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String date = '05/08/24(Wed)10:21:28';
String comment = 'Does incense do anything besides smell nice?';
'>>37863454
it can ward away some flying bugs';
'>>37863454
Aroma therapy has positive psychological benefits like uplifting your mood. Also burning sage is an anti microbial. There's probably metaphysical properties to doing such things for a deity. But bare minimum it positively affects your mental wellbeing which alters your reality. You may make choices as a result.';
'>>37863574
>it can ward away some flying bugs
S A G E contains artemesin , and it wards off mosquitoes and flying insects. inhaling its smoke could potentially have combated parasites at some point giving a perception it "clears away bad spirits" . people may have been hallucinating or god only knows what, thought it was demons or bad spirits, inhaled the smoke from burning white S A G E , and decided it "scares the demons away"';
'>>37863454
gets all over your shit';
'>>37863575
>Also burning sage is an anti microbial.
these kind of perceptions also come from:
>>37863588';
'>>37863454
eliminates unwanted aroma. my yoga master told me about incense and now i burn it to get rid of the smell of sweat from my hockey gear when i dry it.';
'>>37863454
Didn’t know these things existed
Pretty cool';
'>>37863454
Depends on what you're burning';
'It attracts and delights spirits.';
'>>37864359
and the smoke can serve as a medium to make them visible (in a fair and human form, if you ask for it)';
'>>37864375
That's definitely true.
Be very careful with those manifestations. Some manifestations give off powerful ultraviolet radiation that can seriously hurt anyone unprepared/not wearing safety glasses.';
'>>37864359
>>37864375
>>37864397
thanks for the hint! do you have any recommendations for good incense?';
'>>37864485
Frankincense, Myrrh, Sage.';
'>>37864547
sounds nice, i'm also assuming that there needs to be a lot of it and it should ideally happen in a totally private space with no other people in the vicinity for it to work as well. i'm looking to allow my spirit wife to manifest in the material.';
'>>37864589
Manifestation requires correct timing, meaningful and precise ritual, and privacy. The amount of incense offered is not so important.';
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