I've also smudged sacred objects - my fan for instance. I've smudged my garments with sage and tobacco when they've been stored for a long time. Also the walls of my house when things aren't going right, gradually herding all the "bad stuff" out the door, then smudged the door frame with sage so it cannot re-enter. Also use tobacco ties on the windows. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: Elkdreamer Wilkins <elkdremr@hotmail.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > Halito Dusty > I also call the Spirits to my home. Then smudge with sage to ask the bad > one to leave. > Walk in Beauty > Elkdreamer > > > >From: "Dusty" <dustyc@microgear.net> > >Reply-To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com > >To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > >Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:28:24 -0500 > > > >It is my understanding that ceremonies involving "smudging" are done for > >purification/strenghtening purposes prior to other ceremonies. We > >smudge/smoke ourselves before entering the dance circle at pow wows or > >entering a medicine wheel or medicine circle to remove anything that > >shouldn't be attached when one steps into these sacred areas. > > > >dusty > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Choctaw <choctaw@bscn.com> > >To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:33 AM > >Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > > > > > > > Does anyone do smudging ceremonies? Are these Chahta at all? I'm > >learning > > > to do them, and do feel good about it, but wondered if this was > >something > > > done long ago. I'd really like to learn more about this. Any idea? > > > Shelley > > > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > > Need more CHOCTAW information?? Visit Judy White's pages at > >http://accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, data, etc. > > > > > > > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > >Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Home Page: > >http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: > Send msg. to CHAHTA-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... >

One of the herbs used by the Southeastern Tribes was cedar.There is no incorrect way to smudge. When we connect with Creator and set a Sacred Intent we will be guided to do what we should. The Ancestors are there waiting to help. I have seen smudging done in many ways by many different tribes of people using many different herbs and all were correct. It is about cleansing and allowing that which is good to come and that which is not to go away. Sage and Cedar are the big cleansers and Sweet Grass is very much what it says. It calls in the sweetness or the " Good Guys " I smudge my home from time to time depending on how it feels to me. Also I smudge my car or anything else that I feel needs it. For the house I go to each room and cleanse it and then walk around outside the house to cleanse the area.It is a matter of letting the smoke permiate the house inside and out. By the way, if you have a smoke detector, better take it down while you are smudging.haha! It can jar you a little. Arla