The Harmony Box contains the key elements for making fumigations with white sage and for perfuming your home with Japanese incense.
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Between two purification rituals, you can enjoy the delicate scent of the Sakura cherry blossom, the emblematic flower of Japan.
Abalone shell (or sea ear)
It is considered a ceremonial object and serves as a bowl for making fumigations. The inner part in mother-of-pearl has beautiful iridescent reflections. It is said to bring a feeling of protection, purity and balance.
Using an abalone shell during a smudging ritual is invoking the divine force of fire and the spirit of the ocean to perform an energetic purification.
California White Sage
"What can a man die of if he has sage in his garden?" This sentence taken from a treatise of the School of Medicine of Salerno (12th-13th century) says a lot about this medicinal plant.
Its scientific name comes from the Latin salvare - to heal. It grows wild in the Southwestern United States, mainly in California and in Northwestern Mexico.
Most of its properties are found in the leaves, which absorb the sun's energy and produce a large amount of essential oils that aromatize the plant. They give off a pleasant scent that provides a feeling of well-being. Our sage comes from 100% natural crops, without fertilizers or pesticides.
Instructions for use
- Put some marble sand at the bottom of the shell.
- Using a match, light the sage stick above the shell. Light the flame slightly, then let it go out. Be careful of the remaining leaves that could fly away!
- For places: go through each room and disperse the smoke with the feather towards the places you wish to purify.
- For people: guide the smoke using the feather towards the parts of the body to be purified, the head, arms, legs, back, etc.
Remember that intention is the basis of any smudging ritual: if your heart is pure and your purpose noble, the effect will be enhanced.
Tokusen Sakura Usuzumi Incense, a breath of eternity
- Usuzumi no Sakura, the gray-flowered cherry tree, is a thousand-year-old tree that grows in the mountains of Gifu. It is said to have been planted by Emperor Keitai 1,500 years ago and every spring it blooms again, like a miracle of life.
- The sensual scent of Tokusen Sakura Usuzumi incense is a refined combination of cherry blossom, sandalwood and cypress essential oil. Like a breath of eternity, it invites calm and serenity.
- Use: light the end of a stick, blow out the flame and plant it in the marble sand that you have placed in the abalone shell.
- Incense that emits little smoke.
Ventilate well after use. Do not inhale smoke directly.
