Smudging

[Oh_That_Guy]

I burn all my unused harvested herbs and herb prunings. I also have lots of herbs in the house, like lavender in the linen and clothes cupboards and rosemary. I use strewing herbs to fragrance the house sometimes. I don't think it has any impact on spirits other than lifting my own.

Holy cow does your house smell like someone overdid the potpouri in the shitter?

 

[Lancecastor]

Trying to get rid of ghosts not create them.

Just burn more.

Eventually she won't care.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Try smudging with marijuana.

I have not been high in a long time. This may be the suggestion of the year, so far.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Muse_bella]

Smudging does work. One of the earliest posts in this thread gave a wonderful how-to regarding the practice.

I do light-work, and so my cleansing of the home, spiritually, involves opening all doors and windows, and inviting the light in to fill every corner, every nook of the home, while banishing the darkness. Once I have done this for every room, I then ward my doors and windows with salt. At this stage, I repeat a whispered mantra,

"This is a door/window for the Living and the Light. Only the Living and those of the Light may enter here."

It's worked very well for me.

 

[Sean]

Smudging does work. One of the earliest posts in this thread gave a wonderful how-to regarding the practice.

I do light-work, and so my cleansing of the home, spiritually, involves opening all doors and windows, and inviting the light in to fill every corner, every nook of the home, while banishing the darkness. Once I have done this for every room, I then ward my doors and windows with salt. At this stage, I repeat a whispered mantra,

"This is a door/window for the Living and the Light. Only the Living and those of the Light may enter here."

It's worked very well for me.

You mean no dead people walked in? That's astounding, I'm now totally convinced!

 

[Muse_bella]

You mean no dead people walked in? That's astounding, I'm now totally convinced!

*laughs softly*

None at all... except the good ones.

 

[Aphro]

*laughs softly*

None at all... except the good ones.

*snorts cynically*

Have you met our friend Mike Yates yet?

 

[neci]

i love the ritual of smudging. there is prayer and meditation in each corner. each opening of airflow. it teaches you to look for spiders and dust.

 

[neci]

it makes you want to rub fresh sage up into balls. stuff the turkey.

 

[Muse_bella]

*snorts cynically*

Have you met our friend Mike Yates yet?

No, but I imagine I'm in for a treat.

 

[doowdniw]

Anyone ever tried smudging successfully?

I have no citrus groves in Florida that I need to get through a hard frost, so no.

 

[Littlefinger]

Smudging does work. One of the earliest posts in this thread gave a wonderful how-to regarding the practice.

I do light-work, and so my cleansing of the home, spiritually, involves opening all doors and windows, and inviting the light in to fill every corner, every nook of the home, while banishing the darkness. Once I have done this for every room, I then ward my doors and windows with salt. At this stage, I repeat a whispered mantra,

"This is a door/window for the Living and the Light. Only the Living and those of the Light may enter here."

It's worked very well for me.

Very interesting. I really like that take on it and I've heard similar things before.

I do a lot of Shadow work and obsidian mirror scrying, so, I try to keep things uplifted and clean for the most part. Most of my knowledge of spiritual phenomenon indicates that nothing can enter your space if it is not welcomed; anything you don't want there can simply be commanded to leave. I think a lot of the ritual in wards and placing sigils and stones around the house is more about "owning your space" and investing time and care into the overall feeling of control over your domain.

 

[Muse_bella]

Very interesting. I really like that take on it and I've heard similar things before.

I do a lot of Shadow work and obsidian mirror scrying, so, I try to keep things uplifted and clean for the most part. Most of my knowledge of spiritual phenomenon indicates that nothing can enter your space if it is not welcomed; anything you don't want there can simply be commanded to leave. I think a lot of the ritual in wards and placing sigils and stones around the house is more about "owning your space" and investing time and care into the overall feeling of control over your domain.

Oh, I very much disagree. Darkness can indeed enter, even where it is not bidden. However, it CAN be sent away.

 

[Littlefinger]

Oh, I very much disagree. Darkness can indeed enter, even where it is not bidden. However, it CAN be sent away.

I guess I meant that there are clear ways in which things are attracted and choose to manifest. Welcomed as in making a place inviting or attractive, not necessarily a conscious opening of a doorway. A place that has a lot of tension or resentment is going to be a lot more appealing to a negative presence than a loving home full of warmth and comfort for those who reside there. Thought forms and spirits aren't stupid and they will go where there's a hole for them, a weakness to exploit and something to feed off of. Feeling secure in your space and in who you are, having a support system of people around you that are also secure about themselves, is half the battle.

 

[Muse_bella]

I guess I meant that there are clear ways in which things are attracted and choose to manifest. Welcomed as in making a place inviting or attractive, not necessarily a conscious opening of a doorway. A place that has a lot of tension or resentment is going to be a lot more appealing to a negative presence than a loving home full of warmth and comfort for those who reside there. Thought forms and spirits aren't stupid and they will go where there's a hole for them, a weakness to exploit and something to feed off of. Feeling secure in your space and in who you are, having a support system of people around you that are also secure about themselves, is half the battle.

Yes and no.

I agree that for many lesser forms of the darkness, it is easier and most comfortable to exist in a place of malcontent, because it is in that place that they are easily fed.

However, there is much evil in the world that is attracted to good, to happiness, to love, because it hates those things, and wishes to destroy it. Those who work for light and good in this world, are often plagued by such dark creatures, and that is part of their burden to bear... being a beacon that is seen in the dark and by the dark. To destroy the good, while more difficult, is must more heady a thing, than to exist within the bad... and the accomplishment feeds the darkness more strongly.

 

[Sunshine]

I let some bad energy in and need it cleared. Anyone ever tried smudging successfully?

Way way back, oh, probably 1988, I began smudging as a ritual. For years and years it was a part of my life habits. Haven't done it in a long time. It's a nice exercise when you believe it's doing something. See that's just it. Your belief is what accomplishes the smudging, not the burning sage.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Muse_bella]

I think you might find a couple of those here

Perhaps!