Mugwort is our native, culturally appropriate smoke herb which I bundle up alongside aromatic herbs from the herbal apiary. Mugwort is a dream keeper, hedgerow midwife & womb tender. She can be a guide for cyclical wisdom & labyrinth-like situations supporting the containment of ritual, receptivity & exploratory practices. I recommend working with her with intention because when you call on a gatekeeper, you also summon a gateway!
We may enter through Mugwort’s gate for:
~ supporting a (re)birth space: physical or symbolic
~ creative insight & visions beyond the linear mind
~ cleansing & marking ritual space, ceremony or circle
~ dreamwork
~ the descent of menstruation
~ self initiatory work to consciously enter the labyrinth
~ receptivity
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Mugwort is contraindicated with pregnancy.
Please invite those using smoke/smudge to consider native herbs over imported ones that are deeply sacred to others. (Smudge is a word I’m using for clarity with the grief & awareness of its roots in indigenous practice not of these lands.) Inhaling smoke from herbs gathered around us is an instant way to connect to place so lets stick to our place.
