Our Connection to Grandfather Tobacco
Connecting with our Grandfather Tobacco through different cultures and our own Middle Eastern roots…
I love it when worlds collide, when dots connect and when things tie together serendipitously in unexpected ways.
I happen to be writing this share from beautiful NYC, where my childhood friend and I decided to do something that we don’t really do so often anymore… but that we used to do all the time.
Growing up so close to New York City, when we were in high school, my friends and I used to frequent certain hookah bars… That was one of “our things.” We loved it so much that at one point, my best friend and I called a serious meeting with our families to pitch the idea “if we should all open up a hookah bar together.”
Realizing now, and connecting the dots, that I have been in reverence to and connecting with our Grandfather Tobacco since a very young age… Knowingly and unknowingly, in various different forms.
Other connections…
Inside of the hookah, there are coals… And I couldn’t help thinking about my Copalera… The tool that we Smudge with in the Danza… The similarities. The differences. How everything is one thing.
How so many cultures around the entire world revolve around tobacco, incense, fire, tea, song & storytelling.
Sitting in Astoria, Queens, late at night, with the hookah, tea, coals, and good company - It was another level of deep realization that we are all connected through Medicinal Plants - whether we are conscious of it or not.
If you feel the call to connect with our Grandfather Tobacco inside of a ceremonial space, feel free to reach out to us via our Contact Page and join one of our upcoming Cacao Ceremonies.
We would love to see you there, and to share the essence of this beautiful plant spirit with you.
Written with love + care by,
Amaru Ñan Warmi / Zihuakoatl Zitlallinikue / Metsa Rate
Have you opened a Sacred Relationship with Grandfather Tobacco?
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