Burning Incense Is Psychoactive: New Class Of Antidepressants Might Be Right Under Our Noses. Religious leaders have contended for millennia that burning incense is good for the soul.
Now, biologists have learned that it is good for our brains too. An international team of scientists, including researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, describe how burning frankincense (resin from the Boswellia plant) activates poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety or depression. This suggests that an entirely new class of depression and anxiety drugs might be right under our noses.
"In spite of information stemming from ancient texts, constituents of Bosweilla had not been investigated for psychoactivity," said Raphael Mechoulam, one of the research study's co-authors. "We found that incensole acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent, when tested in mice lowers anxiety and causes antidepressive-like behavior. To determine incense's psychoactive effects, the researchers administered incensole acetate to mice. Picture #15 of Incense-Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) Burgundy Pitch (Spruce) Resin<br><em>Pini burgundica</em><br>(France) Burgundy Pitch (Spruce) resin - Pini burgundica - from France.
Spruce resin has a strong forest-like fragrance when used as incense. From the Spruce pine tree this resin is collected and put through a cleaning and melting process to produce a higher quality end product. Community Forum - How to purify pine resin. Published on 25-05-2010 23:48.
Pine Pitch Salve » The Medicine Woman's Roots. Ask any Reserve local, especially those of Spanish or Indigenous descent, about what to do for a deeply lodged splinter or painfully embedded fragment and they’ll point to the nearest Pine tree.
Get some of that sticky stuff they’ll admonish, and just slap it on there. It’ll be better in the morning they say, and nod knowingly. In rural NM local gas station or general store, you’re sure to find a selection of locally made Pine Pitch salve, and you’ll likely see it being bought up by a variety of people, from loggers to hippies to ranchers. This universal backwoods appeal is a very good testament to its effectiveness. Making Granular Incense: Tips and Techniques. It was Samhain, and my altar was set, black candles glowing.
I had cast the circle, and I was settling into the rhythm of the ritual, when I sprinkled some of my special Samhain incense on a charcoal block. To my surprise, instead of smoldering, the incense ignited. I watched, unsure of what to do, as the flame rose up in my censer. Then the smoke alarm in my apartment went off. I quickly put out the flame, and closed the circle. Samhain incense recipe…… Merry Meet friends…thought I’d post a quick post on a Samhain loose incense recipe and a “how to” make loose incense.
I really enjoy making and using loose incense. I feel so witchy choosing my herbs, grinding them using my stone mortar & pestle, lighting the charcoal and placing it red hot in my cauldron, and carefully placing the incense on the charcoal, a bit at a time, and watching it smoke. The smell is incredible..more potent then the sticks or cones. Its great for smudging your home, blessing your altar, or for meditation and time spent at your altar. First the recipe…. INCENSE RECIPES. Incense Making By David Oller. Order A Kit Below Incense, has its roots back in mankind's first experiences with fire itself.
It is unlikely primitive man would have missed that certain woods had more pleasing aromas and indeed varying emotional effects. Ritual Incense Recipes. Incense Recipes. Making incense:· When preparing your incenses, you can use either a very fine sawdust or a good quality church incense as your base.
If you choose to use the sawdust, you can add foodcoloring and a litlle water to the sawdust to tint it. The amount of color is a personal preference, add as little or as much as you like, and mix well. Lay the sawdust out in a thin layer on a cookie sheet and set it in the sun to thoroughly dry. When mixing the incense blends together, grind the herbs into a fine powder and add the oils last. Be sure to blend it well, and don't forget to focus your intent! Incense Recipes. Beginning with Incense Recipes Here we have a small recipe untill you get to know your resins,woods and herbs.
Take out your 2 glass or steel bowls,measuring spoons, cutting board and begin with the following recipe. > 1 tsp. Sandalwood powder > 1 tsp. > 1/2 tsp. > 1/2 tsp. ground patchouli leaf. Toxic Incense. In the Bay Area, there are heavy restrictions on smoking cigarettes in public, and stringent guidelines for when residents can burn waste or use their fireplaces.
Barbecues are also coming under attack for their emissions. But that mainstay of the bohemian boudoir — incense — has remained under the radar of health-conscious consumers and air-quality regulators alike. Introduction to Incense Making for Druids « The Druid's Garden. Tree Divination Incense The basis of this post is handout I used for the OBOD East Coast Gathering (2011) for my incense making workshop. I added in additional details based on what we discussed in the workshop, and I wanted to expand upon this handout and provide some info on finding local materials and intentions.
How to Make Incense. Incense making instructions. Rediscover how to make incense the way it's been made by virtually every civilization since before the Stone Age: with fine natural incense resins, woods and herbs. Incense making is a meditative and enjoyable way to exercise your creativity. It's simple, inexpensive and awakens us to the pleasures of earth's aromatic treasures and our interconnection with nature. Create recipes that greet the rising sun with a clean and invigorating aroma, entertain guests with exotic fragrances, purify indoor spaces, enhance dream activity, relax with a soft, smooth, calming mixture that eases the troubles of the day, or blend a warm, sweet and seductive mixture to stimulate your sensuality for an evening of mystery and intimacy.
Makko / Incense Trail Style Burning. This unique style of incense burning makes new in the West ancient Asian methods of burning incense. From esoteric Buddhism we are given this style of burning, which dates back thousands of years. We can use this method of burning incense in what the Japanese call, "Soradaki" or "empty burning", which means burning fragrances for pleasure, to entertain self or friends, etc. Another method, and the birthplace of this style, is the Buddhist "Sonae Koh" burning, or "offering incenses" - which is burning incense in spiritual practice.
This incense trail method of burning incense was used in the ancient "Incense Seals" and used as the principle means of measuring time in ancient Asia. Here we present the steps to prepare and begin burning incense in this ancient style. a) An incense bowl is filled with white rice ash, which is compacted by tapping lightly on the bottom of the bowl. b) An indentation is made in the ash with a "U" shaped koh press. KYPHI or KAPET ( in Egyptian) Kyphi (Kapet) was one of the most popular types of temple incense in Ancient Egypt and it was also used as a remedy for a number of ailments. The name Kyphi is actually the latin version of the Greek transcription of the egyptian word Kapet and it is thought that it originally referred to any substance used to clean and perfume the air only later developing into a specific type of incense.
Ancient Egyptian Kyphi. For ancient Egyptians, burning incense was a daily celebration of fragrance, and their favorite incense of all was Kyphi. On a daily basis, the ritualized burning of incense in ancient Egypt consisted of frankincense in the morning, myrrh during the day, and Kapet (Kyphi from the Greek translation) in the evening. According to Egyptologists, Kyphi played an important role as a sacred fragrance in many ceremonies.
It was also believed Kyphi could revive the sexuality of the dead. Various Kyphi recipes were made, some using about a dozen ingredients while others included over fifty. God's Smile / Book of Exodus Recipe <br>Egypt.