Kinnick Kinnick ( A native American smoking blend)

taliesin the alchemist · **Posted:** Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:06 am

I love Kinnick Kinnick. This smoking blend is so soothing and relaxing. I want to share it with everyone who doesn't know about it. The following paragraphs include some details about the various ingredients wich make up Kinnick Kinnick. Anyone who is interested in kinnick Kinnick, give it a try, you'll like it but don't expect it to be like the ganja though; you'll be disappointed...

Kinnick kinnick is a traditional mixture used when smoking the sacred pipe (or peace pipe). It is made from five different traditional herbs, each bringing a different attribute to the mixture. It is also acceptable to burn it separately, say in a shell or bowl without a pipe.

Yerba santa is widely used by Native Americans and was particularly famed for its ability to ward off negativity and provide an element of protection. The leaves were often carried by individuals to boost their spiritual strength and, in incense form; it's still used today in a healing capacity. As such, it's an ideal incense to choose if you want to bring an air of healing, protection or increase positive vibes in an environment.

Bearberry leaves are used during ceremony, as they contain antiseptic and astringent properties, which help cleanse and purify the air.

North Americans view osha root as having great power and luck, and as such it's often carried as a lucky talisman. When burnt, it produces a warm and slightly spicy aroma, which is believed to purify the air and also help connect to the higher realms.

Red Willow bark: Willows are regarded by Native Americans as being relatives of the four winds and carries your prayers on the wind and communicates them to the creator. The bark works well in incense and is an important ingredient in sacred smoking ceremonies. It's calming and soothing, making it an ideal herb for use with clearing purposes and during quiet sessions of meditation.

Mullen is regarded as being a protection herb and is used in many situations where extra protection is required. It's also thought to have masculine energy and associations with fire - some traditions have used it when trying to invoke fire elementals - but it's equally helpful when used by men or women. It is a grounding, calming and healing herb.

Bushpig · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:35 pm **Posts:** 400

Excellent post, thankyou! I have tried this myself years ago but my memory fails me. I should try some more sometime, do you buy yours or have you ever made your own blend?

BP

boomer2 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:50 am **Posts:** 368

I have a great paper o n Knick-knick but cannot figure out how to post it here. many pages.

boomer2

taliesin the alchemist · **Posted:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:14 am

Bushpig wrote:

Excellent post, thankyou! I have tried this myself years ago but my memory fails me. I should try some more sometime, do you buy yours or have you ever made your own blend?

BP

I've only bought pre-blended Kinnick Kinnick although I would like to blend my own.

I'm gonna have do a little reaserch and find a good recipe!

boomer2 wrote:

I have a great paper o n Knick-knick but cannot figure out how to post it here. many pages.

boomer2

I'd love to see your paper about Kinnick Kinnick man. Maybe you could post it as an image or something...

Make a thread out of it and post each page as an image in it's own post; that's if you can't fit it all in one post. It would be alotta work on your part though, but I assure you it would be much appreciated!

DrYRHead · **Posted:** Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:59 am

One may have all those things in his botanical collection. Perhaps, one may try this kinnick Kinnick mix some time. One has heard/read about it before. It even sounds like the ingredients would make for a good tea to treat cold symptoms, as well. The medicine men/women and curanderos around my neck of the woods do use most of those to treat respiratory track infections.

DrYRHead · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:55 am

Here is part of the Kinnick Kinnick book that Boomer uploaded to the gallery here.

Source gallery; http://www.spiritplants.org/phpbb/galle ... t=0&pos=18

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boomer2 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:50 am **Posts:** 368

There are 16 pages of text tot he article. It seems you duplicated a few pages when you posted them above.

There are five pages of exhibits and two pages of reference.

boomer2

I have about two thousand articles in my filing cabinets, 1800 are on shrooms.

