My family uses incense for certain holy days.We use only pure resin incense (like the church, you need to burn it on a bit of lit charcoal) My daughter loves incense and uses the stick variety.
some stick incense is made with questionable materials. She had some baby chicks in her room, and when she burned incense they did somersaults! Some of it is bad stuff, so be careful about what you use. The binders etc can have allergins or toxins in them.
The resin incense and the charcoal tablets for burning it are available on-line, on e-bay etc. It is not too costly. You can purchase a brass “burner” to hold it, or just use a dish with kitty litter or a clay flower pot or the like to burn it on.
The church incense is frankincense. Other types of resin incense are myrrh, copal, dragon’s blood. But frankincense and copal are the sweetest. Resin is hardened tree sap.
Myrrh and dragon’s blood have a bitter scent. I use myrrh occassionaly but dislike dragon’s blood.
Some healthfood stores carry frankincense resin, sometimes call frankincense tears. It can be used for healing.
Another alternative to burning incense (though that is a special thing, nice how the smoke rises like prayers) is to use essential oils. A few years ago little tea light potpourri burners were all the rage. You can add a drop or two of essential oil (also available at health food stores) to the water and the steam will be scented. Or you could even put it on a mug of hot water and forgoe flame altogether.
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