Dried Sage Sticks and Sage Bundles for Cleansing and Warming Smudge or smudge sticks, more correctly called dried sage sticks, have been used since ancient times for ceremonies and rituals, for space clearing and religious purposes, to ward off harmful or unhealthy effects or simply to permeate warmth, to scent the campfire, induce a particular mood or a sense of well-being. In Native American Tradition dried sage herbs were used to bless people and places. At Mystery Arts our White Sage is from sage cultivated in Mexico. Our Sage Spirit comes from New Mexico.