Grounding and Concentration
JUST AS SOME smudging blends are designed to calm and relax, others energise, revitalise and stimulate. When feeling disheartened, unsure and in need of encouragement, or perhaps just physically exhausted and in need of energy, instead of drinking a cup of coffee, enjoy a herbal infusion or perform a smudging session with rosemary or resins from domestic coniferous trees for a warming, energising effect.
Herbs and resins that revitalise and fortify
- improve the circulation;
- provide grounding, clearing and centering the mind;
- refresh;
- stimulate and wake up;
- provide a warming
common: angelica, elecampane, fir, hyssop, juniper, mint, mugwort, oak, rosemary, sage, Scots pine, spruce, thyme, verbena
exotic: calamus, camphor, cardamom, cedar, cinnamon, cloves, copal (white), cypress, dragon’s blood, elemi, eucalyptus, galangal, mastic, myrrh, nutmeg, sage (white)
Rosemary and juniper are both stimulants (so those with high blood pressure or suffering from epilepsy must be careful), whereas cinnamon and cloves warm, inspire and stimulate, and verbena helps with the making of decisions and activates inner strength. Aniseed, lemon verbena, mint and white copal are all refreshing.
Highly energising and stimulating herbs and resins should not be burned just before going to bed; instead use warming and relaxing plants. Including a dash of the color red (such as from dragon’s blood or red sandalwood) enhances the effects of energising blends.
Smudging blends
Strength and clarity I
angelica, dragon’s blood, juniper, mugwort, olibanum, sandalwood (white)
Strength and clarity II
amber, cedar, juniper, mugwort, sage (white)
Self-confidence
bay leaf, cedar, guaiac, mugwort, myrrh, oak, spruce (resin)
Warmth and energy
cedar, cinnamon, cloves, galangal, myrrh, sandalwood (red)
The Complete Smudging Handbook
67 Herbs, Woods, and Resins for Clearing and Emotional Balance
By Markus Schirner
ISBN: 9798888502839
The Complete Smudging Handbook offers a modern interpretation of smudging and incense burning that will anchor and deepen any reader’s approach to this ancient practice. Immerse yourself in the world of smudging and open up to plant wisdom for improved physical health and emotional wellbeing. Learn how to prepare ritually mixtures of herbs, resins and woods for various purposes such as divination, grounding and approaching new beginnings. Markus details 34 physical and spiritual protocols for smudging rituals to improve overall health, courage and self-confidence, clarity and lucid dreaming. This guide book will teach you how to prepare for a smudging ritual, choose the appropriate method and select the right ingredients. Markus also shows how to collect, store and prepare your ingredients in bundles and cones properly to smudge for yourself or others.
