Gather... Your Incenses! : How to make your own natural smudges from the wild plants around you

Are you among those incense users disappointed by commercial products, often laden with dubious substances and synthetic fragrances? With the captivating book Gather... Your Incenses!, authors Émilie Cuissard and Nicolas Clémendot offer an ecological, economical, and profoundly enjoyable alternative. This practical guide invites you to take a new look at the earth's bounty by gathering your raw materials directly from nature. By choosing natural and non-polluting ingredients, you create "zero-waste" incenses with finer scents, while reconnecting with the cycles of life.

The expertise shared in Gather... Your Incenses! is based on a rigorous selection of 34 common species, chosen for their astonishing fragrances and multiple benefits. Through practical and illustrated fact sheets, you will learn how to choose, harvest, and preserve the right essences to make your powders, grains, paste cones, and smudge sticks. The book goes further by teaching you how to make your own charcoal and censer, while also offering guided exercises to develop your physical and energetic sensations when using your local creations.

• The Spiritual Contribution: Mastery of natural smudging, 34 detailed plant fact sheets, original recipes for cones and sticks, artisanal charcoal making, and development of energetic sensitivity through aromas.

• The Visual Universe: A rustic and inspiring cover showing a green witch's workshop: amber resins, yellow St. John's wort flowers, dried sage, and a stone mortar, all set on a mossy branch bathed in the light of an enchanted clearing.

• Who is it for?: Green witches, DIY eco-enthusiasts, people concerned about indoor air quality, and anyone who wishes to practice authentic earth magic.

• A note on the authors: Nicolas Clémendot and Émilie Cuissard are nature experts. Trained in the knowledge of medicinal plants and ancestral smudging rituals (especially in Siberia), they transmit their passion with an approach rooted in respect for life.