Home Cleansing Ritual

Doing a cleansing, purifying and sealing ritual will refresh your personal space, infusing it with restorative vibrations and a spiritual aura. You can use this ritual any time you feel the energy in your house is dimming, or to bless a new home or office. It will raise the levels of your own well-being, as well as your surroundings.

Supplies

• 3 white candles
• Cinnamon incense
• 1/4 cup whole cloves
• 4 cups water
• Sage or sweet grass smudge stick (or sage incense)
• Quartz  crystals – one for each room in your house
• Sea salt
• Small bowls or dishes – one for each room in your house

Preparation

Gather the cloves, cinnamon incense, smudge stick, quartz crystals, bowls, and candles, and place it your kitchen. Wear white when performing this ritual and play soothing classical, or instrumental music. Center yourself with a prayer or short meditation to set the mood before you begin.

Even the happiest homes accumulate negative vibrations over time, so feng shui practitioners find it helpful to smudge the home at least several times a year ~ Rodika Tchi

The Ritual

Begin in the kitchen. Light your cinnamon incense, then with the wand, light the three white candles. Combine the cloves and four cups of water in a medium-size saucepan. Bring the water to a boil. Lower the heat to simmer. This will fill your home with the scent of clove, which in and of itself, carries the power to chase out negative energy.

Once the clove sealant is simmering safely on the stove, you can begin purifying the rooms in your house, starting with the kitchen, and then moving on to the living room, bedrooms and other spaces in your home where you feel stagnant energy.

Light the smudge stick or incense, and waft the smoke back and forth as you move through each room, to clear out lingering stagnancy, as well as any negative vibrations or energy. As you walk into each room, recite this prayer:

I ask Spirit that this room and all contained in it be cleansed, purified and infused with white light.

Make sure to smudge twice around door frames, windows, and any electronic equipment in every room, I including television sets, stereos, phones, computers, electric outlets, and so on.

Once you’ve completed the ritual in each room, create a metaphysical air freshener to keep it protected. Take one small bowl or dish, and fill it with sea salt. Place a quartz crystal upright in the salt, and set it in a place where it will be undisturbed. Replace the salt once a week to keep your spiritual air freshener charged.

Your home is a place of sanctuary and needs a little “self-care” every now and then. Not just with a deep cleaning or a few constructional repairs, but with a routine that will maintain its intimacy, support, and sacred energy. A house cleansing can do just that ~ Jessica Renae

Repeat this process in each room until your entire house has been smudged and cleared. When you have finished, return to the kitchen and turn off the stove. If you prefer, you can continue to simmer the cloves for another hour or two, but be sure to watch the water levels, adding more liquid to the saucepan if needed, to maintain the original level.

When you are finished, you can discard the cloves, blow out the candles, and extinguish the smudge stick. If desired, you can use the water from the clove sealant and add to a bath to seal your own personal body and aura. Then sit back and enjoy your vibrant and spiritually purified environment!