Palo santo, which means "holy wood" in Spanish, is a source of great spiritual significance. Here's how to use it in your sacred rituals.

Palo santo, also known as Bursera graveolens, comes from a small tree or shrub native to Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and other South American countries. Because its wood contains abundant aromatic ...

Imagery linking religion and carnality runs through the song lyrics, with well-worked shifts in pace and mood. ... Palo Santo has been crafted as a coherent listening experience.

Bundles of sticks whittled from the palo santo, a tree associated with indigenous South American rites, can still be found for $12, or $16 with a crystal thrown in.

Alexander uses religious iconography to explore themes of sexuality, queerness and guilt in the most gloriously unapologetic fashion. In South American traditions, palo santo is used to cleanse a ...