To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.

To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.

a smokey smoldering fire which produces large amounts of smoke

To purify with smoke. Usually associated with Native American traditions but practiced in many religions all over the world.

Purify by bathing in sage smoke

a bundle of sage tied with string to form a cigar shaped object

See Smear.

a Native American practice, adopted by many pagans, in which sage is burned as a purifying incense

This is a cleansing or purification process that is typically done by burning herbs to clear an area, person, or object of unneeded energies. Sage is the most commonly used herb for smudging, but many other herbs and resins are used as well. When we burn the plants we aren't just doing this to create a sacred smoke- we are also asking the spirit of that plant to help us in creating sacred space and cleansing on a spiritual level.

A Native American tradition whereby a smudging tool (we use a blend of dried cedar and white sage) is used to perform a “spiritual house cleaning”. We light the smudge stick during our West Coast Elemental Nature Facial & smudge the treatment room –in theory, the smoke attaches itself to negative energy & as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it releasing it into another space where it will be transformed into positive energy.

Resistance Smear Resistance. Resistance of a printed paper surface to ink blurring or smearing and thus related to the absorption of the paper.