The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
Mixture of resins, which when burned, release a scent and smoke, symbolic of the people?s prayers rising to God.
Substance with a fragrant aroma.
the "smell" element in Smells & Bells; a fragrant [and now usually hpyo-allergenic] powder burned in a small dish or pot; used during the service or in the processions in recollection of one of the three gifts of the Wisemen to the Christ Child; A mixture of perfumed spices, burned on the coals in the thurible, and used as a sign of prayer, honor, and solemnity at liturgical functions.
something that smells nice when it is burnt
The peices of fragrant substance that are burned in the censer.
1) To Purify with smoke. Same as Smudge. 2) To set alight.
Ritual burning of herbs, oils, or other aromatic items to scent the air during acts of magick and ritual, and to better help the witch attune to the goal of the working.
the odour from some gums and spices when burned.
a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"
perfume especially with a censer
a spice that can be burned for its odor
A mixture of spices for ceremonial burning, symbolizing prayer.
Incense is a powerful asset to help you "set the mood." It was believed that the smoke would carry your wishes up to the gods. Incense can help you cleanse and purify your space. The right scent can help focus your thoughts and aid in your magick or ritual working.
Incense symbolizes our prayers rising up to God. It is also used as a symbol to purify and bless us as the smoke drifts gently through the church. It is a very ancient symbol having its history traced back many thousands of years.
Burning incense in a dream is an omen of future pleasing adventures with persons of the opposite sex. To smell incense in a dream foretells travel.
Powder burned in a small dish or pot; used during the service or in the procession to recall one of the three gifts of the wise men to the Christ child. See " high church."
The sap of the frankincense tree, or other aromatic substances, dried and burned in honor of God. The offering of incense has been associated with the worship of God since God commanded Moses to burn incense to Him in the tabernacle. The prophet Malachi (1:11) predicts, "among the Gentiles [the Church] . . . incense shall be offered . . ." The Magi offered frankincense to the infant Christ. Incense manifests the prayers of the saints as they ascend to heaven. It is found in every revelation of the worship of God in heaven. See Ex. 30:1-8; Matt. 2:9-11; Rev. 5:8.
the smoke or odor produced by the burning of an aromatic substance
a fragrant smoke produced by burning aromatic substances
Aromatic gum substance burnt in the censer; used during the Divine Services.
Incense has been used for millennia to provide a ritual cleansing of a room for religious services. Temples and churches are fond of it. Supposedly it drives out the "evil spirits". Most of the incense we use in the west comes from India. When the hippies got going they would buy incense to mask the smell of marijuana. Incense can also assist in meditation by giving your space an exotic feel. Since incense comes in a wonderful assortment of scents you can just use it to add a nice fragrance to your house.
Made from gums and resins, produces a spicy aroma when burned.
the aromatic gums of resinous trees that are burned upon coals in a brazier or thurible. Incense is used during processions and to honor sacred objects such as the altar, the Gospel book, the eucharistic bread and wine, the bodies of Christians both living and dead. At the Liturgy of the Hours, incense is burned as a sign of prayer, the sacrifice of praise.
When the High Priest (Cohen Gadol)) entered the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement, he would burn fragrant incense, as it says in the Torah (Leviticus 16:12-13): And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail. And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony.
The burning of fragrant gums or resins in a solid or powder form. Giving off a lingering, scented smoke and is the original form in which fragrance was used. Incense Sticks are more commonly referred to as Joss Sticks
A component in rituals of worship; spices burned on an altar or in a censer to make a sweet smelling smoke.
The burning of incense predicts a lifting of your burdens. Smelling incense and finding the odor unpleasant means that you can expect your worries to increase before they decrease.
Incense is a preparation of aromatic organic materials, intended to release fragrant smoke when burned. The constituents of the visible "smoke" comprise not only the combustion products and liberated particulates common to burning organic materials, but also (and most prominently) solid and liquid organic compounds volatilized by heat and released from their surrounding matrix only to condense into fine droplets on contact with the relatively cool air of the surrounding environment.http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3680793 This can be understood by analogy with the observed condensation of water vapor in the breath on a cold day. The scent evolved by the burning of incense depends upon its specific composition — the term incense referring to the manner of functional utilization rather than to any commonality among the substances so utilized with respect to their odor or other inherent properties.