Smudge Sticks and Smudging
Herbal smudge sticks are used by healers for purification and releasing stagnant and negativite energies.
Shamanic Smudging - Common Herbs Used for Smudging
Information about smudging ceremonies and traditions as well as listing of common herbs used in smudging.
Information about smudging ceremonies and traditions as well as listing of common herbs used in smudging.
Smudge Sticks
Smudging can be defined as "spiritual house cleaning." In theory, the smoke attaches itself to negative energy and as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it, releasing it into another space where it will be regenerated into positive energy.
Smudging can be defined as "spiritual house cleaning." In theory, the smoke attaches itself to negative energy and as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it, releasing it into another space where it will be regenerated into positive energy.
Harvesting Sage
Forum Discussion on drying sage, sweetgrass, cedar, juniper, and lavendar for use in smudging
Forum Discussion on drying sage, sweetgrass, cedar, juniper, and lavendar for use in smudging
Smudging Ceremony Description
Smudging ritual information from Dancing Otter.
Smudging ritual information from Dancing Otter.
Smudge Sticks: Cleansing Clearing Ceremony
Offers examples of when smudging is appropriate.
Offers examples of when smudging is appropriate.
Smudging Herbs
This smudging page is brief but informative. I especially like the symbolic information given about the spiral and infinity sign.
This smudging page is brief but informative. I especially like the symbolic information given about the spiral and infinity sign.
Smudging - A Native American Tradition
Article by Elaine Lunham about smudging after she interviewed Virginia Graverette Pigeon, Tribal Elder of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe on this subject.
Article by Elaine Lunham about smudging after she interviewed Virginia Graverette Pigeon, Tribal Elder of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe on this subject.
The Tradition of Smudging with Sage
This ceremony follows "Dancing with the Wheel" by Sun Bear a sacred teacher of the Chippewa descent and founder of the Bear Tribe.
This ceremony follows "Dancing with the Wheel" by Sun Bear a sacred teacher of the Chippewa descent and founder of the Bear Tribe.