White Sage Smudge Stick

California White Sage Smudge Stick

White sage or salvia apiana, native to the state of California in the USA.
Widely used by the North American Indians, particularly on the west coast of the continent.
High quality white sage. Each smudge consists of a few long-leaved twigs rolled together and tied with cotton string.
For purification ceremonies, cleansing, prayer, meditation.
A fumigation of white sage in the rooms of your home helps to cleanse but also to perfume the atmosphere. It helps to maintain a positive and beneficial energy.

White Sage is also one of the four sacred plants of the Native American medicine wheel, represented by a circle symbolising the cycle of life, with no beginning and no end, each cardinal point representing a season.
White Sage is associated with the west (autumn), Cedar with the south (summer), Sweet Grass with the north (winter) and Tobacco with the east (spring).

Net weight of about 25 to 30g per stick depending on availability and season.
Approximate dimensions: 4 cm in diameter and about 10 cm long.