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Opium, Opium poppy: Papaver somniferum: Latex exudate: [70] morphine 0.3–25% and codeine 0.5–4% Depressant: From the earliest finds, opium appears to have had ritual significance, and anthropologists have speculated ancient priests may have used the drug as a proof of healing power. [71]
The 'ketoret' is the incense described in the Bible for use in the Temple. Its composition and usage is described in greater detail in midrash , the Talmud and subsequent rabbinic literature. Although it was not produced following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, some Jews study the composition of the ancient Temple incense for ...
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The incense offering (Hebrew: קְטֹרֶת qəṭōreṯ) in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense in the time of the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period, and was an important component of priestly liturgy in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Catholics use images, such as the crucifix, the cross, in religious life and pray using depictions of saints. They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used ...
The psalmist expresses the symbolism of incense and prayer: “Let my prayer rise like incense before you; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.” (Psalm 141:1). In the Gospel, Zechariah is in the temple at the time of the incense offering (Luke 1) and the gifts the Magi offered to the Christ Child included gold, frankincense ...
The incense offering is first described in the Book of Exodus: Take sweet spices, rosin, and onycha, [18] and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, each spice pounded separately; [19] and you shall make it a blend of incense, even a confection after the art of the apothecary, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. [20]