Well Deenie the purpose behind smudging is to rid a place of negative energy or spirits.Now some people do it on a regular basis that practice any type of rituals to keep the negative energy and entities at bay,it doesn’t always work all of the time especially on some evil entities.It’s not a cure all,when this doesn’t work it’s time to call in for some help.A lot of people do this as a blessing,there are many herbs that people use to accomplish this.Tomb Raider.

Using a smudging tool is part of many Native American traditions. The burning of herbs for emotional, psychic, and spiritual purification is also common practice among many religious, healing, and spiritual groups. The ritual of smudging can be defined as “spiritual house cleaning.” In theory, the smoke attaches itself to negative energy and as the smoke clears it takes the negative energy with it, releasing it into another space where it will be regenerated into positive energy.

This ritual has been adopted by many New Age paths, for example Wicca.

Because then they would have to deal with me.

You really think sage smells good? lol I had to acquire a like for it. My kids squawk if they smell it. I have noticed also that even when I haven’t burned sage in months, sometimes late at night I will smell it very strong threw the house. I know no one was burning it.
I wonder if the spirits are trying to smudge me out?

Put sage in all four corners of your home, it invites the good spirits that will flush out the bad ones because it’s all about spiritual warfare~
Intel~