Biblical Incense Quotes

I tell them how he was old-school Spanish Catholic and his family slaughtered goats in the backyard. So he always smelled sort of biblical. Like incense and roasted flesh.

The 13th Century Cabbalist Moses ben Nahmenides associated Azazel with the planet Mars and the demons under his command are the biblical ‘Seirim’. His realm is in the places of desolation. His power emanated that which causes destruction, he ascends to the stars of the sword, blood, wars, disorder. His rule was in antiquity included the tribes of Esau, those who live by the sword. To offer incense, food or libations to the Seirim as fertility spirits is to honor Azazel. To know of such spirits, divination via Necromancy may be performed using dreams and the black mirror among other techniques.

The Catholic life-the great Christian tradition-is a tremendous inheritance from two millennia of saints in many lands and circumstances. Being Catholic means never having to say we have nothing left to do. Our prayer is enriched by sacred images and incense, blessings and medals, customs and ceremonies.