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 and negativity when an inhabitant has been sick or has died.

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
• Leave the room and bury far from your home.

To cleanse a house:

• Sprinkle a little salt at each doorway and window.
• Burn sage in each room, paying special attention to windows and doors.

Cleansing with herbs:

Strew fragrant herbs (rosemary, basil, lavender, others you especially like). Sweep them up with the salt. Cast the swept herbs out your front door. Sweep them off your porch so they won’t get tracked back in.

Candles in the corners:

Select four corners. Set four candles – one in each corner, allow them to burn down.

• North – black
• East – white
• South – purple or dark red
• West – blue