Insight and observations around sage and its uses in occupied Turtle Island. Sage is a commonly exploited plant in the colonial culture of exploitation where it is common to be out of reciprocation and engaging in the exploitation of plants. Most people who use it have never grown it. Never contributed to land where it is growing wild. Never cultivated or seeded it. Never even watered it. Yet they take from this hyper exploited plant under some very selfish contexts. The very title of this blog which grabbed your attention is exploitive. That was clickbait homie. But now that your here we can learn how to be better people. At the risk of sounding like Kennedy it’s not what sage or a revolutionary organization can do for you its wat can you do for sage or a revolutionary organization. Covid interrupted human relationships and at some point, it will have to be remedied. When we don’t know how to be in relation with plants the corporation decides for us. Failure of indigenous people to seize the means of production. Failure of indigenous people to defend and claim sage as a cultural resource has left it to be hyper exploited by everyone including Wal-Mart. I think about how things could be different if people had relation to plants without exploitation. For me this came into focus at a time when i was trying to figure out how to protect an indigenous food/medicine. I quickly learned that i could not hardly speak of it. That only a small and barley existent portion of the mass’s population were capable of being in knowledge of their existence without engaging in some form of exploitation with them. There are still plants who are not ready to be known. At least by colonists. Although they eagerly try hence the existence of “ethnobotany” which is nothing less than an entire science field dedicated to exploiting indigenous knowledge of plants. Stop being a culture vulture. Colonists have become increasingly sloppy by not making their children grow plants at home. If they succeeded there perhaps, they could get a bunny or a dog. If one cannot be in relation with a plant, they are unfit to be in relationship with animals or humans. Consistency is a trait that is in shortage. Plants respond extremely well to consistency; they even enjoy what some growers call a watering schedule. Amazing. Some natives under colonialism have taken to holding us back with the concept of “indian time” yet the pants clearly understand. One cannot be in relationship with plants without knowing consistency. If you fail to water the plant relative it will die. Fail to give it nutrient or protect it from pest or disease, it will also die. There are many adult children around the peripheral of revolutionary spheres who could benefit from these lessons. You might even find it helps your romantic relationships which are also strained. Give sage a reach around. You might find it improves all of your relationships. It improves your relation to family and out from there. Working your way up from there you might gain the responsibility level and ability to reciprocate and function within a revolutionary organization. It could be said that a person’s political ideas should not be listened to unless that person can grow plants. It gives them no frame of knowledge to the basic foundations of life. Youve heard me speak about revolutionary prerequisites in the past. This is one of them. If all your plants die, that is an indication you’re probably not ready for a revolutionary organization and need to mature in that area before going forward. Your relationships with plants have bearing on your relationships with each other. Trees are and many other plants are communist in nature. They rebel if you try to make them other than. There are many things you could learn from a responsible relationship with a plant. My best ideas have not been released to the public because more of you are interested in taking wisdom to use for your own organizations or personal use that you have no willingness or intention of being in relationship with us. Meaningful solidarity is about joining. Many of you have neglected to join organizations because you espouse to be anarchist. Well, any real anarchist would remind you that anarchy depends on volunteerism. You’re not volunteering for anything. The ideology your actually committed to in a dedicated way by your actions or inaction is actually referred to as American consumerism. American individualism. Liberalism. Muddling along perfunctorily. Counter revolutionary in nature. Far from what you imagine yourself to be.
“You cannot be in solidarity with a people you have no relationship with.”
Invisible Warrior
Spare your comrades of finding out the hard way that you can’t remember to water them.
Instructions for growing your own sage:
Sage is best for intermediate to advanced level growers. Although it is thought of as a desert plant it will be happier if it has some shade. Sage also likes a sandy soil. If you are a person who uses sage regularly you should definitely try growing it. I grow all the sage i use in a year myself now. It is a correct feeling when you finally come into relation with the sage, having supported it thru its entire life cycle. However, this is not about a feeling this is about being in material relation. A reality. A symbiosis. If you have not completed this step of growing sage, you actually have not earned the natural right to use it. Sage is a perennial so if you cultivate the right conditions, it will come back to greet you again each year.
Instructions for growing sage: https://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Sage#:~:text=Growing%20Sage%201%201%20Buy%20sage%20seeds%20or,watering.%20…%205%205%20Provide%20adequate%20sunlight.%20
You can find seeds here: https://mountainroseherbs.com/
Written by The Invisible Warrior – War Chief Mko. Art by Artsy Marxist
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