DrYRHead · **Posted:** Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:35 am

Oops, I did double up on a few of them. :oops:

Nanook · **Joined:** Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:50 pm **Posts:** 31

[quote="taliesin the alchemist"]
I've only bought pre-blended Kinnick Kinnick although I would like to blend my own.
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I once got given some of this, perhaps 4-5 years ago...
Have not been able to track any down since...
Where do you buy yours from Taliesin?

N.x

Danzick · **Joined:** Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:04 am **Posts:** 39

Hey Boomer,

It looks like page 4 is missing and there are only 4 pages of exhibits, not 5. If you could upload the missing pages I would appreciate it very much. Thanks.

nicechrisman · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:48 am **Posts:** 6

I did a yahoo search on "kinnick kinnick smoking blends, and came up with several sources. One of them even claimed to be wildcrafted by a Native American co op.

I'm looking for something other than tobacco for my girlfriend to smoke. She has gone through a traumatic time recently, and has fallen into smoking tobacco as a coping action. She has expressed interest in other smoking blends though, so maybe we'll have to try this one.

DrYRHead · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:19 am

Many herb vendors sell the components that one might find in Kinnick Kinnick. Uva ursi is the #1 herb in most cases. To that willow or cherry bark and mullein are often added. I prepared my own blend a while back, but I did not have any willow or cherry bark. Instead I used sassafras root bark, and it gave the smoke a sweet taste. Over all such blends can give a very mild sedative effect.

acora · **Joined:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:52 pm **Posts:** 1

One time, in the late eighties or early nineties, we did a 17 mile trek to the top of Mount Olympus and climbed up the scree piles to the top of the ridge to as high as we could get without ice climbing gear and did bong hits (of a legal smoking mixture of course) out of a bamboo bong that I had made, lined with a mixture of pitch and beeswax, until we ran out of matches and then it was getting dark and we had to hang from scrub growth trees as we climbed down mountain goat trails and harvested little red gold and green kolas of kinnickkinnick with my magic knife. Throughout this trip I carved a pipestone skull chillum with which we smoked the kinnickkinnick in a cave underneath the roots of a madrona tree (at sea level, after we got back) mixed with some of the madrona bark and some special treats supposedly brought back by Nepalese monks, and we had visions. Reds and blues and doors opening and pathways unfolding, all in this tiny dirt cave underneath the roots of the madrona right up the cliff from the beach in a park that we heard used to be a potlatch spot. The intention and preparation definitely influences the outcome of the experience, in my opinion.

DrYRHead · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:12 am

DrYRHead wrote:

Many herb vendors sell the components that one might find in Kinnick Kinnick. Uva ursi is the #1 herb in most cases. To that willow or cherry bark and mullein are often added. I prepared my own blend a while back, but I did not have any willow or cherry bark. Instead I used sassafras root bark, and it gave the smoke a sweet taste. Over all such blends can give a very mild sedative effect.

I got ahold of some white willow bark, and I tried it with the Kinnick kinnick mix. It was harsher then the sassafras bark was.

Teotzlcoatl · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:54 am

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One time, in the late eighties or early nineties, we did a 17 mile trek to the top of Mount Olympus and climbed up the scree piles to the top of the ridge to as high as we could get without ice climbing gear and did bong hits (of a legal smoking mixture of course) out of a bamboo bong that I had made, lined with a mixture of pitch and beeswax, until we ran out of matches and then it was getting dark and we had to hang from scrub growth trees as we climbed down mountain goat trails and harvested little red gold and green kolas of kinnickkinnick with my magic knife. Throughout this trip I carved a pipestone skull chillum with which we smoked the kinnickkinnick in a cave underneath the roots of a madrona tree (at sea level, after we got back) mixed with some of the madrona bark and some special treats supposedly brought back by Nepalese monks, and we had visions. Reds and blues and doors opening and pathways unfolding, all in this tiny dirt cave underneath the roots of the madrona right up the cliff from the beach in a park that we heard used to be a potlatch spot. The intention and preparation definitely influences the outcome of the experience, in my opinion.

What the hell are you talking about man?

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