Homemade sage smudge sticks

Sage is one of the most sacred herbs among indigenious North American peoples. The clean burning sage is used in the energy cleansing ritual known as smudging.
To use your Sage stick, simple light the end, allow it to get hot and blow it out. Gently wave the smoking sage around your home, inside and out. As the smoke permeates your space it will cleanse the area and people or possessions in it, of shadow energies. The stick can be left to burn in an Abalone Shell or in a dish of sand. Or you may tap it out and use it later.












I trimmed my sage plant from last year to prepare for this years growth. I had 7 of these bundles shown here













Then I put about 10 twigs together to form a nice even smaller bundle. wrapped with string, trimmed top and bottom












rolled in paper to help shape it while it dries













Ill leave on this rack for about a week.