Incense and Incense Rituals: Healing Ceremonies for Spaces of Subtle Energy Incense and Incense Rituals: Healing Ceremonies for Spaces of Subtle Energy The practice of burning incense can be traced back through every culture of humankind on earth. Fragrance is a subtle force which influences all centers of perception and creates a connection to the subtle levels, consequently carrying whatever concerns us into higher dimensions from where support and fulfillment come.