One of my friends burned some sage all around me to cleanse my spirit and what not, anyone else do this? Can you tell me a little bit about what it is and what its supposed to do. She's into all that type of stuff and I rarely understand anything she says when she talks about it.

generally, sage is used for purification purposes. we burned some in our old apartment because there was a massive amount of negative energy, both from us and the apartment next door (drug house, renter found dead of AIDS, apartment dirtier than anything i'd ever seen). we felt much better afterward.

indians used it in cermonies and at times they needed it as a purifying agent for the area around and body.
some beleive spirits can pickup smells or the escense of different combusted things. cant hurt your friend sagified you.

I've been gardening for a few years. I grew a lot of herbs, some tomatoes and peppers. Fresh herbs make food taste sooooooooooo good.

Anyway, I've burned sage the last two harvests of my garden, thru the entire house. Sadly, I won't garden this year, unless my hubby puts up a privacy fence between us and one of our neighbors yards.

I love the lady next door, but her son is like 40 or something and he moved back in with mommy after his last relationship. I swear the ****ing asshole has a tracker on my ***. EVERY TIME I go outside, here he comes with a beer and cigarette and tells me everything I'm doing wrong and how I should do it.

One day, the guy had to the nerve to eavesdrop on me recording myself singing and playing guitar IN MY ****ING HOUSE. Later that night he came over to tell me what I was doing wrong. Then he tried to kiss me on my neck, with my husband in the next room awake. I booted that **** so quick.

One day a moving truck showed up and I thought he was leaving! Nope, they were picking up his ex-girlfriend's **** from the garage. (She is so lucky.)

If Yummy will get me a privacy fence, I will garden and burn sage in the fall.

Generally, people use "smudge sticks" which are longish pieces pieces of sage (or another herb or combination of herbs usually) bound together. You'd light the smudge stick, let it flame a little, and then blow it out. It smolders/smokes kinda like a piece of paper burning and one would use it cleanse the negative energy from oneself, from a house, worship area, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Sage negates negative energy. It's a very very good cleansing tool. It is also said that negative spirits cannot stand the smell of burning sage - and this is also said about frankincense, which sometimes accompanies sage in smudge sticks.

Otherwise, just burning sage will clean an area or a person. Sage is good stuff, and it'll make you feel better.