11 Aromatic Herbs to Incorporate Into Your Smoke Cleansing Practice (That Aren’t White Sage or Palo Santo)
1. Pine needles/resin:
Element: Earth
Purpose: Grounding, purification, protection, and spiritual growth.
2. Copal resin:
Element: Fire
Purpose: Cleansing, communication with spirits, and enhancing rituals.
3. Mugwort:
Element: Air
Purpose: Enhancing psychic abilities, divination, and lucid dreaming.
4. Rose:
Element: Water
Purpose: Love, passion, beauty, and attracting positive energy.
5. Clove:
Element: Fire
Purpose: Protection, banishing negativity, and attracting wealth.
6. Cinnamon:
Element: Fire
Purpose: Prosperity, success, and enhancing spiritual awareness.
7. Rosemary:
Element: Fire
Purpose: Purification, protection, and mental clarity.
8. Juniper:
Element: Fire
Purpose: Purification, banishing negative energies, and attracting positive influences.
9. Cedar:
Element: Earth
Purpose: Healing, protection, and connecting with ancestral spirits.
10. Tobacco:
Element: Earth
Purpose: Offering to spirits, purification, and grounding.
11. Yerba Santa:
Element: Earth
Purpose: Healing, spiritual growth, and enhancing psychic abilities.
*These correspondences are based on various mystical and esoteric traditions and practices as well as herbalism. Specific associations may vary depending on the practitioner's beliefs and intentions. Always work with these Plant Spirits and resins respectfully and ethically in your practices. Happy Smoke Cleansing!
