I have had an esoteric hour. As the house settles into its new shape & we have increasing daily enjoyment of our "gracious & spacious new home” - it now all flows far more fluently & makes so much more sense as a space - it occurred to both of us that we have brought to bear some pretty serious GBH on the bricks & mortar that surround us & keep us safe, warm & dry & that it might be an idea to make amends for the GBH & to do a bit of Smudging. Smudging basically involves burning certain herbs to dissipate negative energies – I paraphrase here Adrienne Borden and Steve Coyote, 2 Native American Indians who regularly perform smudging ceremonies.
“Native people throughout the world use herbs to accomplish the cleansing of spaces of any bad feelings, negative thoughts, bad spirits or negative energy. One common ceremony is to burn certain herbs and let the smoke cleanse every bit of space .Today this is commonly called "smudging." In Western North America the three plants most frequently used in smudging are sage, cedar, and sweetgrass”
As someone who has had the Feng Shui lady in, burning a few herbs for purification & removal of any bad stuff made complete sense! So I lit my Sage & Copal stick & began to waft the ensuing smoke around the house. And as I wafted, the KC who had not been seen for hours suddenly appeared out of the bushes, hared down the garden & followed me about as I filled the new space with smoke. After visiting each room in turn, I opened every single door, window & roof vent & watched as all the smoke & “bad stuff” dissipated into the ether. The KC was suitably enthralled by my little ceremony – so much so she stayed indoors, despite it being a lovely afternoon & is now sleeping soundly in a cleansed bedroom! Bless!
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