White Sage, Lavander, Rose Petal, and Palo Santo
White Sage Smudge Stick
White Sage is a crisp and cleansing type of sage and is one of the most common types of herbs used in smudge sticks. The White Sage is one of several types of sage but is known for being of the highest quality of all the varieties available. It is a very powerful tool for clearing away negative energy.
Lavender
Lavender has powers of protection and cleansing. Magically it is used for protection and also for love. Lavender brings a positive energy, opens the heart chakra and calms the mind.
Rose Petal
Rose Flowers and Petals are used for meditation, divination, increasing psychic abilities and communication, contacting powers and beings in other dimensions. Traditionally the rose is associated with attracting love, conferring peace, stimulating sexual appetites and enhancing beauty. The element is primarily water. The scent is heavy, warm and aromatic with a hint of sharpness that lasts a long time after burning.
Palo Santo Stick
Palo Santo’s wood has a sweet warm smell and can be used to bless, heal, and consecrate a space, rather than cleansing or purifying something like with sage.
Plus Instructions, Smudge Prayers
Steps to Smudging a Home
- Start by offering your prayers and blessing to a higher being. Ask for a blessing as you undertake this task, and request the spirit guides to help you.
“Cleanse this space, remove the past. Fill this place with joy and love.”
- Light the smudge stick using a lighter. After the smudge stick catches fire, and starts to smoke, blow it out. If it does not catch fire, and burns out, it needs to be re-lit. An Abalone shell can be used to catch any ash that might fall from your smudge stick.
- Pray that the smudge stick be blessed and visualize a color or thought that promotes positivity and manifests good vibrations.
- Choose what you want to purify. People often purify or cleanse themselves, another person, an object or room. To manifest the best cleansing always cleanse yourself first. Take the Smudge stick in the dominate hand (the hand you write with) and draw the stick over yourself so the smoke purifies you.
- When purifying a home begin by taking the Smudge stick to the air and allow the smoke to rise and then form circular motions with the stick. (A turkey feather can be used to move around the smoke)
- Perform the ritual one room at a time by starting at the doorway of the room then smudge the smoke all over the frame, then over the walls and corners of the room. It is recommended when doing a whole house to start in the kitchen. Repeat this procedure for every room in the house. Once the entire house has been smudged with smoke, end the ceremony by thanking a higher being and any spirit guides. Request that the smoke be granted the ability to take away all the negative energy in the house and then throw open all the doors and windows to allow the smoke and negative energy to be carried away by the wind.