Ceremony purges White House of evil spirits

[Jaundice James]

On Monday I witnessed, firsthand, the Saging of the White House. The White House is now free of any evil spirits that may have still been lingering from the Bush/Cheney Administration. And, I have to admit – I feel a little bit better myself.

Saging is a process by which bundles of Sage herb are ignited and left to smolder. This creates a thick, pleasant-smelling, blue smoke which, according to Wiccan tradition, has a cleansing effect, thus removing the area of unwanted energy.

No one is certain whether the event occurred in close enough proximity to the White House to have any effect. But if the mindset and spirit of the crowd can have the effect of amplifying the cleansing effects of sage, I’m absolutely certain it was a success.

http://www.examiner.com/x-1470-DC-Progressive-Examiner





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[eleny]

1. My neighbor gave me a sage bundle

It's up in the garage attic drying. I can hardly wait to use it.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. No level of Sage smoke can remove the blood...

:(

[Kali]

3. the evil left in a helicopter the other day

it is back in poor Texas.

[Sal Minella]

4. Not just Wiccan, plains indigenous people do this ("smudging") to create pleasant ambiance in rooms

or spaces people will be occupying. I think it's referred to as "purifying" for lack of a better translation.

At art fair booths with indigenous artists exhibiting, you can usually see the bowl or plate with the partly-burned sage bundle sitting in a corner.

[Riverman]

10. Ah, the humor and humility of the wise one!

I'm just happy to be getting older!

[Marrah_G]

15. Yup- it's a purifying ritual of many peoples.

[Seldona]

17. True.

As a Native American I can attest to that. I was unaware it was even a Wiccan tradition and I can remember my grandmother smudging when I was about 5 or 6.

Not that there is anything wrong with it being a Wiccan tradition. In fact Wiccan and our tribe's religious rituals are remarkably similar.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. This is heartening

Will they do the same for the Vice President's residence?

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Supernatural nonsense

We've had too much of that already in this country. We need to put such rubbish aside.

[Kitty Herder]

7. I think smudging is a symbolic act.

Don't take it too literally.

[dbt]

8. Intolerant nonsense.

We've had too much of that already in this country. We need to put such rubbish aside.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. We should all be intolerant of superstitious rubbish.

[kimmerspixelated]

11. Rubbish?

Nothing wrong with spiritual rituals, especially in raising the spirit. We've seen what massive negativity can do, right?

[DavidDvorkin]

13. What's wrong is that it's superstitious rubbish.

[The Traveler]

21. So if a person does not believe as you believe

their belief is rubbish and they deserve only contempt. Right. I've heard that one before.

OK. Hey ... are you related to that Pentacostal whacko that lives down the road from me? Same attitude. Different belief system. Same results.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. Superstition deserves contempt

That is correct.

[katty]

9. get some sun-dried sage and start the massive smudging!

stat!

[Marrah_G]

14. I would have saged it a number of times~

Ick, the place is full of bad mojo.

[juno jones]

16. We should have brought in

the Mayan Synchronized Smudging Team! :D

[katty]

20. yes!

[Maat]

18. I go to monthly Native-American-style drumming (primal drumming) ...

we call it "smudging."

I wouldn't live in a new house without it, and everyone knows that the White House REALLY needed it after the last residents.

[woo me with science]

19. This belongs in the woo forum. nt