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Sage Bundles: Scent, Uses and Smoke Cleansing Traditions
What a sage bundle is, how Anatolian sage smells, how smoke cleansing appears in many cultures, and how to burn a bundle safely. We also explain why we do not sell white sage.
How to Use Wood Incense: Holders, Lighting and Safety
How to burn wood incense such as palo santo and agarwood: choosing a holder, lighting sticks and pieces, putting them out safely, and the traditions behind each wood.
How to Use Sandalwood Incense: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to prepare your space, light sandalwood incense, let the scent spread and put it out safely, plus the traditions in which sandalwood has been burned for centuries.
Malachite: History, Lore and Care of the Green Banded Stone
Malachite's swirling green bands have been prized from ancient Egypt to the Russian tsars. Explore its history, zodiac and heart chakra lore, its place in ritual, and how to care for it safely.
What Is Sandalwood Incense? Scent, History and Traditions
Sandalwood incense: the soft, creamy wood burned in Hindu and Buddhist temples for centuries. Its scent, its history, its place in ceremony and chakra lore, and how to burn it safely.
Black Tourmaline: History, Science, Lore and Care
Black tourmaline, or schorl, is the glossy black member of a famously colorful mineral family. Explore its history, its electric properties, its zodiac and chakra lore, and how to care for it.
What Is Palo Santo? Scent, History and Andean Traditions
Palo santo, Spanish for holy wood: the South American tree with a bright lemon-pine scent, its history since the Incas, its place in Andean ritual, and how to burn it.
How to Use Agarwood Incense: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to prepare your space, light agarwood incense, let its deep, woody scent spread and put it out safely, plus the traditions in which agarwood has been burned for centuries.
What Is Agarwood (Oud)? Its Scent, History and Traditions
Agarwood, or oud, is the resinous heartwood of Aquilaria trees, prized for centuries in temples, courts and homes. Learn its history, its place in religious traditions and how to burn it on charcoal.
Green Quartz: Color, Care and Heart Chakra Lore
Green quartz, a hard, glassy stone in soft greens: what gives it color, how to clean and store it, and its place in crystal lore, astrology and heart chakra traditions.
