A special role is played by an incense - also called Olibanum.
It will come from several balsam shrubs won. Frankincense is calming, almost sedative. The mood brightens, nervousness ceased, and the spirit goes to high altitude, they say. The most famous incense of the East was probably Kyphi. The recipe originally comes from Egypt because the Egyptians were masters in the preparation of incense for various purposes.
Kyphi - which was also used as a perfume - should have put the people in the highest ecstasy. It was mixed in a secret ritual, its composition is still not known.
said to have been also included myrrh, juniper, and mastic fenugreek side incense. They also used it at funerals, for they were convinced it would take Kyphi with its smoke the souls of the deceased to heaven.
Sylvia Schneider
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