Cleansing & Purification Spells

Cleansing Spell 1

Take a container that can withstand heat. Cover the bottom with sea or non iodized salt and then pour alcohol over it until it covers the salt. Now place the container on a tray (as it will get very hot) and light it. Walk around all rooms stating using whatever you wish but telling the negative to get out!

Cleansing Spell 2

Walk the area sprinkling a little salt here and there. Saying:
"With this I purify you
of the past,
of hurts and memories
keeping only love."

Sending Bad Stuff Away

To the Goddess, I do pray
Grant me power, strength to flay
This one's curse
With these words, I hold thee at bay.

To Cleanse a Home from Negative Energy

These are especially good measures to take when moving into a new place, beginning ritual activities in a new space, or to release bad feelings when an inhabitant has been sick or has died. I did the home cleansing when I kicked my boyfriend out.

To cleanse a single room - on top of a newspaper, set a blue candle. surround with a circle of salt. burn a little sage in the room. light the candle, making sure it won't tip over. close the door and let the candle burn down. when finished, take newspaper, salt, and candle leaving and bury far from your home.

To cleanse a house - select four corners. set four candles: north - black, east - white, south - purple or dark red, west - blue. sprinkle a little salt at each doorway and window. burn sage in each room, paying special attention to windows and doors. strew fragrant herbs (rosemary, basil, lavender, others you like or consult a reference) and sweep them up with the salt. cast the swept herbs out your front door. you may want to sweep them off your porch so they aren't on your property anymore.

Purification of Self Spell

The purification of self is a way to remove the accumulation of all negative things that happened during the day and to prepare for the work to come. Before ritual work, you have to change your frame of mind from the everyday mundane world.

Here are a couple of ways to to do this.

Incense: You may use incense in the common stick form or in what is called a smudge stick. This is a small bundle of incense. The incense is lit and is passed around the body, but not too close to the hair (fire hazard). As you pass the incense around your body, concentrate on the smoke passing through you. Invision all the negativity and the excess baggage of the day leaving you as the smoke rises around you.When you feel cleansed, put out the incense. You will need a container to put out the smudge stick. A terra cotta saucer filled with sand is ideal.

Ritual Baths: A ritual bath is a great way to shed the day and concentrate on the ritual to come.

Supplies: White candles, for Spirituality and Higher Self, Salt, Herb or Herbs for Purification, Candle Snuffer.

Run a bath of very warm water. As the water is running light the white candles. Use as many as you wish. Three is an appropriate number as it represents the three aspects of the Goddess. As you light a candle think or recite aloud: "I light this candle in truth and peace". Repeat with each candle. While the water is running,add a small amount of salt into the water, then add the the herb or herbs of your choice. Step into the water and slowly sink down into the tub. Relax and feel the water covering your body. Let the day and all negativity be drawn into the water. Concentrate on letting go and moving to the positive. Wash slowly. Turn the bath into its own ritual. Think or say aloud : " All negativity is flowing out of me into the water. I am pure for the work to come." Take as long as you need. When you feel you are clear and relaxed step out of the tub and drain the water. Watch the water flow down the drain. Envision all the negativity and the day behind you flowing down the drain with the water. Dry yourself slowly, deliberately.As you snuff out the candles, think or say aloud: "I leave this bath in truth and peace." You are now ready for the ritual to come.