The Power of Sage

 

It's hopelessly wiccan, new-age linthead, woo-woo ...

But it has had some startling effects for me and those around me.

I'm talkin' sage -- the power of the burning sage leaf to cleanse psychic poison from residences, physical spaces of any sort.  Has it ever worked for you?  I want to hear stories, I'm curious.

Here's one story: About 15 years ago, my ex and I came to the recently-completed beach house (where I now live) for a getaway weekend.  At that time, my mother and stepfather were still locked in a hellish matrimony of 33 years' duration, living in the LA area, and this was their vacation house.  The ex and I slept in their bed upstairs -- the guest bedrooms downstairs were not yet furnished.  We had a horrible sleep, what little we had was full of nightmares, we argued (which we never did before) -- the whole vibe of the house was poisonous, toxic.  I broke out the sage, opened all the doors and windows and we did a full exorcism of the house and property.  With loud, joyous music pouring through the structure (Prince's "1999" album, full of fun and hot sex).  It took about 20 minutes.  That night, we slept like babies, and the rest of the vacation was splendid. 

Now here's the amazing part: Mom and stepfather came to Ventura the next weekend.  They both remarked that we left the house ... "so nice, so clean" ... we didn't do a bit of housekeeping.  That next week, my stepfather gave Mom One Last Degrading Insult.  She found a sudden burst of health and strength and turned on him, said, "I'm divorcing you," packed up and left for the beach house, where she felt so happy and whole the last time she was there.  It only took 33 years.  The rest is history.  I've repeated the process a time or two since I've been here when the psychic cobwebs become too overpowering.  It always feels lighter, happier, afterwards.

 

So, how 'bout you, Devoted Readers, have you ever saged your space, and what happened?

 

 

Comments

[Paula]

When we bought the condo in the Bahamas I smudged with sage very thoroughly. The people we had bought from had lied to us and had defrauded insurance, too from what I heard. So I felt I needed to get their bad ju-ju out. I think it worked. I do the same around here from time to time when Andrew is out of town. He is not into such woo-woo stuff.

And when Synergy bought a funeral home to convert to a school, we burned a HUGE amount of sage in a multiple person, multi-level energetic cleansing with lots of chanting and drumming, too. Much of the building was torn down and I think we were successful at sending any stuck spirits on their way :^)

[Anna]

Yup I used to help my friend Mahoney do it to employee housing at the Princess lodge I worked at in AK!