Blue Sage Smudge Stick (Salvia Libanotica) Turkey Yerba Santa Sodalite - the mineral kin

Sodalite - the mineral kin of lapis lazuli

and bergamot

The "tree" is manganese and iron oxide - minerals that crept along fine cracks and branched as they grew

where Greeks gathered it more than two thousand years ago

Across China

Blue Sage Smudge Stick (Salvia Libanotica) Turkey Yerba Santa Sodalite - the mineral kinBlue Sage from Turkey a hand bound bundle of Salvia libanotica, the Anatolian or Eastern Mediterranean sage that has scented Levantine homes and aromatic practice for centuries. Distinct from the Mexican Salvia azurea sometimes sold under the same Blue Sage trade name; same trade name, different species, different continents. The Lamiaceae family sage carries a delicate herbaceous note with subtle sweetness softer than the California native Salvia