You can also use a ceramic bowl filled with sand or kitty litter rather than an āofficialā incense holder. Just make sure to put something under the bowl as it will heat up and you donāt want scorch marks on your floor (been there, did that).
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Pardon me if itās forbidden to post a brief link: Brass Burners
Iāve been looking here, specifically the one for $3.75 and $4.45 but Iāll look into what you mentioned also.
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You can use whatever you like. All you need is a non flammable surface that wonāt conduct heat enough to set your altar on fire lol
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Almost fogot that too lol. Iāll need to place something resistant enough below the bowl or around it to prevent that. Especially nowhere near the UC once I get it eventually. That thing is huge. Iāll figure it out within the confines of my roomā¦hopefully.
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Some time ago I had jasmine, opium and Tibetan sandalwood sticks.
1 or 2 of these kinds, with a single stick, produced a fair quantity of smoke (or same result with two sticks of different types, as well). They were likely natural, the other thing to look for, since for example jasmine and opium came in thin paper packages; I once read this may be indicative to that regard.
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Yeah, more sticks means more smoke of course. My first thoughts when hearing of resin was instead of using resin, I would compensate by lighting up a bunch of sticks for more smoke, lol.
I figured more sticks = more smoke whch is true but as @DarkestKnight mentioned, it wonāt be as big and itāll splash all over. In other words itāll just be more of a āthinā incense smoke steaming upwards rather than a ābulging cloudā of incense smoke that resin produces.
Anyway, Iāll just save these sticks for general cleansing and getting me into Theta easier.
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@Dralukmun @DarkestKnight Update: Received my brass charcoal burner with frankincense resin.
I went for a test run and yea lol, a very small amount of resin clouded and fogged my living room. A constant fat bulging smoke. Awesome smell. I immediately favored it over the sticks when itās time for manifestation. Seems easier to scry through it as well.
I actually put out the smoke and the burning disc with cold water in the sink after an hour. Is it ok to do this each time when finished with ritual or to let it just finish burning out?
And how long does resin and charcoal disc burn for? I ask because i didntāt feel like finding out, it was knda late but the smoke was NOT stopping lol (I think itās a good thing).
Thanks for the advice.
Edit: Iāll still need something to put the small bowl over while it burns. It gets VERY hot. Any quick recommendations to reduce fire hazard? Good material?
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The charcoal disk can easily burn for about an hour and a half i change found. The incense depends on the amount you are using.
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I see. So the more resin, the more smoke, and the longer it burns. Kinda right?
Iāve also seen 40mm charcoal discs. They fit into the bowl but not sure of the benefits of a bigger disc.
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Yup you got it.
As far as larger disks, the benefit is mainly longer burn time and more surface area for resin.
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Besides fraankincense, are there others youād briefly recommend? There seems to be many here:
https://www.incensewarehouse.com/search.asp?keyword=resin+incense&sortby=0&page=1&catid=
Just curious.
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Damar, Myrhh, Sweet Myrrh, Benzoin, dragonās blood (very, very small amount) to name a few
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Thanks 
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