Botanical Set — Reset Tumbled Stones the gypsum beams of Naica

the gypsum beams of Naica are among Earth’s largest crystals

in rounded grape-like crusts

bold streaks on others

the great Brazilian geodes grew inside cooling lava flows around 130 million years old

Less smoky than juniper

Botanical Set — Reset Tumbled Stones the gypsum beams of NaicaReset white sage, blue sage, and palo santo: three smokes burned across cultures for thousands of years the sages to purify a space before something new, the palo santo to brighten it after. For the space between one chapter and the next. The two sages are sisters, chosen for contrast. White sage Salvia apiana, from Mexico carries the sharp, camphor like smoke of the oils in its leaf. Blue sage Salvia azurea was burned for the same purpose but reads