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Incense, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Frankincense and Murr - Part Two

Frankincense is known to have a kind of woody or what he calls a warm, spiced smell. Whereas Murr is typically said to smell like rose or maybe like basil. Frankincense was used throughout the ancient Mediterranean to cleanse bad air that was thought to somehow be associated with disease and also to drive away vermin like rats. They're actually helping to protect you from illness. And well, I'm not sure how we're to rule the prevention of rats creeping around.

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