White Sage incense sticks

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Space clearing: burn before ritual to clear a room or altar.
• After conflict: burn in the room where an argument took place, then open a window.
• Tools and crystals: pass them through the smoke to clear them before use.

A Simple Working

• Open a window in the room you want to clear.
• Light a white sage stick and blow it out to an ember.
• Walk the room counterclockwise to clear, holding the stick over a dish.
• Pay attention to corners, doorways and the space under beds.
• State what you are clearing out, then close the window.
• Light a white candle to bless the cleared space and let the stick burn out.

Pairs Well With

• A white chime candle: to bless the space after clearing.
• Sea salt: for a protective line at the door.
• Palo santo: a sweeter partner for cleansing.
• An incense holder: to catch the ash.

What You Receive

White sage incense sticks, available in a 25 g pack (about one hour per stick), a 20 pack, a 16 pack, or a box of 6 packs.

Origin & Lore

White sage, Salvia apiana, is a silvery, strongly scented shrub of the coastal sage scrub of Southern California and northern Baja California. Its leaves have long been used by California Native peoples, such as the Cahuilla and Chumash, in ceremony and everyday life. These incense sticks carry its scent in a convenient form.

White sage grows wild only in a narrow band of coastal Southern California and Baja California, yet its scent is now known all over the world.

California Native peoples have used white sage for generations, burning it and using its leaves in ceremonies and in daily life. Its spread into wider spiritual practice is recent, mostly since the late twentieth century, and demand for wild-harvested sage has become a conservation concern in its native range.