The sense of smell is the most powerful of all our senses. Smells trigger memories, of experiences and events form this life, and it is believed from past as well. While today most think of incense as something that just smells good (or bad) and used to mask odors, it truly is meant for much more..

Incense from as far back as can be found, was an offering to the powers that be, food for Spirit. (God, Creator, whatever you may know as your Higher Power) So yes, it was widely used and revered...even before the Hippies! It is the exchange for that which we are seeking or asking in prayer. After all God has no use for your money, but the devotion from the seeker.