Black Sage Smudging Stick 4"

How to use

• Store your bundle in a dry, dark place with air movement; sealed plastic invites mildew
• Light the tip, let the flame catch, then blow it out so the bundle smoulders rather than burns
• Rest it on a fireproof dish and extinguish it by pressing the lit end into sand, never water
• Open a window before you begin and keep smoke away from pets, infants, and anyone sensitive to the daisy family

Safety
For ritual burning only, never internal use. Artemisia contains thujone and should be avoided during pregnancy and while nursing. Members of the daisy family can trigger reactions in those sensitive to ragweed. Burn over a fireproof dish with ventilation and extinguish in sand rather than water.

Where it comes from

Mugwort is one of the most widely traveled ritual plants on earth, growing wild along roadsides and riverbanks across Europe, temperate Asia, and North America. Pliny the Elder recorded that a traveler carrying artemisia would not feel the weariness of the road, and Roman soldiers were said to line their sandals with its leaves. In China the related Artemisia argyi is hung at doorways during the Duanwu festival and rolled into moxa for warming work. In the modern American smudge trade the plant is sold under the name Black Sage, a bundle reached for when the intention is dreaming and introspection rather than a hard sweep of a room.