The Akashic Records by Ernesto Ortiz

Author:Ernesto Ortiz [Ortiz, Ernesto]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Career Press
Published: 2015-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

SMUDGING

Smudging is a beautiful ceremony. I was introduced to it in Mexico when I was a child, not knowing what the shamans or medicine men or women were doing as I watched them blow smoke all over the person they were healing or in the home they were cleansing. As I grew older, I learned that they used sacred herbs, including tobacco, to lift or cleanse any negativity from the person or the home. Most native cultures from all over the world have a smudging ritual as part of their traditions.

When I started attending sweat lodges here in the United States more than 20 years ago, my spiritual grandmother (although she always called me brother, so we finally settled on “grandsis”) talked about smudging. Her name is Barrett Eagle Bear, and she is a medicine woman from the Lakota tradition. She always said that negative spirits cannot stand to be in the presence or the scent of sage but that positive spirits are attracted to its scent. To me, smudging is akin to a spiritual vacuum cleaner. Anything that is caked inside your auric field is going to be removed. Any energy that lingers after a healing session or an episode of anger can and should be cleared with this method.

You can use any sacred herb such as white sage, sweet grass, copal, frankincense, myrrh, or pure tobacco (not for smoking) to remove negativity. I use loose white sage. I place some of it in a ceramic bowl and light it. As the sage is smoking, the person whom you are smudging stands with legs and arms spread apart. Starting from the top, you fan the smoke from head to toe, passing the bowl over and around the arms and legs. Once you do the front, move to the back and do the same thing so that both front and back are covered. If you have a smudging fan, even better. This way you don’t have to use your hand or blow it with your breath. It is also more traditional.

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