The Gateway Pundit reported over the weekend that Biden domestic policy adviser Susan Rice posted a photo of her office in the White House with burning sage on the desk, using it as a way to remove messages left in that office by Mr. Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump.
Ms. Rice, who chairs Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, occupies an office in the West Wing of the White House that was previously used by Miller, President Trump’s top policy adviser. After realizing that this is where President Trump’s toughest immigration adviser once called the shots, Rice, a black woman vilified by conservatives, decorated the office with Haitian art and scented it with sage to dissipate negative energy.
Pictures are available to prove it. Rice’s tweeted a photo Saturday night showing the ceremonial sage burning, complete with white sage in an abalone shell and feathers on the side.
Here’s what you need to know about abalone shells and sage incense
The history of incense goes back centuries and the purpose is to clear any negative energy and create a space suitable for healing and positive energy to emerge. The abalone shells used in incense are not only very practical, but they also contain the energy of the ocean, shimmering with the brilliant iridescence of mother-of-pearl. The inclusion of abalone shells in the incense ritual represents the incorporation of all four elements of the earth: the shells represent water, the smoke represents air, the unlit herbs or sticks represent earth, and once lit, they represent fire. It is through the incorporation of these elements into the incense ritual that transformation and manifestation can occur.
However, an article published in September 2020 states, “When non-Native people burn white sage, it is cultural appropriation, and we do not support it.”
The Gateway Pundit says that if you are not a member of an Indigenous community, buying white sage to engage in incense ceremonies may not be useful. And it’s an appropriation of Aboriginal Culture, which is harmful to Aboriginal communities.
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