A smudge stick is dried herbs, typically white sage, bundled together. Other herbs, leaves, and spices are added and tied with a string during the drying process. This tradition was actually started in Northern American Native tribes, and it dealt with ideologies like shamanism. Binding and creating the smudge stick were a sacred process all by itself, separate from burning it. Using scents or scented smoke, including incense, is a tradition of purification and blessing. It is also used in cultures all over the world. Nowadays, smudging is incorporated into modern practices, spirituality rituals, and meditation. Smudging is meant to clear "negative energy." Other popular herbs used are regular sage, lavender, and cedar. Materials used to make the binding range from cotton to hemp.
Scent Meanings and Uses:
- White Sage and Sage - blessing, healing, cleanse, and purify
- Lavender - invitation for spirits
- Cedar - protection, cleansing new places,
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