Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Incense Resin Is Easy To Use

By Liliana Mills


In today's world we are very familiar with incense and the use of it. That is, the more modern types and uses. In the United States it is very common for teenagers and other people to use sticks and cones to produce the sweet smells that we are after. However in the old world and the more traditional uses it is the incense resin that has been burned for centuries.

Incense resin generally comes from Indonesia or Peru or various other parts of the world where this sort of thing is more of a tradition. Here in the United States it something that we have sort of picked up from other cultures. Americans have a tendency to do that and that is why we are such a so-called "melting pot". We like to take things from various cultures and make them our own.

The resins are burned using a charcoal disk and a bowl made from metal or ceramic. You need something that will be able to handle the intense heat that will be generated and held for long periods. Once the charcoal disk is burning you place a few crystals of the resin on top and they will soon be melting away.

In the past and even the present they are used for spiritual cleansing and healing. They have been used by various people from all cultures to bless homes and other places and have even been used to treat people of afflictions and sickness. People have associated the smells with that of healing powers and sometimes gods or spirits.

Because of this they have been around for a very long time and are steeped in tradition. Today they are still used for the same reasons by people who like to carry on the old traditions but they are also used for more simple reasons as well. Sometimes people just want a nice smell permeating through their home and this is the best way to get it.

Sure, you can get a smell through an open area using the sticks or cones as well, but with the resins you will get a deeper scent and a smell that lasts a long while after that of the sticks has gone. These are what people who really know what they are doing use and especially because there are more scents available using these types.

Sometimes it would actually work, for whatever reasons so they continued using them. There are a couple of the scents that have been shown to have slight medicinal properties and these are still used today by more traditional medical seers and some doctors of the old world. It is amazing sometimes how many uses they have found for these things.

Once the glow is present, you can place it into the ceramic bowl carefully and you are ready for the incense resin. Just place a couple rocks or pebbles of the resin on top of the disk and in a couple moments it will start to melt and release the pleasant aroma that you have been waiting for.




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