Enhance your Mood and Cleanse your Environment with White Californian Sage.
The best known variety of sage is saliva apiana, a particularly white variety that grows on the dry slopes of coastal scrub, in and around Southern California and the Baja peninsula.
While regular sage is commonly used in cooking, whereas Californian White Sage known for its powerful aroma and distinctive white leaves and has been used in rituals and sacred ceremonies by native Americans, Inca and other historic cultures for generations.
Due to its powerful long lasting effects, sage has become a popular incense of witches and the spiritually community; where it is used to cleanse environments, crystals, tarot decks, energies and is used within sacred community rituals. This makes it an essential addition to your alter and we highly recommend you have some on hand for moments of imbalance, where negative thoughts, feelings or energies are particularly strong.
How to use White Californian Sage
Depending on how much you are looking to cleanse, you can choose to work with a single sage leaf or an entire smudge stick, which is traditionally used in rituals and house clearings. When ready to begin, simply light the sage using a candle flame. Allow the flame to burn the sage for 2-10 seconds depending on leaf size, and then blow out the flame. This will then produce a strong stream of smoke for you to use in and around your alter and home. Sage typically burns fast and produces a large amount of smoke, so we we highly recommend using a smudge bowl or traditional shell to catch any ash and avoid embers damaging your home.
Key Properties of White Sage
| Deep Cleansing | Sage has been used to cleanse an environment of all types of energies for centuries. Often used in house clearing ceremonies of those who have passed away, its potent energies bring neutrality to a once energetically overwhelmed environment and clear away unwanted lingering spirits. |
| Spiritual Growth | Because of its inability to discriminate between positive and negative energies, sage can be a valuable tool when working with self to create space for mindfullness and encourage a daily practice where wellbeing to flourish. |
| Boundaries | Using sage creates strong energetic boundaries of protection that lasts throughout the day. This can ward of negative energies, unwanted thought forms and prevent low vibrational people from entering your space. |
| Sacred Ceremonies | When working with group energies, White Sage is used during the opening rituals to cleanse the shared space and participants, creating a scared container to birth new ideas and set new intentions, leading to new energetic beginnings and fresh perspectives. |
A message from our Sisterhood
"I first was introduced to the power of white sage when living in Canada. The First Nations people of Vancouver Island would use sage in their sacred ceremonies and I was lucky enough to experience first hand a house cleansing ritual using this vibrant sacred herb. After this experience I chose to work with sage personally and my work and spiritual life instantly benefited from the protective properties and deep cleansing energies. This was around the time when I first began working with crystals, so sage became my trusted tool to ensure each gemstone was free from any past energetic baggage it may have picked up on its journey to me. It is my hope that you have as powerful experience with White Sage as it has been for me."
Luna - The Moon Witch
