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So I'm a minister in a group that is very "high church" -- incense, bells, all that stuff. And I ran across a link today that connected that up with my love of hookah, strangely.

I know a lot of places that use incense for church use 3 Kings coals, and of course many hookah smokers use them as well. Today I saw a post that linked to this site -- apparently 3 Kings sells church incense! I'm told that 3 Kings incense is actually used at Vespers at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican!

Not sure if anyone will care, but I was really amused by the convergence between those two parts of my life. I was especially surprised that 3 Kings is so highly regarded for its incense!
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QUOTE (MechAnt @ Nov 5 2007, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So that's what the dimple in the coal is for! That is actually a really cool thing.


Yup -- it works pretty well, although some people are bothered by quicklites in church just like they bother some people while smoking. Someone I know just wrote an article advocating churches to use natural coals -- so I responded by plugging Exotica. :-P
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QUOTE (Skitalets @ Nov 5 2007, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (garykainz @ Nov 5 2007, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
that's awesome.

your church doesn't thumb their noses at hookah? it is smoking afterall


I know many, many church folks -- even ministers -- who smoke. :-) Most of them smoke cigarettes, but hookah is not a problem.



that's cool. i can't imagine the church i grew up in ever being ok with smoking. holy cow, you should have seen the looks i used to get when i would change my hair (i had it blue, and i had a mohawk a few times).

the church i attend is much less conservative with those types of things
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I used to use quicklite coals years ago to burn natural copal,frankensense, and Amber incense crystals. You light the coal, drop a few resin crystals in the top dished out part, fill the room with smoke. Far better than stick incense.
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That is why 3 Kings have wisemen on them.. the whole navitity story thing. wink.gif I have no idea how they turning into hookah devices. I want to pat that guy on the back.

At one point in my life, I was a "minister" too. I just graduated from an undergrad Seminary this year.

3 Kings coals work especially well with "coned" incense.
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