Tobacco was offered to the spirits before all religious ceremonies. is one of the most sacred of plants for Native people. It is said to be the main activator of all plants. It was given to us so that we can communicate with the Spirit world and when you use it, all things begin to happen. Tobacco is always offered before picking medicines(plants).
When
you offer tobacco to a plant and explain your reasons for being
there, the plant will let all the plants in the area know your
intentions and why you are picking them, tobacco is used first as an
offering for everything and in every ceremony. Going to ceremonies
you would offer tobacco to the Elder leading those ceremonies along
with an honoring gift. This announces your intention and the Elders
may ask you of your intentions with this offering.
The
universal method of inviting people to feasts or notifying them of
ceremonies was the delivery of a small amount of dry tobacco by a
runner sent out for that purpose. Ceremonies using tobacco invoke a
relationship with the energies of the universe, and ultimately the
Creator, and the bond made between earthly and spiritual realms is
not to be broken.
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