White Sage Smudge Stick with Dragon's Blood

Hand-made in the USA, crafted with white sage dusted in dragon's blood.

“Smudging is the traditional spiritual practice of clearing away negative thoughtforms (the manifestation of mental energy) and other negative vibrations with the smoke of burning herbs, typically dried sage. 

When and Why to Smudge Yourself or Your Space 

Because old thoughtforms and other negative vibes tend to accumulate no matter how clear you try to keep yourself or a space, it is a good idea to smudge every so often to continue to attract positive vibrations into your life. Smudge any time you feel that negative thoughtforms, including your own, have gotten stuck in your energy field. You know you need to smudge or clear your space when chaos is present, arguments abound, anger presents itself, or general feelings of agitation and frustration exist. If an argument just occurred, clear your space. If you encountered an unpleasant situation, clear yourself. If your children are unruly and your spouse is cranky, clear your space. 

Dragon’s Blood comes from the resin of a tree native to the Canary Islands and Morocco as well as from a rattan palm found on Indonesian islands. Just as the name infers, it is a dark-red resin that hardens much like the resin forms of frankincense, myrrh, and copal. The droplets or the dried resin are rolled into balls before they are sold. My first purchase of dragon’s blood was the size of a softball! I had to take a hammer to it in order to break it up into smaller pieces and powder for use in the smudging blend. The powdered form can be burned on charcoal and can be incorporated into candles, lotions, soaps, and stick incense. Some consider it the strongest protection herb you can find. It is said to have aphrodisiac qualities, but the main purpose is protection. Dragon’s blood also comes in an oil and helps with psychic protection. The protection of this resin can also protect you from the less harmful yet still annoying challenges that may arise, especially when you are in large groups of people like at a fair, trade show, airport, or convention."

~Excerpted from All About Smudging an eBook by Margaret Ann Lembo