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		<title>Calamus Root and Kyphi Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Calamus Root, (Acorus calamus) is also known as Calmus, Sedge, and Sweet Myrtle.  It is a wonderfully spicy, aromatic, and very cinnamon-like fragrance that has been enjoyed since at least The Epic of Gilgamesh where it is mentioned as an incense ingredient. It is also referenced in the Bible as one of the ingredients of the anointing oil in Exodus 30:23.  The Egyptians used it for the Kyphi recipes as well.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/benzoin/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Benzoin'>Benzoin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/tolu-balsam/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tolu Balsam'>Tolu Balsam</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/burgundy-pitch/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Burgundy Pitch'>Burgundy Pitch</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/calamus-root-and-kyphi-recipe/</link>
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		<title>Burgundy Pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Burgundy Pitch" is the resin from the Spruce pine (Pinus glabra) that is collected and clarified through a melting process to yield a higher quality and more wonderfully fragrant end product. Spruce pine, also called cedar-pine or bottom-white pine, is a member of the southern yellow pine group. It is the most shade-tolerant species of southern pine and is scattered throughout the southeast in mixed hardwood stands, rarely occurring in pure stands.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/morning-star-pine-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Morning Star Pine Incense Review'>Morning Star Pine Incense Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/borneo-camphor/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Borneo Camphor'>Borneo Camphor</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/meditations/lord-of-the-rings-online-and-incense/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Lord of The Rings Online and Incense'>Lord of The Rings Online and Incense</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/burgundy-pitch/</link>
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		<title>Borneo Camphor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Borneo Camphor, sometimes called Borneol Camphor is a pale, straw colored resin from the Dryobalanops aromatica tree.  It is an evergreen that can reach heights of more than 120 feet.  The Japanese refer to this tree as the hon-sho and the sacred camphor tree at the Hachiman shrine in the Kagoshima district of Japan is more than 1,200 years old.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/arjuna/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Arjuna'>Arjuna</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/gum-arabic/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gum Arabic'>Gum Arabic</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/hem-sage-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hem Sage Incense Review'>Hem Sage Incense Review</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/borneo-camphor/</link>
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		<title>Hem Rain Forest Incense Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will no doubt be aware that I am not the biggest fan of Hem incense.  The fact that it is charcoal based and is (probably) dipped in fragrance oil rather than being made from finely ground ingredients gives it a characteristic odor that I find very distracting on occasion. Sometimes though, Hem creates something that defies my expectations and can truly be classed as something special.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/satya-patchouli-forest-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Satya Patchouli Forest Incense Review'>Satya Patchouli Forest Incense Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/gonesh-no-8-spring-mist-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gonesh No. 8 Spring Mist Review'>Gonesh No. 8 Spring Mist Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/featured/hem-cannabis-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hem Cannabis Incense Review'>Hem Cannabis Incense Review</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/hem-rain-forest-incense-review/</link>
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		<title>Hem Dragons Blood Incense Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few incense ingredients as confusing as Dragons Blood.  The name Dragons Blood can refer to no less than sixteen different resins from the same number of trees.  It can also refer to the extremely poisonous mineral cinnibar (mercury sulfide) although not in recent times to my knowledge.  It is also another name for red rock opium, but it contains no opiates and its intoxicating properties are dubious at best.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/headlines/gonesh-dragons-blood-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gonesh Dragons Blood Review'>Gonesh Dragons Blood Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/morning-star-musk-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Morning Star Musk Incense Review'>Morning Star Musk Incense Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/satya-midnight-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Satya Midnight Incense Review'>Satya Midnight Incense Review</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/hem-dragons-blood-incense-review/</link>
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		<title>Hem Sage Incense Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The distinction is important because white sage plays a tremendous role in Native American rituals as well as various Wiccan and Pagan spells and rituals for cleansing everything from space to Athames, crystals and more.  The cleansing properties of white sage are well documented in hundreds of works and I am not about to argue with the wisdom of the ages.  So with that in mind, and a trip to the Native American festival in Fort Walton Florida where plenty of white sage was burned still fresh in my memory, lets see what Hem has to offer with this stick.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/featured/hem-cannabis-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hem Cannabis Incense Review'>Hem Cannabis Incense Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/hem-rain-forest-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hem Rain Forest Incense Review'>Hem Rain Forest Incense Review</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/hem-dragons-blood-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hem Dragons Blood Incense Review'>Hem Dragons Blood Incense Review</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/hem-sage-incense-review/</link>
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		<title>Benzoin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Benzoin is a resin obtained from Benzoe Siam-Styrax tonkimensis Craib. and Benzoe Sumatra-Styrax benzoin Dryand. It belongs in the Stryraceae family and for incense burning the resinoid is what we are interested in. It is obtained through an extraction process and yields a more solid product.
Benzoin is highly prized in India for its soft, sensuous and warm properties. It mixes very well with most other incense ingredients and gives them fragrance. Mixed with sandalwood it is one of the most typical incense mixtures of Asia.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/calamus-root-and-kyphi-recipe/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Calamus Root and Kyphi Recipe'>Calamus Root and Kyphi Recipe</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/tolu-balsam/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tolu Balsam'>Tolu Balsam</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/benzoin/</link>
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		<title>Tolu Balsam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tolu balsam (Myroxylon balsamum) trees grow in the northern part of South America. Primarily Colombia. Supposedly, the best tolu trees grow in the lower delta of the Magdalena River near the city of Santiago de Tolu.
A member of the Fabaceae family, the same as the Peruvian balsam tree, the tolu tree can grow its straight trunk up to 40 feet high. All parts of the tree have an aromatic fragrance and the balsam discharges from V-shaped cuts in the bark and is collected in containers.
The balsam is soft and can be kneaded easily. It can contain small crystals and it hardens over time to to a dark or reddish-brown color. It has been used for centuries for a variety of ailments including coughs, headaches, gout and various stomach ailments.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/balsam/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Balsam'>Balsam</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/benzoin/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Benzoin'>Benzoin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/reviews/morning-star-pine-incense-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Morning Star Pine Incense Review'>Morning Star Pine Incense Review</a></li>
</ol>]]></description>
		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/tolu-balsam/</link>
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		<title>Balsam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Known also as Balsam of Mecca or more commonly Balm of Gilead, this resinous gum from the Commiphora gileadensis (synonymous with Commiphora opobalsamum) tree has been used since ancient times as a perfume and medicinal ingredient.
Besides being mentioned in the bible, Gen. 37:25, Jeremiah 46:11 and Jeremiah 8:22, it also gets a mention in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". So from ancient times to modern, the perceived effects of this resin is well known.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/tolu-balsam/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tolu Balsam'>Tolu Balsam</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/arjuna/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Arjuna'>Arjuna</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/amber/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Amber'>Amber</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/balsam/</link>
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		<title>Arjuna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 90 feet tall or more. This tree yields smallish, ribbed and nut-like fruits which are picked when still green and then pickled, boiled with a little added sugar in their own syrup or used in preserves or concoctions. The seed of the fruit, which has an elliptical shape, is an abrasive seed enveloped by a fleshy and firm pulp. It is regarded as a universal panacea in the Ayur-Vedic Medicine and in the Traditional Tibetan medicine. It is reputed to cure blindness and it is believed to inhibit the growth of malignant tumours.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/calamus-root-and-kyphi-recipe/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Calamus Root and Kyphi Recipe'>Calamus Root and Kyphi Recipe</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/borneo-camphor/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Borneo Camphor'>Borneo Camphor</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/balsam/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Balsam'>Balsam</a></li>
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		<link>http://thezenhippie.com/blog/incense-ingredients/arjuna/</link>
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