If you can relate and want to make sure that your home is truly your safe space, then sage burning might be your best bet. This ritual– also known as "smudging"– originated as a key aspect of various ...

A commercialized New Age ritual is causing not only "unwanted energies" to go up in smoke, but also foreign wild plants. A study by Utrecht University researchers Isabela Pombo Geertsma and Anastasia ...

with hundreds of videos ranging from how-tos and casting away bad vibes to prayers and witch rituals. Despite its newfound diverse acclaim across social media, the act of burning sage isn't new.

Li was ready for a new married life, but she asked for a rather bizarre favour-Wang was to perform a 'marriage bed burning' ritual to appease the spirit of her former husband-a necessary step ...

Every year, Santa Fe incinerates a giant puppet of Zozobra — a ritual meant to purge anxiety ... She lives in New Mexico and has watched Zozobra burn five times. For most of the millions of ...

Smudging is the practice of burning medicinal herbs to cleanse negative energy from a space and welcome positive energy. The herbs most commonly used in the practice include cedar, sage ...

As they were about to tie the knot, Li requested Wang to perform the “marriage bed burning” ritual for her ex-husband, who died a few years ago from illness.