Carmel New York- Smudging Spirits!

Welcome to our visitor from Carmel, New York

http://www.ci.carmel.ny.us/

To one of a few postings about our people and smudging.

Does smudging get rid of good spirits also?

At

Does smudging get rid of good spirits also?

10/25/2011

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/does-smudging-get-rid-of-good-spirits.html

Does smudging get rid of good spirits?

08/11/2016

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/does-smudging-get-rid-of-good-spirits.html

Does smudging get rid of good spirits?

10/27/2016

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/does-smudging-get-rid-of-good-spirits.html

Smudging to me is a talk (Prayer), with Kiehtan (Creator) because after all friends, ‘nothing gets done’ without the blessing from Kiehtan (Creator)!

One of my mentors a regular and an elder of my grandfather meetings was Chief Hatchet a Ramapough Wappinger from Carmel New York, not of the people in New Jersey although we did meet them a few time on the powwow trail.

Up until 1947 our Smudging was done with herbs called Kinnick-kinnick, 

no need of a fire.

My first "Keeper of the Fire" was also with Elder Chief Hatchet as my teacher (1950).

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