(1) In one culture a shaman uses tobacco, sage or cannabis, in others copal, frankincense , sandalwood, cedar, juniper or pine.(2) Jewish ceremonial incense includes frankincense and myrrh, and is frequently mentioned in the Pentateuch, the Jewish Old Testament.(3) It is a blend of calming sandalwood, frankincense and myrrh, which give it a mystical, resinous quality, and exotic jasmine and rose for romantic sensuality.(4) Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans' independent kingdom, and as Greek and Roman demand for such exotic goods as cassia, cinnamon, frankincense , and myrrh increased, so did the prosperity of the Nabataeans.(5) The city was famed for the production of frankincense which in those days was a treasure that commanded a huge price on the open markets of Alexandria, Jerusalem and Damascus.(6) The burning of scents like frankincense and myrrh dates back to the ancient Egyptians, and continued through the centuries, gradually including sweet spices like cinnamon, quassia, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.(7) You mix frankincense with things like spices, seeds and roots to create different aromas.(8) What a comedown for the land known in ancient times as Arabia Felix, or Happy Arabia, whose rulers included the Queen of Sheba and whose caravan routes supplied frankincense and myrrh to the Holy Roman Empire.(9) Its riches were the result of both its location on the most important trade routes of the time - over land and sea - and its profitable trade in frankincense and myrrh.(10) By their gifts of gold, frankincense , and myrrh, they acknowledged Jesus as royal, divine, and destined to suffer and die.(11) The long-term survival of the international frankincense trade of Oman resins is unknown at this point in time.(12) Her incenses are acacia, frankincense , myrrh, catnip, cedar, cinnamon, and juniper.(13) There'd also be a ready supply of essential oils - especially myrrh and frankincense - to soothe sore joints after a hard day's prayer and candles to burn.(14) They valued its trees which produced the aromatic gum resins frankincense and myrrh.(15) Treasured by kings, wise men and people of discriminating taste for millennia, the aroma of frankincense and myrrh evokes feelings of warmth, comfort, majesty, reverence and peace.(16) I think it was rosemary and frankincense in it perhaps, that the swinging censor of incense, and I just found it all so beautiful and evocative, that ritual going on.
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