Smudging is the ceremonial practice of cleansing and blessing a space by burning sacred plants such as sage or Palo Santo.
White Sage has been used for many years to banish unwanted spirits and clear negative energies. The Holy and Sacred Herb is known for its healing powers. Traditionally used as a smudge or incense for protection and purification. It has a long history of use as an altar offering and has been referred to as "Portable Altar." Uplifting scent. Burn it to nurture and protect that which is ancient, sacred and wild within you. Use it when you need encouragement or courage. Yerba Santa - Holy Herb. Traditionally used as a smudge or incense for protection and setting boundaries, Yerba Santa has also been used for love, purification, growth, empowerment and beauty, and the release of emotional pain stored in the heart chakra. Uplifting scent. Blue Sage also known as “Grandmother Sage” is a purifying herb with broad medicinal and magical applications. Blue Sage is widely used for cleansing and purification purposes, it provides spiritual strength and sometimes it is also used during exorcism rituals as well to remove the malevolent spirits. Blue Sage is a hardy bush found in the deserts of the Southwest. It’s named for its abundant blue flowers, but the leaves also have a blue-ish cast. It has thin leaves and a fragrance that is both herbaceous and floral, similar to Lavender. A close relative of White Sage, Blue Sage is also good for healing and cleansing rituals. Its soothing, relaxing smell can be used to aid meditation, or burned simply for enjoyment. It’s not as pungent as White Sage, and is more agreeable to some folks who find the strong, bracing scent of White Sage overpowering. The cedar tree has been revered for its spiritual significance for thousands of years. Its wood was used for the doors of sacred temples and burned in cleansing ceremonies for purification. Cedar has a long history of use in indigenous sweat lodge ceremonies and the tree was thought to house important gods and to be an entrance to higher spiritual realms. Cedar is first and foremost a medicine of protection. It is often used to cleanse a home when first moving in, inviting unwanted spirits to leave and protecting a person, place or object from unwanted influences. Cedar is often used in the sweat lodge ceremony. A few pinches are thrown on the red-hot rocks, immediately sparking into a yellow glow and releasing their aroma. The smoke of burning cedar is said to attract the good spirits and eliminate negative energies. The cedar is also one of the four sacred plants of the indigenous American Medicine Wheel and represents the Southern direction. The other plants contained in the Medicine Wheel are: White Sage representing the West, Sweetgrass representing the North, and Tobacco representing the East. The smoke of sweetgrass produces a sweet and light fragrance that is excellent for cleansing sacred spaces. Sweetgrass is believed to invite the good spirits and sweet dispositions. It is often burned at the beginning of a prayer or ceremony to attract positive energies. Like sage, cedar, and juniper, sweetgrass is used to purify the home. For Indigenous peoples in North America, sweetgrass is revered as a sacred medicine. Many see it as a cultural keystones species, reflecting a group’s cultural identity and embodying their values and beliefs. Braids of sweetgrass have been burned during ceremonies for generations by Northern American Indians. The smoke of burning sweetgrass will purify and cleanse places, objects and people. The three strands of the braid represent the mind, body and spirit, all working together in unity. Sweetgrass is still considered a sacred plant by many native tribes of North America and is traditionally used as incense in many sacred ceremonies, purifications processes, healing rituals, peace ceremonies, and initiations. It is said that the sweet smelling smoke cleanses the spirit and brings sacred messages to the higher planes of existence. ***You will receive ONE item picked at random. Colors, sizes, shape will vary. Please review all photos before purchasing.
I have a girlfriend who owns an alternative healing clinic. One day over lunch she told me that she really needed something to help her practitioners energetically reset their treatment rooms between patients. Lots of folks burn sage (or perform smudging ceremonies) to clean and clear negative energies, but the smell is not universally appealing. I love this practice, but when you're in a clinical setting, it's not always ok, plus you run the risk of triggering the buildings sprinkler system wi
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We, at Cats Paw Prints offer a diverse collection of vintage photography that will be sure to add flair and elegance to your home, dorm, office or wherever you decide to display our prints. All our prints are printing using only professional quality Canon inks and High Quality photo paper with a luster finish which will offer you a long lasting, non yellowing print. This reprint of a vintage photograph shows American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, of the Manhattan Project, at the Guest Lodge, Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1946 . Size: 8.5" x 11" Printed on premium luster photo paper for a highly detailed finish, without the glare. Suitable for framing, matting and mounting Your item will be printed using Canon Professional inks, for a smudge free, fade resistant, long lasting print Print will be packaged in a moisture resistant sleeve and then shipped in a heavy, flat, rigid mailer. Printed from a very high resolution scan ( much higher than the sample in this description) Your satisfaction is guaranteed with a 100%, money back guaranty Please note, due to the difference in monitors, colors may vary slightly. This is a reproduction print of an old photograph. The original digital record has been restored and cropped slightly. Your print may still show some of the original wear. See scan if this is a concern. Our photographs and prints are obtained from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, the Library of Congress, Boston Public Library, the National Archives, New York Public Library, National Archives, University of Southern California Libraries, California Historical Society and other various sources. Once we obtain a photograph or print, we carefully restore them to close as possible to the original work, including removing tears, rips, stains and other blemishes. We think you'll find that our prints are among the highest quality you will find on Etsy!
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Tsultrim Allione brings an eleventh-century Tibetan woman's practice to the West for the first time with FEEDING YOUR DEMONS, an accessible and effective approach for dealing with negative emotions, fears, illness, and self-defeating patterns. Allione-one of only a few female Buddhist leaders in this country and comparable in American religious life to Pema Chodron-bridges this ancient Eastern practice with today's Western psyche. She explains that if we fight our demons, they only grow stronger. But if we feed them, nurture them, we can free ourselves from the battle. Through the clearly articulated practice outlined in FEEDING YOUR DEMONS, we can learn to overcome any obstacle and achieve freedom and inner peace. Read more