Why I Use Tobacco: The Investigator’s Eye, the Intuitive’s Touch, and the Power of an Ancient Plant

Why I Use Tobacco: The Investigator’s Eye, the Intuitive’s Touch, and the Power of an Ancient Plant

When you work at the crossroads of intuition and investigation, you learn something most people don’t want to admit:
not all spiritual tools are equal.
Some tools are soft and suggestive. Some are flashy and overused. And some — a rare few — hold the kind of weight that doesn’t require theatrics.

Tobacco is one of those few.

Not ceremonial blends.
Not rare leaves wrapped in symbolism and marketing.
I’m talking about plain store-bought tobacco, the kind most people overlook completely.

I didn’t learn this from a book or a guru.
I learned it from my friend and business partner, Sharon Coody, who showed me that tobacco does its work without smoke, without ritual, and without spectacle. Sometimes you simply scatter it, and the room responds like it had been waiting for someone to finally speak with authority.

People ask me constantly, “Why tobacco?”
The answer is layered — historical, practical, spiritual, and experiential.

And I’ve seen it with my own eyes in ways that sage simply cannot touch.

THE ORIGINS OF TOBACCO — AND WHY IT STILL CARRIES AUTHORITY

Before tobacco was ever rolled into a cigarette, before companies turned it into addiction, before Hollywood made it glamorous, it was sacred.
Indigenous nations across North America used tobacco as one of their highest ceremonial plants. It wasn’t used for cleansing — it was used for:

• Communion with the Divine

• Offerings of gratitude

• Truth-speaking and prayer

• Contracts, vows, and commitments

• Establishing boundaries and agreements

• Calling forth spiritual authority

It was considered a bridge plant — a connector between physical and spiritual realms.

People didn’t “smudge” with it.
They declared with it.

This matters.

A plant that historically functions as a messenger, a boundary-setter, and an anchor of spiritual authority doesn’t lose that fingerprint just because modern life forgot it.

When you use tobacco with clarity and intention, you’re tapping into a plant whose original purpose was to carry prayers, agreements, and the weight of truth.

That’s why it works so deeply and so consistently — even when all the trendy tools fail.

WHY TOBACCO SUCCEEDS

Sage has become the spiritual equivalent of lavender-scented laundry detergent: everyone uses it, whether they understand it or not. It’s a purifier — good for lifting, clearing, refreshing.

But when you’re dealing with:

• trauma residue

• emotional imprints

• stubborn energies

• grief-laden spaces

• the “pressure” some rooms hold

• places with spiritual squatters

Sage doesn’t have the spine for the job.

Sage suggests - Tobacco commands.

Sage clears the air.
Tobacco restores the ground.

Sage brushes the surface.
Tobacco settles into the foundation.

Sage participates in the ritual.
Tobacco establishes jurisdiction.

And when you scatter tobacco intentionally — especially in corners, thresholds, hallways, and floor-level spaces — you’re engaging a plant that historically functioned as a spiritual enforcer.

That’s why it works without needing to be burned.
It’s not smoke doing the heavy lifting.
It’s authority.

TOBACCO RESPONDS TO CLARITY

Investigative work teaches you to read environments with precision. You learn what’s lingering, what’s “off,” what’s hiding in plain sight. And you learn the difference between theatrics and effectiveness.

A lot of spiritual tools are theatrical.
They do more to reassure the person performing them than to address the environment.

Tobacco doesn’t care about performance.
It responds to intention with backbone.

A handful scattered on a threshold carries more weight than an hour of waving sage if your intention is steady and your authority is grounded.

That’s why tobacco speaks the language of investigators and intuitives alike:
it favors the clear, the firm, the honest, and the rooted.

STORIES THAT EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN THEORY EVER COULD

1. The Hallway That Three Sagers Couldn’t Fix

A family had called in multiple people to cleanse their home. Sage everywhere. The place still felt like something was leaning over the upstairs hallway.

I didn’t light a thing.

I walked the hallway, felt the “pressure point,” and scattered tobacco along the baseboards—exactly where the energy had settled.

Within minutes, the entire hallway relaxed.
The air normalized.
The pressure disappeared.

Not because of smoke.
Because of authority + contact.

2. The Office Chair That Held a Breakdown

A woman couldn’t sit at her desk without feeling like something was “behind” her. She’d saged the office until the upholstery smelled like a campfire.

Turns out the previous employee had a breakdown at that desk.

Trauma lives low.
It sinks.
It settles.

I sprinkled tobacco under the chair — just a pinch.

The heaviness broke immediately.

That’s tobacco:
it doesn’t float like sage.
It grounds, absorbs, stabilizes.

3. The Living Room Heavy With Grief

A family had sudden loss. The air was thick. Sage only stirred the grief; it didn’t move it.

I scattered tobacco around the perimeter of the living room.

The change wasn’t “lighter.”
It was quieter, balanced, contained.

Tobacco doesn’t lift emotions; it settles them so the space can breathe again.

WHY THESE STORIES MATTER

Because they demonstrate a truth most people overlook:

Tobacco works because it has not been romanticized or trivialized.

It still carries respect, gravity, and integrity.

Tobacco interacts with the foundation, not just the air.

It partners with the ground — where emotional residue actually sits.

Tobacco responds to clear spiritual authority.

It’s not a beginner’s tool, and that’s part of why it remains powerful.

Tobacco carries an ancient role of boundary-making and spiritual messaging.

And that purpose has never diminished.

Tobacco is humble.

It’s not trendy.
It’s not glamorous.
And that protects its potency.

THE REAL REASON I USE IT

Because after decades of reading spaces, people, and spiritual dynamics, this is the plant that consistently succeeds without the need for performance.

Sharon taught me the simple way. Experience proved the deeper truth.

I don’t use tobacco because it’s mystical.
I use it because it works.
Quietly.
Cleanly.
Consistently.
Where sage politely knocks,
tobacco walks in and restores order.

And in my line of work — where clarity matters, where presence matters, where intention matters — that makes all the difference.