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Yeah. It surprised me too.

A 2008 study reported that frankincense smoke was a psychoactive drug that relieves depression and anxiety in mice.[20] The researchers found that the chemical compound incensole acetate[21] was responsible for the effects.[20]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense

http://www.fasebj.org/content/22/8/3024

http://cen.acs.org/signin.html?resource ... ychoactive

Olibanum.—Frankincense.

Sales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIm6JZIJF-c

Aside from its massive healing potential, in my humble opinion, frankincense oil deserves the highest regard for the spiritual properties it contains, and the ability of frankincense oil to bring transport one into deep meditative states, and altered states of awareness and consciousness. It is one of the most powerful essential oils to anoint one's self before meditation, using a few drops of Frankincense oil on the third eye or sixth energy center of the body, sometimes referred to as a chakra.

Frankincense oil contains psychotropic properties that induce visionary states of awareness. Those properties are the reason it is such an excellent oil to anoint with before any spiritual or religious ceremony.