by Kriket Table of Contents Foreword............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 How to Smudge ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Practical Example: Smudging a Room or House ............................................................................................... 7 As Medicine .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Reading the Smoke and Ashes ............................................................................................................................ 10 Tones ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 What are Tones? ............................................................................................................................................. 11 High Tones ...................................................................................................................................................... 11 Mid Tones ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Low Tones ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Ask the Plant ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Smudge Ingredients ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Herbs ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 Amber ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Anise Seeds – Star Anise ............................................................................................................................. 13 Birch Bark .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Bitter Ash .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Cardamom Seeds ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Deer’s Tongue ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Dog Wood ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Eucalyptus ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Horehound .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Jasmine Flowers .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Juniper Berries ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Lavender ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Lotus Leaf .................................................................................................................................................... 19 Mugwort ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 Rowan Berries ............................................................................................................................................. 20 2 Oak Moss .................................................................................................................................................... 21 Oak Bark ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 Sandalwood ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Willow ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Wintergreen ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Wormwood ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Palo Santo ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Sweetgrass .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Cedar ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 Sage ............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Tobacco ....................................................................................................................................................... 27 Resins .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Myrrh .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Frankincense ............................................................................................................................................... 28 Copal ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 Dragon’s Blood ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Benzoin ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 Oils .................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Sweet Birch ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Fennel ......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Black Spruce ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Pine ............................................................................................................................................................. 30 Ghost Beads ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Bonus Chapter: Feather Fans .............................................................................................................................. 32 How did it all Begin? ....................................................................................................................................... 32 My Ceremony.................................................................................................................................................. 32 Swainson Hawk ............................................................................................................................................... 34 Owl .................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Bald Eagle ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 MacCaw .........................................................................................................................................................