Backflow Incense Burners

Years ago I told my now-wife, She-Ra: Princess of Power, this: "I will get you a cascading waterfall of burning incense for Valentine's Day if you promise not to use the thing as a cauldron and Double, double toil and trouble a hex on me when you find I opted out of putting an engagement ring in it." The attempted bargain, shall we say...incensed her.

And 8 months later, we were married!

Backflow incense burners are ceramic designs that hold an incense cone (rather than a stick) at their peak. When lit the cones release smoke that kind of billows and hovers along burner channels or near its output point. The effect can be dreamy as a fountain, mysterious as a castle tower in the mist, eerie as a ominous wizard, or - most appropriate here - comforting as a pot of tea.

The backflow incense burners shown here feature a pair of hands holding a teapot and teacup that serve as vehicle and receptacle for the smoky waterfall effect created when you light your incense. Incense burner makers say the hands are Buddha's, but I really doubt that since as far as I know, Buddha had only one pair of hands, and there are many, many "Buddha hand" backflow incense burners available for purchase.

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