holder. Set the lava chips on a saucer or the box lid to one side, clear of falling ash and embers, so you can look at them while you work through your question or your evening.
- Stay with the stick, then put it out
Stay in the room while it burns, and keep it out of reach of children and pets. Before you leave the room or go to bed, snuff the stick by pressing the tip against a fireproof surface rather than blowing on it, which can spread sparks. Check that nothing is still smouldering, and empty the holder only once the ash is fully cool.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock the Lava kit for readers who like a darker, earthier mood at the table, with volcanic rock to keep beside the sticks. It’s a compact way to add a grounded corner to a reading space or an entryway. The chips travel well in a pocket or sit in a bowl by the door, and the kit suits anyone who wants to try a crystal-and-incense pairing without committing to a full set of stones. You’ll want a holder that catches embers, and I keep several styles in my stick incense burners collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not in the strict mineral sense. Lava stone is a rock built from several minerals, mostly plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene in basalt, rather than one mineral with a fixed composition. The bead and crystal trade sells it anyway, as a dark stone with a matte, pitted surface.
Keep it light. Lava is porous, so water and anything dissolved in it can soak into the pits. Skip ultrasonic cleaners and chemical cleaners. A soft dry cloth is usually enough; for more, use a barely damp cloth or a brief rinse in warm water with very mild soap, then dry the chips thoroughly before you put them away.
Obsidian is volcanic glass: molten rock that cooled so quickly its atoms couldn't arrange into crystals, leaving a smooth, glossy material that breaks with curved, sharp-edged fractures. Lava stone is basalt, a fine-grained rock made of mineral crystals that's matte, pitted and porous. Both come out of volcanic activity, but they look and handle differently.
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