From the article: Sweetgrass
Share Post: Clippings of sweetgrass are commonly braided and dried for healing during prayer, blessings, purification ceremonies, and protective rites. What types of rituals have you used sweetgrass for? Did you find its use effective? Do you usually burn it or use it some other way? Share Sweetgrass Rituals
Sweetgrass
- I use it to clear out bad vibes. Or if I am worried about loved ones. Some of my relatives lay one across the dashboard of the car (safe travels) My dad says a prayer in his language (Shoshone).
- —BleuEdee
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- With sage, copal, and tobacco make a sun tea. To make place one gallon of water in 3 days of sunshine. Put it on your roof those 3 days. Put it in a 5 gallon container and add 3 more gallons of pure water. Use those 4 gallons of prepared "tea" for use in sweat lodge to pour over hot volcanic rock! Makes a good sweat!
- —Guest Qweringo' ( Range Hawk )
Invite Wanted Energy
- Smudging is a two step process for me. It is removing unwanted energy and bringing wanted energy. Call them good vs bad if you will. I use sage to remove and sweetgrass to invite. I leave at least one window partway open during winter but in summer all windows would be open as well as doors. My belief is if the energy I wish to leave does not have a window or door to go out of it could make one and how can the energy I wish to come visit get in if there is something blocking the entrance. So I open a window or door depending upon time of year and I use the sage to clear room of those energies I do not want there. Then I use the sweetgrass to invite those energies I do. I also allow time for them to depart between using sage and sweetgrass and time for them to arrive before I close up house.
- —Guest Whitehorse Woman
