Incense Bible

<p>Make a spiritual connection to nature with real raw natural incense<br><br>The Incense Bible is a comprehensive guide to the spiritual meaning of real raw natural incense and how to use it in prayer meditation or simply in creating a home environment to reconnect with divinity and nature. This unique book examines the spiritual and ritual uses of pure incense (not sticks cones or synthetic mixtures) explores our attraction to it and explains how we can use it at home to increase wellness. Filled with easy-to-use references and easy-to-understand technical information the book also looks at the use of incense in health and medicine a history of its use in a variety of countries and cultures and various types of raw incense including eucalyptus sandalwood sweet grass agarwood frankincense and myrrh.<br><br>The Incense Bible examines aspects of spirituality and religion health and medicine botanical medicines ethnobotany and history of real incensenot the low-quality processed synthetic fragrances most people think of as incense. This enlightening and entertaining book written in everyday language and filled with photgraphs examines why incense appeals to our sense of smell of adventure and of spiritual and physical well-beingand has for centuries. The book looks at the use of incense for purifications and cleansings creative inspiration meditation worship and prayer for inducing dreams and sleep to improve learning and problem solving and as a perfume for clothes hair and body.<br><br>Topics examined in The Incense Bible include:</p><ul> <li> types of raw incense including balsam cedar mugwort and moxa and white sage<br> </li> <li> safety <br> </li> <li> how the sense of smell works<br> </li> <li> the link between taste and scent<br> </li> <li> scent and memory<br> </li> <li> allergies and sensitivities<br> </li> <li> oils and flower essences for healing<br> </li> <li> how to make incense<br> </li> <li> incense materials and symbols<br> </li> <li> the use of incense in Egyptian Greek and Roman times in Buddhism and Shamanism in Israel in the Catholic Church in Native American sweat lodges and in the African rainforest <br> </li> <li> and much more!</li> </ul><p>The Incense Bible is an essential resource for anyone interested in health and natural medicine botanical medicines and ethnobotany and for anyone seeking to express their spirituality by reconnecting to nature </p>