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Incense
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Incense is a powerful tool for taking control of your environment. From Ancient Times until the Industrial Revolution, incense was a commonly used tool for medication, fumigation, meditation and spiritual contact in the West as well as the East. There is no more intimate olfactory experience than rolling your own incense and then enjoying the results of your own handicraft.
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Incense is the perfume of harmony. More than 147 years ago, the creator of Primo incense was inspired to create a new way to make incense. This process is still kept in his family and is known to none but themselves.
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Incense is said to have several medicinal effects too. Many earlier civilizations used incense as a herbal medicine for treating health disorders. This in fact forms the basis of aromatherapy. Many incense ingredients are used as medicines all over the world.
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Incense, in common with all things, possesses specific vibrations. The magician chooses the incense for magical use with these vibrations in mind. If performing a healing ritual, she or he burns a mixture composed of herbs that promote healing. When the incense is smoldered in a ritual setting it undergoes a transformation. The vibrations, no longer trapped in their physical form, are released into the environment. Their energies, mixing with those of the magician, speed out to effect the changes necessary to the manifestation of the magical goal.
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"Incense is used only occasionally in Roman Catholic Churches but is used for every Divine Liturgy in the Eastern Catholic Churches. Incense traditionally signifies the prayers of the Church rising to the throne of God. During the Divine Liturgy, incense is directed to the people several times, to the Gospel book, the icons, the altar and the clergy. Censing is a tradition going back into Old Testament times." Sacramentals of the Eastern Catholic Church.
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Incense burners can heat up. Even soapstone burners get hot. Always be careful where you place the burner. A hot burner can damage or discolor wooden surfaces. They can ... burn you if you try to move them while they are in use unless they have a chain or a handle.
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