White Sage smudge stick - large 23 cm

White Sage smudge stick (Salvia Apiana)
Stick length: approximately 23 cm

About white sage

White sage grows along the California coastal mountains. It is one of the most potent smoking herbs with a rich aroma and strong smoke.

Due to its wide range of beneficial effects among Native Americans, it has always been considered sacred. It has a very strong purifying effect on living beings, space, and objects. The ritual of lighting incense has been present in all cultures since the existence of humanity. By performing the ritual of lighting white sage and other incenses, we purify our mind, body, and spirit. With the help of white sage smoke, focused personal ritual, and prayer, we can cleanse the negative energy of everything we focus on.

How to use white sage

Incenses are cleaning, balances, and open the path for fresh energy and forces to flow freely, like an open river, enabling us to move forward. Old and stagnant energy prevents us from living a fully authentic life.
Lighting incense is a personal ritual and prayer. Always light incense with a wooden match and not a lighter. Sage needs enough air for smoking. Native Americans use special bird feathers for this purpose. The smoke represents prayers going into the cosmos. When we smoke with sage, we utter our prayer. In Native American ceremonies, they are turning to the energies of the four directions of the sky (north, south, east, west) or the four powerful guides - animal spirits (white buffalo, coyote, eagle, and grizzly bear), which are also connected to the four elements: earth, water, fire, and air.

North - the spirit of the white buffalo: grounds, protects, provides knowledge about life and death. Governs the element of earth.
South - the spirit of the coyote: represents a clear and quick mind, governs emotions and the element of water.
East - the spirit of the eagle: represents inspiration, foresight, protection, cleansing, and governs the element of air.
West - the spirit of the grizzly bear: represents energy, strength, determination, cleansing. Governs the element of fire.

With incenses, we cleanse the energy. The more we "smoke," the clearer our life becomes, and the easier it is to move forward. It is essential that we take care to purify ourselves and our environment. From ancient cultures comes the belief that in a space where sage is used, negative forces cannot enter. Smoking signifies the purification with the smoke of a specific sacred plant. We can purify the body, spirit, animals, home, office, healing room, or any place or object in the world. White sage has been harvested with care for the environment. Each scroll is hand-rolled.