Sometimes you may get the feeling that there is just something not right in your home - maybe you've had a spate of bad luck or accidents, perhaps you've seen or felt presences, perhaps your sleep is disturbed regularly.  You home is your haven - you should ALWAYS feel safe, secure and protected in it. If, for whatever reason, you do not - then a cleansing is in order.  Remember that negative energy gets trapped in dust and dirt around the home.  So it may be pertinent to do some housework (preferably a full 'spring clean' but, if this is not possible, a good 'dusting'), then you can begin.

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Cleansing 

by Rowan Moonstone (28 May 89)

When I cleanse a dwelling place, first I burn a good cleansing incense, like frankincense or sandalwood in the home while I prepare for the rest of the ritual. You should have in addition to the incense, a candle, a bowl of salt water and a bowl of herbs. I particularly like to use rose buds for love, lavender for preservation, rosemary for protection, and any other sweet smelling ones that appeal to you personally. If you can get them home grown, so much the better. 

You should proceed around the house, widdershins( counter clock wise) and cleanse the area with the salt water. Be sure to get each corner, window, door, drain, etc. Simply sprinkle a little salt water on each and ask that any evil or disruptive influences leave the place. 

When this is finished, proceed around the house deosil( clockwise) sprinkling the blessing herbs and invoke whatever deities or properties you wish on the home, such as peace prosperity, tranquility, etc. 

In the past, I have used 3 candles on the central altar. Blue, symbolizing tranquility, green for healing and prosperity, and purple for protection. Others might be pink for love, or brown for hearth and home. You and anyone who is to share the home with you should share food and drink, and don't forget to leave a little of the food and drink to take outside and return to the Earth that which has been given.

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PURIFICATION & DEDICATION OF YOUR HOME

By Fiona Horne (4 Sept 89)

Make an infusion of sage (by steeping a handful of the herb in boiling water) then light a blue candle and place it in the bathroom.  Shower by candlelight, visualizing the dross of everyday living being sloughed off you and getting swept down the drain with the swirling waters.  Then douse yourself with the infusion, visualizing it healing and closing any holes in your aura and helping to realign your chakras.

Set up your altar in the living room.  Light two white candles with the flame from the blue candle that illuminated your purification.  Using a mortar and pestle make an incense of benzoin gum and sandalwood for purification and add Dragon's Blood for protection and dedication.  [Weatherwax Note: If you use stick/cone incense, use other incenses with the appropriate powers and burn more than one at a time if necessary.]  Cast your circle to encompass the whole house/apartment and call in the Quarters.   While burning incense on the altar take a bowl of salted water from room to room, sprinkling it with your fingers and repeating the purification charge: "Goodbye, goodbye to the past that dwells here; goodbye, goodbye to your spirits and ghosts, it is time for you to move on and away.  Good luck and farewell."

Back at the altar add more incense to the bowl (or light another set of sticks/cones) and walk from room to room fumigating any negative energy, saying; "In this space in this world and all the world's between, I release all negativity directed at me.  Here in this space I am divinely protected and safe."

Finally, at the altar perform the following dedication of your home: "I dedicate this home to me.  I fill its rooms with energy.  In this space all things creative and peaceful shall reign, especially love, health and financial gain.  This home of peace and fun and love vibrates now in my name.  So Mote It Be."

Close the Circle and put everything away.  

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SIMPLE SMUDGING

This is, by far, the simplest method of all.  (See my Smudging page for more detailed information on smudging and how to do it). 

Light a Smudge Stick and carry it through the house from room to room.  Using either your hand or a feather, make sure to waft the smoke into every corner, every cupboard, every 'nook & cranny'.  Visualise the smoke disintegrating any negative energy residing there.  Finish at the front door.

Then light a single white candle charged with purification and carry this through the house, ensuring that the light reaches every corner, every cupboard, every 'nook & cranny' again.  This brings light back to your dwelling.  Again, finish at the front door - the cleansing is complete.

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