Rapé Jurema Branca
From: $19.56
Rapé Jurema Branca is a typical snuff that connects Indian and Afro-Brazilian cultures. Its composition is simple, Arapiraca and Jurema Branca ash. With this blend, Carlito adds a plant essence (the ash) that has a long history in Afro-Brazilian spirituality. In this snuff, it primarily works on the heart chakra and the third eye chakra. It assists in mediumistic development.
Rapé Jurema Branca
Rapé Jurema Branca is a typical snuff that connects Indian and Afro-Brazilian cultures. Its composition is simple, Arapiraca and Jurema Branca ash. With this blend, Carlito adds a plant essence (the ash) that has a long history in Afro-Brazilian spirituality. In the snuff, it primarily works on the heart chakra and the third eye chakra. It assists in mediumistic development.
Jurema Branca (white jurema) / Mimosa Verrucosa
Jurema Branca is a plant species of the Fabaceae family. Possibly it corresponds to species popularly designated as Jurema De Oieras or Jurema Branca. Jurema Branca is hard to find in Brazil. It is a species of legume in the common bean family, Fabaceae, and in the subfamily and genus of Mimosa pudica, the touch me not.
The shrub or small tree is native to Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Rio Grande do Norte). It has “near threatened” conservation status as a result of human-induced deforestation in arid to semi-arid regions of Northeastern Brazil.
When cultured in Afro-Brazilian religions Jurema Branca is considered the queen of the forest. It has the mission of protecting the whole creation of mother nature. As a Goddess, she is characterized by being a wise, strong warrior and also a mother. She shows maternal love to her worshipers, being also the mother of many children, but she also knows how to be merciless, hardening the law.
About the Maker
My friend Carlito from Sao Paulo made this Rapé. He practices various forms of plant-medicine work like all of my contacts do. In this work, he received instructions to open his path to Rapé. He has followed the instructions he received and has been making Rapé for several years now. Even without a connection with indigenous Indians, he learned to make high-quality types of Rapé and is still learning.
Carlito showed me the little altar space where he keeps his Rapé. Before any of his own rapé leave his house it stays in a room. Surrounded by various crystals and placed under a pyramid the Rapé stays there for a week.
At various moments in this period, he enters this room and prays towards the Rapé. A week of energizing and prayers is the final part of the work. The Rapé is ready now.
Tepi and Kuripe
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Tepis receiving blessings from their creators
Handling & Sorting
I sieve this Rapé Jurema Branca and all other snuff coming from my shop through a 120-micron high-grade stainless steel mesh. I also store the Rapé stock dry and in vacuum containers to prolong freshness and quality.
This results in.
- an extremely fine powder.
- a guaranteed consistent fineness
- optimal absorption of the snuff
