Sweetgrass Oil ** Was: RE: Newbie Intro & Question

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Hi Keisha,

 

> In reference to your comment:

 

Which I have not seen and won't address .. Cyber Monsters like to eat my

mail. ;-)

 

> I've not for a fact ever seen true sweetgrass (Hierochloe

> odorata) EO. Fellow list member, Barbara, sent me

> Chiming in late here, but...

>

> If it was purchased on a rez, the person who distilled it may be forbidden

> by custom or religious practices to reveal his methods to non-natives, or even

> those who aren't his students or direct descendants. Or, it could be a guy

> who's just really pissed off about how much Indian knowledge and customs have

> been " stolen " and doesn't want to share (not MY opinion, mind you, but a

current

> one shared by some Native Americans).

 

I know a fair amount about American Indians .. I visit the reservations

each year .. and have some other connections .. but the main points are:

 

1. There are only X number of ways to distill and they are all well known.

 

2. I have never seen .. or even heard of .. a Sweet Grass EO. It might

exist .. but I am not aware of it. There are folks selling Sweet Grass

Fragrance Oils.

 

3. All who speak with forked tongue are not white folks. ;-)

 

> That being said, there also exists the possibility that it's not natural.

 

True .. the possibility does exist. ;-)

 

> Keisha

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

> some wonderful braids of sweetgrass, and she also

> sent along a bottle of oil she got from a reservation in

> her area, but she told me that she really isn't sure

> about how natural it is, because she had an amazingly

> difficult time getting any info about it from the person

> who supposedly distills it, which usually isn't a good

> sign ...