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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.
Say this while you make an offering over oak charcoal, sacred incense, with which has been mixed the brain of a wholly black ram and the wheat meal of a certain plant. [6] The name Ιεωα is rare and found in a few papyri, for example in the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians. [7]
The priests of the House of Avtinas, who were charged with preparing the incense during the Second Temple period, kept the technique and exact proportions secret, for which the rabbis rebuked them according to the Mishnah, Yoma 3:11. "The craftsmen of the House of Avtinas did not want to teach the secret of the preparation of the incense.
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Algonquin, Navajo, Cherokee, Luiseño and the indigenous peoples of Marie-Galante used this plant in sacred ceremonies for its hallucinogenic properties. [17] [18] [19] It has also been used by Sadhus of India, and the Táltos of the Magyar . Jurema: Mimosa tenuiflora syn. Mimosa hostilis: Root bark: 1-1.7% DMT and yuremamine: Psychedelic
[53] [54] When the royal kingly Pharaoh spoke it was as the lion's “roar,” the voice of god to the people. The Pharaoh was called the "incarnation of Atum." [55] Massy writes that, "The lion was a zootype of Atum . . . He is called the lion-faced in the Ritual . . . He is addressed as a lion god, the god in lion form."
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Ghee, clarified butter made from cow's milk, is a sacred requirement in Vedic yajña and homa (fire sacrifices). Incense is also mentioned in the Vedas. Incense is burned both to create pleasing aromas and a medicinal tool, which is considered the first phase of Ayurveda [3] and was assimilated into the religious practices of early Hinduism.