[Ads-l] Smudge - spiritually purify

[Jonathan Lighter]

That probably is true.

JL

On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Why not
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> "purify spiritually"
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> ?
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> 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.
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> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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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.
> > =====
> >
> > 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
> > > -----
> > > 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.
> > > -----
> > >
> > > 2. Use of plants for the past 500 years: 1979
> > > http://ow.ly/g7Dsa
> > > -----
> > > 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.
> > > -----
> > >
> > > 3. L.A.: My Way: 1990
> > > http://ow.ly/g7Dw4
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