{"product_id":"wolf-smudge-bowl","title":"Wolf Smudge Bowl","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eSmudge Bowl\u003c\/b\u003e is a tool used in First Nations’ communities to assist in the traditional smudging ceremony.  This ceremony is powerful and thousands of years old, having been passed through generations as a sacred cleansing practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe smudging ceremony acts to drive away negative energy and restore balance to an individual, spirit or place by lighting herbs gathered from the earth, such as sage, cedar or sweet grass. The rising smoke is fanned around and is said to cleanse the mind to create good thoughts and give off positive energy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThis ceremony serves to connect the material realm to the spiritual realm.  The rising smoke sends negative energy and spirits away and carries with it the prayers and thoughts of the ceremony towards the heavens. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis contemporary sculpture is carved in honour of the \u003cb\u003eWolf\u003c\/b\u003e, his song and his teachings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe Wolf is regarded as a teacher, his shy ways not revealing his knowledge.  It is said that a Wolf will show himself to Mankind when a lesson is to be learned, but what the lesson is, is not disclosed until the lesson is learned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eWe hope that this Smudge Bowl brings to your home cleansing and positive energy. Carved on Six Nations Confederacy of the Grand River, proudly made in Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Native Art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46393834406038,"sku":"109624","price":345.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/1792\/6294\/files\/109624.jpg?v=1779474071","url":"https:\/\/nativeartgallery.ca\/products\/wolf-smudge-bowl","provider":"Native Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}