In addition to traditional sage smudging, Grandmother Penny from Michigan offered us a blessing of the Sacred Ashes upon entry into the Beckwith chapel for the Opening Ceremony in past years.
A smudge of sacred ashes is often performed before ceremonial rituals to remember and honor those who have come before us, and to acknowledge they are with us and blessing us during our time together.
Penny shared with us that the Sacred Ashes she brought are believed to have been ashes from ceremonial fires saved and passed down from generation to generation, for over 10,000 years, as homage to the women who tended fires that provided warmth, fuel for food and ceremony circles.
Penny has been the keeper of the ashes now for over 10 years and before her, Terry Bourne kept the ashes for about 10 years as well. Terry received them from Grandmother Crystal (Donna) Johnson who had them for over 20 years.
We were given the choice to accept this blessing in one of four locations:
Third eye (for wisdom)
Throat (for vocalization)
Heart (for love)
Feet (for movement/dance).
๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐.
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