A censer is a container in which the incense you make is burned. Charcoal is very hot when it burns and a wooden anything isn't a good idea. The censer can be metal, like those you see in Catholic churches, or it can simply be a bowl filled with sand. Until you find a censer that you personally like, you can just use a bowl half-filled with sand or salt. The sand/salt protects the bowl and the surface it sits on against heat.
My personal censer looks like an Alladin lamp, and I got it at a nearby hippie store. It's my favorite!
Be cautious, too, when burning that charcoal in a soapstone bowl. Soapstone soaks heat and gets VERY HOT! Even with sand. Learned this the hard way, now I've got a small brown "stain" on my windowsill, lol. :P
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Hey man, thanks! I didn't know that!
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