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The article focuses on the palo santo plant and its spiritual significance. Topics include the other species, Bursera graveolens, is also called palo santo but grows closer to the equator and being not on the Red List, the same spiritual effect from a questionably sourced box of sticks has snagged on Amazon, and the palo santo trees produce the finest oils when they die naturally and sit on the forest floor for several years.