Quick Specs
- Type: Resin incense cups
- Count: 6 cups per box
- Blend: Seven Archangels
- Format: Self-contained cups, lit directly
- Box: Deep indigo with silver foil stars and a crescent moon
Six Ready-to-Light Resin Cups in an Indigo Box
The box is deep indigo, scattered with silver foil stars and a silver crescent moon at the upper left. White line art of outstretched wings spreads around a triangle on the left side, and a band of small flowers in pink, orange, and green frames the title. Silver lines radiate from the winged emblem, and a narrow band of black-and-white geometric pattern runs down the side of the box. Along the top edge, a row of small round seals in green, orange, and yellow gives the box its finishing detail. The words Seven Archangels stand in large capitals, with resin incense with cups beneath them. Inside are six cups of resin incense, each one a self-contained portion that combines resin and botanicals and is made to be lit directly. You set a cup on a heat-proof dish, light it, and let it burn, which gives a resin session a simple beginning and a clear end. One cup suits a single sitting, and the set of six gives you six sittings, enough for a week of quiet evenings with a day to spare.
The seven archangels belong to living traditions, and the lists differ from one to the next. In early Jewish literature and in Christianity the seven are the angels who serve God directly. The Book of Tobit has Raphael say that he is one of the seven angels who stand and serve before the Glory of the Lord. A footnote in the New American Bible, the Catholic edition of that text, calls Raphael one of the seven Angels of the Presence and observes that only two other names, Gabriel and Michael, appear in the Bible, pointing readers to the Book of Enoch for the rest. That book, regarded as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, names Raguel, Saraqael, and Remiel in its twentieth chapter, alongside Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel. The name Seven Archangels therefore points toward a shared idea, and each tradition fills in the names in its own way. Readers who want the full lists can start from those texts and from the churches that keep them.
Practical Ritual Applications
Burn one cup at a time, where you can keep it in view, on a heat-proof dish or plate set on a tile in a ventilated room, when you want a quiet half hour for prayer, meditation, or reflection. The cups suit a shrine shelf, a desk, or a side table where a candle and a small statue already sit, with a clear surface around the dish and room for you to sit quietly. A figure of an angel beside the dish gives the scene a focus, and my angels and saints collection has statues and pieces to choose from. The six cups also make a small gift for a friend who likes resin incense, and the indigo box with its silver foil looks gift-ready.
How to Burn a Resin Incense Cup Safely
A resin cup needs a heat-proof dish, a ventilated room, and your attention from the first flame to the last ember.
- Prepare a heat-proof dish and fresh air
Place a heat-proof dish or plate on a ceramic tile or a metal plate, on a flat surface far from curtains, clothes, and paper. Open a window or a door so the room is well ventilated, and keep a working carbon monoxide detector nearby. Keep the setup out of reach of children and pets.
- Light the cup and set it on the dish
Take one cup from the box and light it, then set it on the dish and blow out any flame. Stay in the room while the cup burns, and keep the dish where it is. A slightly open window keeps the air moving.
- Let it burn out and cool
Let the cup burn all the way out and wait until the dish and the cup are completely cool before you touch them. Put any remaining ash in a metal or ceramic container. If you must leave the room or go to sleep before the cup finishes, extinguish it first and double-check that nothing is still smoldering.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock these cups as a resin incense with an archangel theme. The seven archangels belong to living faiths, Christianity and early Jewish literature, and the lists of names differ between churches. Treat the cups as an entry point, and ask a priest, a pastor, or a teacher in your own tradition what the archangels mean in practice. For the incense itself, each cup is ready to light, so it suits anyone new to resin. If you want to try loose resins as well, my granular and resin incense collection has them.
Frequently Asked Questions
The lists differ by church. Latin Christianity invokes three by name, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, while the Eastern Catholic Churches name seven. In the Coptic tradition the seven are Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Surael, Zadkiel, Sarathael, and Ananael. Eastern Orthodox calendars list Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Salaphiel, Jegudiel, and Barachiel. A priest or teacher can say which list a community follows.
It is an Eastern Orthodox feast, kept on November 8, for the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers. OrthodoxWiki lists the archangels in its entry for the feast together with the angelic ranks, including seraphim, cherubim, thrones, principalities, virtues, dominions, powers, and angels. Wikipedia notes that parts of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity may honor eight archangels, adding Jeremiel to the seven.
Resin incense is an indirect-burning form: an aromatic material such as frankincense or myrrh that contains no combustible material and so requires a separate heat source. Heat has traditionally come from charcoal or glowing embers. Resin cups put the material in a self-contained cup that is lit directly. Burn a cup on a heat-proof dish and keep the room ventilated.
No. Fire services advise burning incense in a well-ventilated area, with a working carbon monoxide detector in the room, and never where people are sleeping. Extinguish it when you leave the room or go to sleep and check that nothing still smolders. Keep burning incense away from curtains, clothes, and paper, and out of reach of children and pets.
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