Description

Origin & Traditional Use

Charcoal tongs are metal tongs for lifting and placing hot charcoal tablets and resin in a censer or burner.

Uses in the Work

Use them to light and handle charcoal safely, to add resins and herbs during a long working without burning your fingers, and to move a burning petition into a bowl. Keeping tongs on the altar means you never have to interrupt a ritual to deal with fire.

Pairs Well With

Brass Screen Censer 3″; Three Kings Charcoal – 10 Tablets; Myrrh Resin Incense – 1 oz

Lore

Censing with charcoal and resin is one of the oldest temple rites, from Egypt to Jerusalem, and temple servants used tongs to carry coals from the altar. Isaiah’s vision describes a seraph lifting a live coal from the altar with tongs.

What You Receive

These pentagram-marked tongs are the perfect way to tend to your charcoal and burning incense during your rituals in a safe manner. 6″