Mistletoe! Magical ritual plant of the Druids, heavenly gift of the Celts, a traditional healing and smudging herb. It lives between heaven and earth. The magical evergreen spherical leaf mass, glowing from its host trees in winter, represents transformative energy with special power. It transforms darkness into light and is capable of getting stagnant energies flowing again. A threshold plant also for all kinds of transition rituals, an important incense during the Twelve Nights of Christmas, a plant being that creates connection to our ancestors, supports us in divination, as the smoke can delve deep into the subconscious.
Traditionally, mistletoe stands for luck and peace, for vitality and even miracles. A mistletoe branch above the entrance door during Advent grants good fortune entry, so they say :)
Mistletoe herb should be smudged with as little heat as possible. Ideally on an incense screen with sufficient distance from the candle flame, not directly over the flame. Place on charcoal with a heat-insulating layer (e.g., sand).
- Scent: very herbaceous, spicy, "autumnal" deep
- Theme: protection, transformation & healing, strong divination plant
- Good to mix with: mugwort, spruce resin, elecampane root, juniper wood, yarrow, frankincense Somalia, copal or dammar
- Latin name: Viscum album
- Content: 10 grams
- Packaged in compostable glassine bags with a handmade label