Since its name comes from the Latin “clarus,” meaning clear or bright, Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea) is valued for its medicinal scent and its positive effect on clarity, insight and inner vision. Old herbalists used to refer to this plant as the “eye-clearer”, as it was thought to heal vision problems. Still, it works on the inner eye, which is the place where intuition and spiritual awareness start.
In spiritual work, Clary Sage helps people gently and effectively find inner wisdom, let go of anxiety and become more self-aware. It is a plant that helps us, helping us move past confusion, fear and illusion and regain peace and certainty in life.
1. Activating Your Inner Vision
Clary sage is strongly related to the third eye chakra, which handles our intuition, creativity and spiritual vision. Because of this, it is useful for anyone seeking spiritual growth, creative inspiration or divine support.
The essence of it helps us remove fog from our minds and notice situations as they really are. Many use it in meditation and for visionary purposes.
a) Improving how we recognize and experience our inner being
b) Helping people use dreamwork, visualization and insight practices
c) Trying to calm our thoughts so we can notice the voice of our soul
If you don’t know which direction to take, Clary Sage guides you by helping your inner wisdom appear more clearly.
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2. Experiencing and letting go of emotions
Clary sage has a spiritual function: it helps to gently release trapped emotions in the body. The scent helps calm your mind, letting go of tension and encouraging you to accept what’s happening.
Spiritual growth can be blocked when we keep our emotions, such as grief, anger, shame or regret, inside. Clary Sage allows you to experience and release these challenges without criticism. It encourages:
a) Getting rid of emotional pain from the past
b) Finding peace for anxiety, guilt or mixed emotions
c) Taking back your entitlement to happiness and ease
That’s why it’s especially useful during times of spiritual healing, transformation or awakening of the heart.
3. Bringing Together the Feminine Spirit
Clary sage has been used for a long time to help balance women’s hormones. This aspect also speaks to the Divine Feminine, the spiritual image of intuition, being receptive, being fluid and creation.
Clary sage works for the inner feminine energy in both men and women. It trains us in:
a) Follow our gut feelings.
b) Let yourself go with the way things naturally happen.
c) Let things develop and grow in the way and time God has set out.
Resonating with the feminine in ourselves helps make our relationships better, brings back our feelings and makes it easier to accept change and be vulnerable.
4. Exposing the Myths
Clary sage is often linked to spiritually gaining insight past illusion, false beliefs or stories led by the ego. It helps our soul to see past the fear, uncertainty or strong feelings that can block our view when we are caught up in them.
This becomes very useful when:
a) At a point where life choices are important and you need to understand yourself
b) Trying to overcome fixed ways of thinking or behaviors
c) Looking to understand the essence behind what I see
Clary sage helps us open up spiritually. It allows your inner self to become unclouded so you can see your life and your choices from a wise, not fearful, point of view.
5. Helping People to Expression Their Creativity
As well as helping people think clearly, Clary Sage also helps unleash creativity. It helps people imagine, think differently and express who they are.
If you are a writer, artist, musician or someone hoping to get inspired by the inner or higher worlds, it is ideal for you. Clary sage is spiritually encouraging for us to:
a) Rely on what makes us unique and different
b) Be able to speak what’s on our minds without holding back
c) Put your divine ideas into real, practical form.
Hence, people interested in spirituality turn to Clary Sage before creative works, writing or engaging in deep work to find it easier to reach a flow state.
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6. Learning to be at peace, aware and giving up to the Divine
Clary sage has a scent that soothes the nervous system and is wonderful for enhancing spiritual quiet and focus. It gradually leads the soul into a feeling of peaceful acceptance, as anxiety goes away and the moment is felt more clearly.
Because life can make us overthink a lot, Clary Sage helps remind us:
a) Pay attention to what’s around you as it happens. All the answers and tools you need are inside you.
For this reason, it is a great spiritual aid to use during:
i. Try using meditation and breathing exercises
ii. When I feel too much or not enough.
iii. Times when we surrender, pray or take a moment to reflect
iv. It gives your soul new strength and helps it move freely toward trusting and opening up.
7. Dreams or trying to communicate with your soul
Thanks to its link with inner energy and the third eye, Clary Sage supports dreaming and intuitive dreams. Thanks to its effects, your dreams may become more intense; it can help you remember dreams, and symbols in dreams may become easier to interpret.
It can be applied for:
a) Setting a goal for your dreams before going to bed can help you have one.
b) Create a connection within for your own inner advice.
c) Try to connect with your ancestors or the world beyond.
Before going to sleep, diffuse some clary sage or use it on your pulse points (make sure it’s diluted), which may encourage dreams you can better understand.
8. How Clary Sage Is Used Spiritually
You can still gain from the spiritual side of Clary Sage without using fancy rituals. There are some simple ways to get the most out of this plant:
1. Aromatic Meditation.
Add Diffuse Clary Sage essential oil to your meditation sessions. Close your eyes, do long, slow breaths and pay attention to your third eye. Don’t try to push insight, but allow it to happen naturally.
2. Sessions for Releasing Emotions
Use a little bit of diluted clary sage on the heart or solar plexus during times of writing about your emotions or when you need healing. Give yourself permission to feel deeply during its energy.
3. Creativity helps improve one’s outlook.
When you begin your creative session, breathe in some clary sage and decide to receive guidance either from inside or from higher powers.
4. Helping You Get Better Sleep and Dreams:
Drop a bit of clary sage on a cotton ball and keep it near your pillow for a better and more guided sleep.
Things to Keep in Mind
Although Clary Sage is usually gentle, it is a potent oil and requires careful handling.
1. Be sure to dilute the essential oil before putting it on your skin.
2. It is important to avoid using too much during pregnancy (see a health practitioner first).
3. Start with a little bit—the energy and emotions it gives can be really strong
4. Maintaining respect for the plant’s strength helps both the plant and your own energy.
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Conclusion
For those willing to look clearly at what’s challenging them in life—confusion, emotional fog or self-doubt—Clary Sage is a true gift. It helps us recognize the value of inner vision, trust ourselves intuitively, stop holding onto what’s no longer necessary and reflect a life filled with truth, peace and divine creativity.
Because it is often difficult to see clearly, Clary Sage encourages the mind to remember what it already understands.
You are the source of light. The answer is inside of you. Listen to the advice that comes from you at your deepest level.
Let Clary Sage accompany you on your spiritual journey, without rushing, worrying or losing your way.