Palo Santo Chips
Conveniently versatile and aromatically powerful — Palo Santo Chips is the Bursera graveolens Holy Wood in small chip form — pieces and shavings that release Palo Santo's incomparably warm, sweet, citrusy-woody sacred aroma in a more flexible, charcoal-burneable, and easily portioned format than traditional whole sticks. Palo Santo Chips expand the ways the Holy Wood can be worked with: burned on charcoal discs for sustained aromatic ceremony, combined with other resins and herbs in incense blends, added to herbal sachets and spell jars for continuous aromatic release, or simmered in water for a gentle home fragrance that infuses the entire living space with Palo Santo's calming, spiritually elevating sacred wood aroma.
Product Details
- Type: Palo Santo Wood Chips / Shavings
- Wood: Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens — Holy Wood)
- Origin: South America (Ecuador or Peru)
- Format: Small chips and shavings — versatile loose format
- Tradition: South American shamanic and Andean spiritual tradition, contemporary spiritual practice
- Best For: Charcoal disc burning, incense blending, sachets and spell work, simmering aromatic preparations, gifts of sacred wood, extended aromatic burning sessions
Why Choose Palo Santo Chips
The chip format unlocks Palo Santo's versatility in ways that sticks cannot match. Chips can be burned on charcoal discs for a more sustained, intense aromatic release than stick smoldering — the charcoal's consistent heat creates a steady, uninterrupted Palo Santo fragrance ideal for longer meditation sessions. They can be combined with resin incense (frankincense, myrrh, copal) to create custom sacred incense blends. They can be placed in cloth sachets to create Palo Santo aromatic sachets for drawers, closets, or sacred spaces. They can be simmered (not burned) in water on a stovetop to create a gentle whole-home aromatic that is less smoke-intensive than burning.
Palo Santo Chips Benefits
- Versatile format — burneable on charcoal, blendable, usable in sachets and spell work
- Deeper, more sustained aromatic release on charcoal than stick smoldering
- Easily portioned — use precisely the amount needed for each session
- Ideal for incense blending with resins and other sacred woods
- Lower smoke option when simmered in water versus burned
- Same sacred, incomparable Palo Santo aroma as sticks in a more flexible form
How to Use Palo Santo Chips
- For charcoal burning: light a charcoal disc, allow to fully grey (3-5 minutes), and place 1-2 teaspoons of chips on the hot disc. The chips will begin releasing aromatic smoke immediately.
- For blending: combine chips with frankincense tears or myrrh resin and burn together on charcoal for a combined sacred wood-resin aromatic.
- For sachets: fill a small muslin bag with chips and place in closets, drawers, or sacred spaces for gentle continuous Palo Santo fragrance release.
- For simmering: place a small handful of chips in a pot of water on the stovetop over very low heat — the steam carries the aroma through the home without any smoke.
Safety Instructions
- Never leave burning charcoal and wood chips unattended.
- Use only heat-resistant burners for charcoal burning.
- Ensure adequate ventilation when burning.
- Keep away from flammable materials, children, and pets.
- Do not leave simmering pot unattended or allow to boil dry.
- Never leave burning charcoal and wood chips unattended.
- Use only heat-resistant burners for charcoal burning.
- Ensure adequate ventilation when burning.
- Keep away from flammable materials, children, and pets.
- Do not leave simmering pot unattended or allow to boil dry.
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Conveniently versatile and aromatically powerful — Palo Santo Chips is the Holy Wood in its most flexible and practical form — small pieces and shavings of the sacred Bursera graveolens that open every possible use of the world's most beloved sacred wood, from deep charcoal ceremony to gentle stovetop simmering, in a portable, easily portioned, endlessly versatile format whose warm, sweet, sacred aroma remains as incomparable as the most carefully selected whole Palo Santo stick.