Incense "joss" is derived from the Latin "deus" (god) via the Portuguese "deos" through the Javanese "dejos", through Chinese pidgin English. The raw materials are powdered and then mixed together with a binder to form a paste, which, for direct burning incense, is then cut and dried into pellets. Incense of the Athonite Orthodox Christian tradition is made by powdering frankincense or fir resin, mixing it with essential oils. Floral fragrances are the most common, but citrus such as lemon is not uncommon. The incense mixture is then rolled out into a slab approximately 1 cm thick and left until the
Deity for human beings who gain merit through an ethical life, where they become guardian deities and live blissfully in heaven, but are also subject to death when their merit is lost. The English language word "deity" derives from Old French "deité," the Latin "deitatem" or "divine nature", coined by Augustine of Hippo from "deus" ("god"). Deus is related through a common Proto-Indo-European (PIE) origin to "*deiwos". This root yields the ancient Indian word "Deva" meaning "to gleam, a shining one", from *div- "to shine", as well as Greek "dios" "divine" and Zeus; and Latin "deus" "god" (Old Latin "deivos"). Deva