Just my personal taste, but I disagree that it smells nice. Though that could be from the association with churches and funerals.
Things like mint and basil smell way better and are easier to grow, too. Though maybe incense had an exotic appeal, where the relative rarity made it interesting?
But I’d put my money on the psychoactive bit, and religions using it because people noticed they felt better around it but only understanding things in the context of good and bad spirits. And contrasting with societal views of other drugs because overuse and addiction (psychological or physical) had obvious negative effects.
Smells nice? I mean, that’s basically the value of perfumes too
Just my personal taste, but I disagree that it smells nice. Though that could be from the association with churches and funerals.
Things like mint and basil smell way better and are easier to grow, too. Though maybe incense had an exotic appeal, where the relative rarity made it interesting?
But I’d put my money on the psychoactive bit, and religions using it because people noticed they felt better around it but only understanding things in the context of good and bad spirits. And contrasting with societal views of other drugs because overuse and addiction (psychological or physical) had obvious negative effects.