Incense is a preparation of aromatic plant matter, often with the addition of essential oils extracted from plant or animal sources, intended to release fragrant smoke for religious, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes as it smolders. In the past, Chinese and Japanese society used incense as a time keeping device in the form of incense clocks. It has been popularly used for thousands of years within India as an integral part of Hindu deity worship. Furthermore, it holds an important usage in Buddhism and, to a lesser extent, some Christian denominations.

Forms and use of incense

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Incense is available in numerous forms and degree of processing. However, incense can generally be separated into direct burning and indirect burning depending on how they are used.

In general, large and coarse incense tends to burn longer than finer incense, and direct burning incense requires less preparation prior to its use. Beyond these facts, preference in incense's form depends largely on culture, tradition, and personal taste. Stick incense is the most common and preferred form of incense used in Chinese and Japanese cultures, thus most of the incense produced in those countries are in stick form. In the West, due to Christianity's tie with Judaism, incense is most often burnt in the form of powder to honour Jesus or one of the Christian saints or angels. A censer is used for this. Candles are also used in worship.

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