How to Use Incense

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Use a smudge stick.. Make your own smudge stick.. Use incense sticks and an incense burner.

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Steps

1

Use a smudge stick.

Step 1

Use a smudge stick.

2

Make your own smudge stick.

Step 2

Make your own smudge stick.

3

Use incense sticks and an incense burner.

Step 3

Use incense sticks and an incense burner.

4

Light an incense stick with a match or lighter.

Step 4

Light an incense stick with a match or lighter.

5

Beware of low quality incense sticks.

Step 5

Beware of low quality incense sticks.

6

Use an incense match.

Step 6

Use an incense match.

7

Use an incense cone.

Step 7

Use an incense cone.

8

Find a safe incense holder or box.

Step 8

Find a safe incense holder or box.

9

Add sand or rice to the bottom surface of an incense holder.

Step 9

Add sand or rice to the bottom surface of an incense holder.

10

Light the tip of the inverted cone.

Step 10

Light the tip of the inverted cone.

11

Keep cones dry.

Step 11

Keep cones dry.

12

Indent a path for an incense trail in white chaff ash.

Step 12

Indent a path for an incense trail in white chaff ash.

13

Fill the indentation with pre-mixed incense, Makko powder, or Sandalwood powder.

Step 13

Fill the indentation with pre-mixed incense, Makko powder, or Sandalwood powder.

14

Light the trail with an incense-lighting stick or match.

Step 14

Light the trail with an incense-lighting stick or match.

15

Allow the trail to cool once it has fully burned.

Step 15

Allow the trail to cool once it has fully burned.

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