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Some of these ingredients may differ depending on local customs and different scents desired, but this is the overall common list needed.
'''Note(s): ''' Especially the resins (gums) and marble should be in powdered form. If they cannot be obtained in powdered form there should be ground before usage. An electric coffee grinder will help with this process. It is also good to be aware that sometimes a substance called "white sulfur" is said to be needed, but after an extensive search for this, we believe this is a translation mishap and is, as found in Slavonic lists, supposed to be "ground marble." The ground marble will strengthen, harden, and even whiten the wax-mastic as "white sulfur" should, but "white sulfur" either does not exist, incredibly difficult to find even for Google, or is simply a bad translation.
== Making the Wax-Mastic ==
To then use it, you may want to turn down the heat and keep it just hot enough to keep it liquid, but not so hot that it'll scald you as you will need to pour it carefully for the various purposes during the Great Consecration.
== Example suppliers for the ingredients ==