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"Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come." --Exodus 30:7-8proud2bcatholic said:In the Catholic Church, I believe that we only use incense during Mass and Benediction. The idea of the laity using for personal prayer is new to me. When do you use incense, what do you do with it, what is the significance of using it in the Eastern tradition? Thank you.
Andreas said:After I use a Charcoal stick, can I reuse it?
Oblio said:I think prodromos was talking about grinding it up into powder (If I follow you and he correctly), then it will be burnt up. I've thought about smashing charcoal briquettes up and putting them into a spice grinder. If I use the 'natural' hardwood charcoal, much lighter/softer than the usual hard Kingsford (tm) briquettes, that just might work ...
There is also a cool site I found on the net in the UK where they show you haoe to make muchos kilos of charcoal in a kiln. Looks like fun
Oblio said:Just to reiterate Andreas, I have NOT tried making my own powdered charcoal yet in a grinder. Let me know how it works if you try it first
The sparks came when it started burning. However, the package doesn't seem to say what the charcoal is made from.prodromos said:Hmm, it looks like you and Oblio could start supplying this stuff to the faithful in North Americathat'll save me mailing it over from Greece
One question, were the hardcore sparks from when you were burning the powder or when you were breaking it up?The charcoal powder I use doesn't give off any sparks when it burns so I'm wondering if this has to do with the texture of the wood from which it was made or lack of uniformity in partical size. I suspect that charcoal from willow or vine branches will be softer and have a finer texture resulting in finer, more uniform particles. I don't think it needs to be as fine as graphite powder though. Have fun experimenting
Oblio, got a link to that site for the kiln?
Censing the house also drives out evil spirits. They cannot stand the smell of it.proud2bcatholic said:In the Catholic Church, I believe that we only use incense during Mass and Benediction. The idea of the laity using for personal prayer is new to me. When do you use incense, what do you do with it, what is the significance of using it in the Eastern tradition? Thank you.
That makes a lot of sense. Because I had just washed the censer before I used it. Could that have caused it?prodromos said:Andreas,
It just occured to me that the sparks may have been simply due to moisture trapped in the particles. That is what usually causes the fireworks when having a BBQ, when the charcoal had gotten wet somehow and hadn't dried completely before use.
John.
Cool site.Oblio said:Dave's how to make Charcoal notes
Oddly enough there seems to be lot's of references on the internet to powdered charcoal being used to make stick incense (unfortunately many are pagan sites) but nowhere have I been able to find a source of such.
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