Herb Offerings...

[Lavender]

I feel that life moves naturally in rounds. Seasons come & go, what you plant, you sow. A continuous flow of give and take. In offering herbs, you are completing that cycle. Offerings are not payment for something but rather more to honour or recognize a gift bestowed on us. It should not be done by empty rote, filled with empty phrases (like when you thanked Aunt Martha for that wonderful pair of leg warmers! Ugh!) I like to carry a small bag of herbs with me, blessed & cleansed to be used just for the purpose of offering. When I pick up a rock that has caught my eye, I leave a bit of herbs in its place. When a tree has spoken to me to share its secrets, I leave a sprinkle of cornmeal for the birds that may live in its branches. I've even left an offering after watching a beautiful sunset. The give and take does not always have to be for tangible things.

Here are some herbs that makes great offerings. Corn, tobacco, sage, sweetgrass, lavender, vervain, pine, rose petals, cedar.

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by Wildchild
Here are some herbs that makes great offerings. Corn, tobacco, sage, sweetgrass, lavender, vervain, pine, rose petals, cedar.

Would like to make a note that this would be pure, natural tobacco, and not something you'd get at, say, the local discount bakker barn.

[Lavender]

Originally posted by Mairwen


Would like to make a note that this would be pure, natural tobacco, and not something you'd get at, say, the local discount bakker barn.

:p oh yes! Most definitely! :p

[FaeRain]

I once left some really good chocolate while hiking in Maui...I figured they don't call it the food of the gods for nothing!!

I usually leave tobacco...we use the American Spirit kind.

[Lavender]

:p If it was me, I would appreciate a chocolate offering too! :p

[willowfairy]

i never thought of the give/take thing with nature, also. it's amazing what you can learn here! :D i'll start taking some lavender in my pocket. it'll make me smell good too! :)