Abalone shell incense burner

Since the earliest days, shells have been held in the highest esteem by humans as offerings of water, the element in which life once arose. They are particularly suitable as an incense burner because shells add the otherwise rather weakly represented element of water to your incense, making your incense energetically softer and more graceful.

 

Some herbs such as sage and cedar can be smouldered directly in your shell without any problems, i.e. without charcoal. If you want to perform a charcoal incense burn, fill it beforehand with a sufficient amount of sand, place a charcoal tablet on top, and the roar of the ocean will turn into the song of the wind, blazing glow of the fire and the aromatic fragrance of your incense

 

Abalone shell - Haliotis midae (curugata)