What are the different uses of incense?

Answer 1

Incense has a large number of uses. It is used as an offering to the gods; as a focus point; to clear an area of "bad" vibrations; to attune your mind to the purpose of your working; to enhance or create a mood; and sometimes just because it smells good. Purchased incense often has a "purpose" attached to it, but those of us who do a lot of this sort of thing, often create our own incense for the specific use we have in mind.

Answer 2

Incense-cedar wood is resistant to decay, making it very desirable for exterior use. This wood is used as mud sills, window sashes, sheathing under stucco or brick veneer construction, greenhouse benches, Fencing, poles, and trellises. It is also widely used for exterior and interior siding. Much of the top quality incense-cedar is used in the manufacture of pencils Ranked as one of the most dimensionally stable wood species, Incense-cedar stands up to wide fluctuations in temperature and humidity without warping, checking or shrinking away from fasteners. It can be hand-tooled or machine-tooled to exact tolerances, and provides a smoother, more uniform surface than pine and other softwoods. Such properties make Incense-cedar an ideal material for the precision milling and machining processes of pencil-making as well as for outdoor siding, decking, moulding, interior, paneling, and landscape material. Even the bark is used as fuel for electric cogeneration facilities. Incense-cedar is an abundant, renewable resource that is grown, managed, and harvested on a sustained-yield basis in accordance with the strictest forestry regulations in the world. The annual volume growth of Incense-cedar exceeds the annual harvest by a factor of two-to-one, ensuring an ample supply of the species well into the future.