What Are The Implications Of Religious Incense?

By Amos Aoki


Man has utilized incense, in its crudest structures, since the beginning of our history. With the finding of flame, our predecessors might have understood that numerous materials give off an interesting and at times capable fragrance when blazed. At that point as now, the air is rapidly loaded with inebriating smells basically by tossing some dried leaves, flavors, pitches or twigs into a flame.

If you look around the globe, you will be hard pressed to find a society that does not use incense for some sort of spiritual healing purposes. People have long known that a wonderful aroma generated from incense had healing properties and made them feel at ease with the universe.

Introducing Frankincense For Mankind To Enjoy

Before the world recognized Christianity, wonderful scents coming from various herbs and flowers made the best incense, and were many times exchanged for other goods. It is even said that Frankincense was traded similar to gold and silver and was highly regarded as currency. And in most every religion on earth, fragrant scents and powders are recognized as being a blessing from the gods.

Incense and Modern Religion

Not only is incense popular throughout the world and its various religions and beliefs, but many sects such as the Roman Catholic church view incense as a holy substance known for its healing powers.

The Roman Catholic Church has long believed in the importance of using incense in rituals and observances for the benefit of stimulating and cleansing the soul and mind. Nowhere is incense used more though than in the Eastern churches.

Today's incense gives off a sweet or musky smell and is typically derived from outlandish woods and other substances such as sap and generally comes in a powder form for easy burning.

The otherworldly implications attributed to incense by the congregation scarcely contrasts from those of our progenitors.

The scent of incense or the "odor of holiness" is viewed as sort of an image of holiness that resembles the climb up to heaven and God, while the cloud it produces can be seen to represent purity.




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