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Medicine pipe blend
IsaacW:
--- Quote from: Olanigw (Pekane) on November 04, 2013, 11:10:33 am ---
In western abenaki, the name for mullein is literally "magician/medicine man's tobacco". It didn't take long for mullein to spread from the jesuits' and early settlers' gardens to those of the shamans/medicine men/spiritual leaders.
How long until it naturalized in the wild? no clue. When did it make its way into "recreational" smokes? Even less of a clue.
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Cool... I always am linguistically interested in what names are for things and what they mean. In Ojibwe, it is called Waabooyanibag. Basically it is referring to the leaves being like a rabbit's ears. Some think it more translates as blanket leaf (blanket in Ojibwe literally is rabbit skin). I have not seen much as to its use out here but it likely has not been here as long. As I said, Kalm was seeing it in the 1740s out east. Anyway, I am sure it was used but do not have any good references (thinking like a historian here) compared to things like bearberry, sumac, dogwood, etc.
BTW, I have a cool quote mentioning flavoring tobacco and mixes with beaver castor... Hmmmmm....
IW
JW_Halverson:
Having smelled beaver castor, I am going to continue to opt for the more pure form of this mix. :o
IsaacW:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on November 04, 2013, 09:49:15 pm ---Having smelled beaver castor, I am going to continue to opt for the more pure form of this mix. :o
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Ahh... Common JW... castor is like magic! I love the smell of that stuff. My wife has a perfume that smells VERY much like the beaver lure I make with castor and she knows that good things happen when she wears it! ;D :o
Seriously, I love the smell of castor, and yes, I have tried it for flavoring the tobac and it was not too bad. My understanding is that it wasn't smoked but a slice put in the tobacco to add flavor (and likely it helped keep it moist).
IW
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: IsaacW on November 05, 2013, 10:47:20 am ---
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on November 04, 2013, 09:49:15 pm ---Having smelled beaver castor, I am going to continue to opt for the more pure form of this mix. :o
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Ahh... Common JW... castor is like magic! I love the smell of that stuff. My wife has a perfume that smells VERY much like the beaver lure I make with castor and she knows that good things happen when she wears it! ;D :o
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She told me that you immediately get excited, run outside, chew down a tree and drag it into the neighbor's pool.
Dharma:
Here in Northern Arizona, you can find Navajos and trading posts selling Mountain Smoke. Mountain Smoke is basically wild tobacco, Nicotiana Attenuata, but there are herbal mixes called Mountain Smoke. There are different versions of Mountain Smoke, as well as other smokes, and it depends on who made it and what's it's for. Some is ceremonial and some is medicinal. You can find many different smokes at the flea markets on the Rez here. You can find some amazing deals at these flea markets, by the way. They're not set up for tourists, so the prices are very reasonable and you'll find things not usually marketed to the tourists. It's all cash. Some barter can be done depending on what you have to trade.
At Peyote meetings, there will be smoke. People will have their own blends. Star Anise is found in a lot of the blends, as well as juniper tips, flat cedar, and just regular Cavendish pipe tobacco.
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