We so far have been impressed with the offerings from Sacred Elements, so it seemed natural to try Sacred Elements Juniper & White Sage, with such a promising title. It’s not every day that we are willing to break out the sage and smudge the place, but it’s fairly frequent that we want or need to. This was one of the inspirations for us to carry Sacred Elements Juniper & White Sage. We will at times add juniper to our white sage at home, so to find an incense already compounded with juniper only sweetened the deal. It’s not an over-the-top sage and juniper. It’s considerably more subtle than that. The core of the incense is that of a semi-sweet amber with champa-like qualities. This alone is enough to offer such an incense. With it’s already excellent base, there is the addition of earthy, cleansing white sage and the bright, balsamic element of juniper. We weren’t in a big hurry to add another incense to our list, but after sampling Sacred Elements Juniper & White Sage, we felt that it was a natural addition to the library of fragrances that we offer.
Tag: smudge
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Hari Darshan Copal + Sandalo
One of the perks of what we do is that we get to try out all kinds of new incenses. Sometimes it’s not much of a thrill, but now and again, something comes up that wows us. Hari Darshan Copal + Sandalo Incense is one of those items that we checked out and went gaga over. Its depth, richness, and complexity is that of incenses that can easily cost three times as much. It has the qualities of some of the higher end resin based stick incenses and more. It’s not just dry resin and sandalwood. It has amber elements that sweeten the deal and really permit this incense to feature piney, clean copal and cooling, meditative sandalwood. The sweeter element provides a perfect backdrop for the resinous notes and sandalwood. We have a few others in the Hari Darshan line and we’ll eventually have them all. They’re that good.
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SMUDGING blog 1
Over the years I have sold many bundles of sage and for the most part my customers knew what it was that they wanted to do with it and how they would and why they would “smudge” their environment. It has come to my attention that there is an interest in this activity. I will give some information and I am not professing to say these are the total of reasons and/ or activities of this technique. It is just a small taste of a ritual that is many centures old and used in many different ways with different herbs.At Woodstock, we have provided Sage for most of our customers Smudging techniques. Smudging is the name given to the cleansing technique from Native American. This tradition of burning herbs for emotional, psychical and spiritual cleansing is practiced among many religious, healing and spiritual traditions. It is a ceremonial way to cleanse a person, place or object of negative energies.
Smudging can be helpful for when you feel depressed, angry, and/or restful, You can smudge your home, work space or crystals to remove negative energy.
In blog Smudging blog 2 I will talk about how to perform a smudging technique