Botanical Set — Reset Tumbled Stones Spikenard - Nardostachys jatamansi

Spikenard - Nardostachys jatamansi

in rounded grape-like crusts

it glows as light passes through

Less smoky than juniper

the gypsum beams of Naica are among Earth’s largest crystals

Botanical Set — Reset Tumbled Stones Spikenard - Nardostachys jatamansiReset white sage, blue sage, and palo santo: three smokes burned across cultures for thousands of years the sages to purify a space before something new, the palo santo to brighten it after. For the space between one chapter and the next. The two sages are sisters, chosen for contrast. White sage Salvia apiana, from Mexico carries the sharp, camphor like smoke of the oils in its leaf. Blue sage Salvia azurea was burned for the same purpose but reads