White Sage (Salvia apiana) is a plant native to high desert ecosystems that grows mainly in California and the mountain west. For hundreds of years, White Sage was considered a sacred, purifying and protective plant.
Her name has its roots in the Latin "salvia / salvare" which in translation means "to save".
And indeed, White Sage is the most popular cleansing remedy not only of North American Indians, but is also found in other cultures. From the ancient Celtic Druids, who considered sage, along with plum twig, sacred herbs and used them as both incense and medicine, to the indigenous people of the Amazon, who still practice burning sage today. This herb is interwoven throughout our history, where it is invoked and revered. Already in ancient Rome, it was seen as a sacred tool that cures most diseases and restores health and the power of the Spirit. And also in the Bible, there is a reference to Solomon using smudging Sage to purify the temple.
The court nobility and King Louis XIV himself were convinced that the broth and medicinal tinctures of white Sage prolong life.
Sage was often dedicated to the highest deities, and only priests or shamans were allowed to touch it.
The Indians see the rising smoke and smudging as a very powerful tool and medicine. This is evidenced by what we have heard since childhood about the "peace pipe", but also simply by what we now see in the Amazon with shamans - for example, purifying smoke rituals where a person sits on a stool, herbs are heated and smoked underneath him, and he is covered with a blanket. Often these smudging works are done when someone is bewitched, sick, or has their "mind and heart" attacked by fear and negative energy.
This powerful and sacred herb is characterized by a very specific scent that when smudging quickly and effectively cleanses you, your aura, spaces and objects from all negative energies. In addition, it has strong healing, disinfecting, healing, protective and strengthening effects.
Sage gives a person wisdom, clarifies thinking and increases spiritual consciousness. That is why the same word in English is also used to refer to the sage – sage.
How to do it
Cleansing rituals using burning sage can be both complex and easy, it's up to you. However, it is important that your intention is clear. If it is burned for the purpose of purifying a space or a person (i.e. also oneself), it is necessary that a person has it arranged in this way in his mind not only before ignition, but also during later inhalation of the fragrance at home or elsewhere in the space.
Light the sage leaves. If it ignites, blow quickly. The ends of the leaves should smolder slowly, releasing thick smoke. Let the fumigologist stay in the areas you want to focus on. Sage will stop smoldering on its own if you do not blow on it.
It is recommended to extinguish the sage in a fireproof bowl or, for example, in a bowl with rice.
This sage is directly from California from people who practice the traditional Teepee way, which means that the herbs are collected and prepared quite consciously and by hand.
Country of origin: USA, California
Supplier: Matoska, California
Weight: approx. 20 g
We wrap the leaves and twigs of sage in a hand-sewn cotton bag and a picture of spirit sage painted for us by Johanka Vlčková / instagram @asiahajo /.
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