{"id":6268,"date":"2012-01-01T01:10:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T06:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6441"},"modified":"2012-01-08T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T21:22:18","slug":"rayne%e2%80%99s-ritual-way-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2012\/01\/01\/rayne%e2%80%99s-ritual-way-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayne\u2019s Ritual Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>House Cleansing Ritual<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To cleanse your house or place of residency of unwanted\/negative energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colors: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>White<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sage<\/p>\n<p>Cedar<\/p>\n<p>Sweetgrass<\/p>\n<p><em>*This ritual works best if you by the herbs in wand form*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 white candle<\/p>\n<p>Your three herb bundles<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ritual: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Begin by starting in the main room of the house, cast your circle. Invoke the elements and invoke any deity you wish to assist you with your cleansing. Once you\u2019ve called the elements, light the white candle envision divine white light pouring down all around you filling your body, and your house. Light the sage wand and allow it to smolder I recommend doing this over a plate or an abalone shell to catch the ashes. Once it\u2019s smoldering move in a counterclockwise direction (widdershins) wafting the sage smoke throughout the room. Pay special attention to doors, and closets. *When I get to doors I usually trace the door frame with the smoke and move to the next room. Once the entire house has been cleansed with the smoke, go back to your starting place extinguish the sage, and pick up the Cedar wand. Light the wand, allow it to smolder and walk deosil (clockwise) Go through every room wafting the smoke of the cedar wand. Again paying special attention to places where energy might be built up. Bedrooms and places of gatherings would be key points of interest. After you\u2019ve gone through the entire house, travel back into your starting room again. Light the Sweetgrass braid. In my opinion Sweetgrass will be harder to burn then the first two so you might have to bring the candle with you into each room. Once it\u2019s wafting move deosil (clockwise) throughout the house. If it permits you can also walk around the perimeter of your house with all of the wands as well. I really recommend doing this but some of us out there won\u2019t have this luxury. If you live in a place that doesn\u2019t allow you to burn incense or wands (most college dorms) You can always substitute the smoke for a water and salt mixture and sprinkle it deosil. You could also ring a bell allowing the vibrations to cleanse the house. Honestly anything once aligned with your will and intention can used to cleanse space even clapping. Or opening a window and allowing the wind to blow throughout your house. And it\u2019s always to make sure that your divine will is in accordance with your mundane actions. I do this by asking the God and Goddess and Spirit for their blessing whenever I\u2019m doing a magical endeavor. For clarification purposes the reason you burn sage widdershins is because sage is a very poignant purification herb. Walking widdershins means against the sun, so when you couple the sage with this action you are allowing the herb to banish the negative energies within the house. Many times Witches will cast their magic circle widdershins when doing a banishing, or a magical act that involves the breaking of energy. When you burn the cedar and Sweetgrass these are herbs that draw positive energy to your house. So you walk deosil with the sun. This action allows the herbs to draw positive energy into your house, as this is the motion of synthesis.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps with Spiritual Spring Cleaning! It\u2019s always good to open your windows when doing this as the smoke can be very thick. Also a good word of advice deactivate your smoke detectors.<\/p>\n<p>As always Blessed Be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Cleansing Ritual Purpose: To cleanse your house or place of residency of unwanted\/negative energy. Colors: White Herbs: Sage Cedar Sweetgrass *This ritual works best if you by the herbs in wand form* Tools: 1 white candle Your three herb bundles Ritual: Begin by starting in the main room of the house, cast your circle. Invoke the elements and invoke any deity you wish to assist you with your cleansing. Once you\u2019ve called the elements, light the white candle envision divine white light pouring down all around you filling your body, and your house. Light the sage wand and allow it to smolder I recommend doing this over a plate or an abalone shell to catch the ashes. Once it\u2019s smoldering move in a counterclockwise direction (widdershins) wafting the sage smoke throughout the room. Pay special attention to doors, and closets. *When I get to doors I usually trace the door frame with the smoke and move to the next room. Once the entire house has been cleansed with the smoke, go back to your starting place extinguish the sage, and pick up the Cedar wand. Light the wand, allow it to smolder and walk deosil (clockwise) Go through every room wafting the smoke of the cedar wand. Again paying special attention to places where energy might be built up. Bedrooms and places of gatherings would be key points of interest. After you\u2019ve gone through the entire house, travel back into your starting room again. Light the Sweetgrass braid. In my opinion Sweetgrass will be harder to burn then the first two so you might have to bring the candle with you into each room. Once it\u2019s wafting move deosil (clockwise) throughout the house. If it permits you can also walk around the perimeter of your house with all of the wands as well. I really recommend doing this but some of us out there won\u2019t have this luxury. If you live in a place that doesn\u2019t allow you to burn incense or wands (most college dorms) You can always substitute the smoke for a water and salt mixture and sprinkle it deosil. You could also ring a bell allowing the vibrations to cleanse the house. Honestly anything once aligned with your will and intention can used to cleanse space even clapping. Or opening a window and allowing the wind to blow throughout your house. And it\u2019s always to make sure that your divine will is in accordance with your mundane actions. I do this by asking the God and Goddess and Spirit for their blessing whenever I\u2019m doing a magical endeavor. For clarification purposes the reason you burn sage widdershins is because sage is a very poignant purification herb. Walking widdershins means against the sun, so when you couple the sage with this action you are allowing the herb to banish the negative energies within the house. Many times Witches will cast their magic circle widdershins when doing a banishing, or a magical act that involves the breaking of energy. When you burn the cedar and Sweetgrass these are herbs that draw positive energy to your house. So you walk deosil with the sun. This action allows the herbs to draw positive energy into your house, as this is the motion of synthesis. I hope this helps with Spiritual Spring Cleaning! It\u2019s always good to open your windows when doing this as the smoke can be very thick. Also a good word of advice deactivate your smoke detectors. As always Blessed Be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}