Monday, April 10, 2017

H is for Herbs

Welcome to Frankly Scarlett's April A to Z Blog Challenge.

This year my theme is A Goddess' Glossary and we are looking at terms utilized by Goddesses, Priestesses, Shamans and Witches. These are terms that might occur in my new fantasy series, Paisley Cove.

H is for Herbs

In Shamanic healing and witchcraft herbs play a vital role. From cleansing a practitioners energy field, to clearing energies from a home, or ceremonial space.This practice is called smudging. Probably the most prevalent herbs are sage and frankincense. During smudging an herb is burned and the resulting smoke is pushed out to the recipient or area with a feather.

Burning herbs or incense are also common practices to bring about desired results in healing, prayer, and ceremony.

Phoebe will begin to learn about the properties and practices of herbs and which herbs bring desired results. 

Mortar, Crushed, Hand, Bowl, Container, Leaves, Herb
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Scarlett,
  Loving life in Cuenca!

4 comments:

  1. Some of my Ecuadorian friends suggested that I burn Palo Santo incense to cleanse my home. I burned it because I love the scent.

    Emily | My Life In Ecuador

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  2. I love the results of smudging, whether my home or my energy field. There is a holiness to this that opens my heart.

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  3. We had to smudge my daughter's apartment when she moved in to rid it of a bad spirit that was causing her harm. So when she moved into her new home we smudged her home to rid it of anything that might be there from the previous owner before she moved in.

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  4. We had to smudge my daughter's apartment when she moved in to rid it of a bad spirit that was causing her harm. So when she moved into her new home we smudged her home to rid it of anything that might be there from the previous owner before she moved in.

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