- Abalone seashell 4 inch (natural size change) and white sage smudge
- White sage is a sacred herb among indigenous North American people
- Used for purification, cleaning,rituals and ceremonies
- Herb origin: California and abalone from mexico
Product Description
Smudging: Purification
Smudging is a cultural ceremony practised by a wide variety of Indigenous peoples in North America and other parts of the world. Although practices differ, smudging is used for medicinal and practical purposes as well as for spiritual ceremonies. The practice generally involves prayer and the burning of sacred medicines, such as sweetgrass, cedar and sage.
White and Blue sage
Sage is used to 'wash off' the outside world when one enters ceremony or other sacred space. Objects are likewise washed off with sage medicine smoke to rid them of unwanted influences. The plants that are called sage can come from very different families of plants. True sages are in the genus of Salvia; this includes Salvia Officinalis (Blue Sage) and Salvia Apiana (White Sage), also called California White Sage and Sacred Sage.
Cedar
Cedar trees are very old, wise and powerful spirits. Cedar is often used to cleanse a home or apartment when first moving in. Cedar is used as a name for a number of different genuses of trees and shrubs. The primary ones are Cedrus, Thuja, Libdocedrus and Juniperus. The Junipers are not truly Cedars (scientifically) but are used as such by many people.
The Feather secret
It is traditional to use a bird's feather to brush the smoke over the person or object being blessed. It is important to use the underside of the feather to wash the smoke over the object of blessing. It is the underside of the bird and its wings that face the Mother Earth as it flies and it is this surface of the feather that offers the blessing medicine of the bird.