Incense
has traditionally been linked with magick and religion. It is used to purge a place of unwanted influences, and to purify and sanctify a
temple for the descent of the Gods. The ancient Assyrians, Babylonians,
Hebrews and Egyptians used incenses in ritual observances. The Romans
gained their knowledge of incense when they absorbed the Greek nation.
The Greeks, as far back as can be told from historical evidence, started off by
casting plants and herbs into an open fire. By the time of the institution of the great
Greek Oracular Schools, complicated mixtures of herbs, resins and woods were
being compounded to aid the Priests and Priestesses with the arts of scrying
and prophesy.
