What is a Soft Opening? Soft openings are a good way for businesses to attract customers and draw a large crowd in preparation for before the grand opening. New sports stadiums may host amateur or semi-pro sports events before hosting a game played by a professional sports team.
Incense means both to make angry and a stick that burns slowly and emits a strong smell. If your new college roommate burns incense in your tiny dorm room, you might get incensed and storm out. How can a word that means a substance that is burned for its sweet odor come to mean make very angry?
Much of Hoodoo involves the use of prayer, not just the Sacred Psalms, but self-directed prayer as well, therefore the connection of incense and prayer in Hoodoo is firmly entrenched. Further instructional information can be found on these pages: Incense in the Hoodoo Tradition.