[Ads-l] Smudge - spiritually purify

[Wilson Gray]

Why not

"purify spiritually"

?

It's probably just my own misperception, but I've long had the impression
that the position of the adverb is becoming fixed- uh, "trending toward
fixation," I mean -  in the preverbal position in all instances and not
just when the sense of the sentence or its prosodic flow requires it to be
in that position - if such be ever the case. That is to say, if there be
any rule at all, whether prescriptive or descriptive or even merely
stylistic, that governs the placement of adverbs.

On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

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> Here's a definition of smudging:
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> The Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft: Shadows, Spirits and the Healing Journey
> Christopher Penczak
> 2011
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> Pages 49-50
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> Smudging refers to the use of sacred smoke. Shamanic traditions bundle
> sacred herbs together, consecrate them, and burn them. The smoke
> releases energy and scent that raises the vibration of an area,
> banishing harmful lower vibrations. Although some people think "to
> smudge" means to smear the ashes, in this context smudging refers to
> passing an object or person through the smoke, or passing the smoke
> through an area.
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> Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> > re some citations that make smudging clear. According to these
> citations, it appears that the meaning of "smudge" to purify spiritually
> with smoke is included in the 1912 citations, though they don't mention it
> explicitly (perhaps elsewhere in the books).
> >
> > 1. Anthropological Series, Issue 16: 1957
> > http://ow.ly/g7Dnm
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> > The latter would meet with some fatality unless the keeper agreed to
> avert the evil by performing the proper rite over him. The keeper would
> direct the man to build a sweat-lodge and would enter it with him. The man
> would fumigate himself and inhale the smudge. The keeper would rub the man
> all over from head to feet with sage.
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> >
> > 2. Use of plants for the past 500 years: 1979
> > http://ow.ly/g7Dsa
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> > 1933 H. Smith POTAWATOMI 48. "Pearly everlasting. Anaphalis
> margaritacea. The Forest Potawatomi dry the flowers of this species and
> smoke it in a pipe or smudge it on coals to drive or keep evil spirits out
> of the room, which might prevent a patient from recovering.
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> >
> > 3. L.A.: My Way: 1990
> > http://ow.ly/g7Dw4
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