white sage - space and people cleansing

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There are so many kinds of sage, at least 20 of which are commonly grown

in backyard gardens. Some sage is sub tropical, some temperate, etc.

Some sage grown for its large silvery ornamental foilage, some for

its flowers,

some as a hummingbird attractor, some as a culinary herb, some for

medicinal

purposes.

 

In the case of white sage, the term refers to the partiuar species

that is used for saging,

not the color per se. It does happen to be a white or grey leaved

plant but

others also are white to grey leaved. Each has its own common name.

This particular

plant goes by the common name of white sage. (Some plants have more

than six

common names but every plant only has one scientific name.)

 

The white sage is question is Salvia apinia. Its a woody shrub-like

plant. Its best adapted

to the arid southwest....... so unless you are into specialty

(or " just gotta grow everything) gardening , or you happen

live iwhere it can be sucessfully cultivated or just grows wild, it

is not likely you would

know this plant is just a particular specie of many species of sage.

 

I have a lot of " new age " friends so I have seen a lot of saging going

on.

Saging rooms, people, things. It does leave a nice herbal but not

long lingering scent

-- a whole lot more pleasant than those (usually toxic) plug in things.

 

But does it work. What specifically did the Native American Indians use

it for and for that matter, was it a part of a specific ceremony or a

stand alone

procedure..... any knowledgeable ethnobotanists on this forum??

(Wikipedia says it was used for

driving away evil spirits)

 

I have heard that burning other plants or resins are more efficacious

for cleansing -- for driving away spirits or energy critters. And

read that some spirits LIKE to have incense

burned for them. Now, since I do not see things of the non-physical

dimension,

how do I really know what substance really does what, if anything.

 

After I wrote this and before sending it, Docspeed made a post with

some specifics. Thanks Doc, that

was really interesting.

 

 

By the way, has anybody actually seen energy critters or spirits being

driven away, or thought forms being dissipated, etc.,

through the use of burning sage or other substances.

 

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