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[rachelmanija]

From my neighbor:

"Were you perchance burning sage outside your door? There's some still lit out there."

I bolted out and discovered the landing (atop a flight of stairs) completely filled with smoke, and the neighbor apologetically explaining that he had to stamp it out because it had set the welcome mat on fire.

Needless to say, I had not been burning sage.

So, apparently someone walked up a flight of stairs, set a bunch of sage on fire, and took off. What the actual fuck.

Comments

[havocthecat]

Would someone be cursing her, though, or cleansing her vibes? Smudging is typically a purification tool.

I mean, this sounds ridiculous, you're not in the least bit in need of it, but I was the girl my Evangelical and Pentecostal junior high classmates thought was a Satanist because I played D&D and read fantasy novels, so, I mean. Not entirely un-ridiculous that someone would get the wrong idea.

(I was not actually the bad influence amongst my friends, and yet! And yet!)

[rachelmanija]

But who local to me would a) know, b) think it's Satanic?

[twistedchick]

Sage burning isn't satanic. It isn't "woo". It's part of a lot of Native American tribal practices.

Also -- if you haven't had a good look at the leaves to be sure it's actually sage? It could be pot. Too many of my friends have been busted for having sage smoke in their cars, when the cops thought it was then-illegal marijuana.

[rachelmanija]

I was referring to the comment that someone might think me reading fantasy books was Satanic. Given that whoever burned the sage walked up a flight of stairs in someone else's apartment, lit it, and took off leaving my welcome mat on fire, I don't think they specifically were following Native American tribal practices.

It's definitely not marijuana - I'm extremely familiar with that smell.