Incense Bible: Plant Scents Transcending World Culture, Medicine, and Spirituality
Incense Bible: Plant Scents Transcending World Culture, Medicine, and Spirituality Books
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Make a spiritual connection to nature with real, raw, natural incense
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 making 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 clarifies how we can use it at home to increase wellness. Filled with simple-to-use references and simple-to-know technical in rank, 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.
The Incense Bible examines aspects of spirituality and religion, health and medicine, botanical medicines, ethnobotany, and history of real incense–not the low-quality, processed, synthetic fragrances most people reckon 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 corporal well-being–and 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 fragrance for clothes, hair, and body.
Topics examined in The Incense Bible include:
types of raw incense, including balsam, cedar, mugwort and moxa, and white sage
safety
how the sense of smell works
the link between taste and scent
scent and memory
allergies and sensitivities
oils and flower essences for healing
how to make incense
incense materials and symbols
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
and much more!
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
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This book is not a comprehensive or authoritative work about incense as the title would suggest and one gets the certain impression that the author only has a basic and superficial knowledge about incense.The book hardly discusses the metaphysical properties of incense and only deals with a few types of incense,leaving out many of the well loved types and brands of incense.The book is also not well illustrated.
Rating: 1 / 5
To me, the term ‘Bible’ denotes a book that can be considered ‘the’ authority. This book is incredibly far away from that premise! I was truly disappointed and urge you to spend your money on incense books that are not simply a rehash of other people’s books – as noted CONTINUOUSLY in each paragraph.
I am perhaps mistaken, but the author seems to know nothing about incense, often confusing natural incense with non-natural incense. She takes snippets of another author’s work here, and another author’s work there, and tries to make a book out of that. She would have been better off just listing the books you should buy if you want to know about incense, rather than writing one of her own.
My review is perhaps harsh, but my expectations were high, given the title of the book, `The Incense BIBLE’.
Again, do your own research and buy a better written book, by someone who really knows what they are talking about.
Rating: 1 / 5
Kerry Hughes writes from the perspective of an ethnobotanist as her private interviewing reveals, but she also includes a lot of fascinating in rank from a spiritual perspective. I appreciated that she included incense practices from numerous cultures, not just Eastern philosophies as do many other books on the theme of incense. More plants may possibly have been discussed to qualify this as a “bible”, but she highlights the major ones from key cultures. There is some repetition in the book that may possibly have been edited out, and it may be more of a reference book than a comprehensive review of the theme matter, but I still urge it. I very much liked the link she makes between plants, fragrance and spirituality, and she includes matter-of-fact ways to incorporate incense into daily do to bridge the separation between nature and human beings.
Rating: 3 / 5
I really like how the author blended the esoteric with hard science in The Incense Bible. If you are looking for a woo-woo book, this is not it. Instead it is a carefully researched and well-documented journey of the sense of smell, the spirit of fragrance/incense and the history and science behind it. Ms. Hughes knows how to walk that fine line between science and spirituality and as I went through the book, I started to regard my sense of smell as sacred and sensuous, and yet I am also grateful to learn about how it can transport me to another place and time so readily.
In reading the book, I also felt the author’s knowledge and like of the plants that give us the remarkable aromas of incense and I appreciate how she presented the huge picture, walking us through various uses for individual fragrances. I have ordered this book to give to a link of friends of mine who run a Yoga studio, so that they can choose on the perfect blend for their classes. The Incense Bible makes me realize a strong truth, which is we live in a world that offers many gifts – and the sense of smell and the many different moods of incense is certainly one of them. Thank you!
Rating: 5 / 5
An inspirational book that takes you on an insightful journey into the cultural world and history of incense-what can be described as the most spiritual way people use plants. As an Osteopathic medical student, I am intrigued by the exploration of raw, natural plant incenses as medicine. The implications for the role of incense in integrative medicine practices are absolutely fascinating. This book reminds me how nature can really be a fantastic guide to healing. Additional helpful in rank on individual plants supports you in making your own incense experience. The lists of plants and their properties are handy for checking what feels aptly to use for a given purpose. Whether choosing a scent to simply fragrance the house or to deepen meditation, connection, and spiritual presence, this book is truly the ultimate guide. As a lover of incense, the book gave me new insights into the potential for the use of raw plants in my own do with incense. This book is a must read for anyone who likes incense, and wants to appreciate its rich potential even more.
Rating: 5 / 5