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Top 10 Incense Books To Envigorate the Mind, Body and Spirit

The use of incense (from Latin meaning “to burn”) has been used around the world for thousands of years. There are many different applications of incense, from use in spiritual practices, religous ceremonies,  meditation, and now in modern times for simple relaxation and for home fragrance.

Choosing the right incense to achieve a particular mood in the home or for pure relaxation (and stress-relief), can make a real difference to the ambience of any room. Here are ten incense book that come highly recommended for delving a little deeper into the world of fragrances and their effects.

Top 10 Incense Books

This list was compiled from personal favourites, reader recommendations and best seller lists. Incense books are in no particular order…

The Complete Incense Book

#1. The Complete Incense Book - This is a guide to the use of incense as a form of aromatherapy. One for the serious aromatherapists here as it’s a little on the pricy side but highly rated by readers and one for consideration for reference purposes.

#2. The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews - The book consists of several sections, each covering a specific topic including incenses, soaps, fragrance oils, brews, etc. Perhaps one for the ‘magical’ associations of incense… lots of good reviews and very reasonably priced.

#3. The Incense Bible: Plants Scents Transcending World Culture, Medicine and Spirituality - As the book title suggests, this is the book for you if you’re interested in the spiritual and medicinal links of incense and aromas.

#4. Incense: Crafting & Use of Magical Scents - Covers the making of incense if you have an interest in this area and also the tools you will need. You’ll definitely need a hands-on approach to incense when following recommendations here.

Incense and Scent

#5. Incense and Scent in the Home - A unique guide to creating evocative scent combinations for different rooms for each season. Depending on the occasion, creating a pleasant and enticing fragrance in a particular room can have very positive effects around the home. A Good read for general incense aromas in and around the home.

#6. Travelling the Incense Route - One to look out for but is available for pre-ordering. The incense route / road historically covered the ancient trading routes for incense and spices around the Red Sea area and routes from Egypt to India. Looks like a very interesting read for the traveller.

#7. Incense and Incense Ritual - Explains how fragrance influences all centres of perception and creates a connection to the higher dimensions from where support and fulfilment come. This is a concise and wide ranging guide to the world of incense, with practical hints for many applications.

#8. Wylundt’s Book of Incense - A extensive guide on making and using incense for general and ‘magical’ purposes. Explains the advantages and disadvantages of loose incense, incense cones, and incense sticks.

#9. Food for the Gods: New Light on the Ancient Incense Trade - A little more acedemic and in-depth, this book looks at the role of incense, primarily - though not exclusively - during the important Roman period.

#10. Avalonia’s Book of Chakras - A wide-ranging book that sets itself out as a practical manual for using aromatherapy, crystals, incense, mantra and meditation for Working with your body’s natural energy.

Wild Berry Incense

If you just have a general interest in incense and fragrances then I’d recommend you try out some of the most common incense fragrances using quality incense sticks such as Wild Berry Incense, Nag Champa or Tulasi Incense or popular incense cones.

Popular Incense and Fragrances

To give you an idea, here are some of the most popular aromas being used in  incense sticks and incense cones:

Sandalwood incense, Dragon’s Blood, Myrrh incense, Lavender incense, Frankincense, Patchouli and Jasmine Incense.

There are literally hundreds of different scents to choose from that can enhance and envigorate, but for really positive effects use only quality incense from a reputable store.

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