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[vave82]

Very informative Hopefully I will never need it!!

[EVP]

Smudging dates back to many cultures from the Druids to Native Americans with varied success. I remember one account where the inexperienced smudger failed to open all the windows and supposedly created more of a problem because whatever was their was said to be trapped. Much like poking a bear with a sharpened stick. Taking matters into your own hands can have varied success. Personally I don't accept smudging as cure all because their isn't anything documenting proof of use but I can see desperate times can promote desperate measures.

Interestingly, Loyd Auerbach suggests that he's had personal luck by introducing strong magnets and believes it interrupts magnetic fields creating a diversion. Joe Nickel's a well known skeptic believes by introducing a substantially powerful stereo system with megawatts plus will drive things out of a house if used for several hours at a time. Although, with Joe being a hardcore skeptic, it may well just be a tongue in cheek statement.

[jlemich]

Thanks for posting!

[Avalon]

Cleansing oneself and ones home should be done periodically. Psychic attacks can also come from the living. I have asthma and can't utilize smudge stick. I do use soy/wax melts I burn in a candle warmer. this penetrates the house without having to get into every nook and cranny. Scents to use are Sage, Sandalwood and Cedar( some say in that order) To cleanse oneself simply shower with soap and visualize the negativity leaving you and then wash again ( for this  I use sandalwood soap} and visualize positive energy flowing in you. Remember the more you believe in your own power to take your self and house back the better the result. True "Magic" comes from within. Be firm and fearless.

[Chris Charles]

fascinating read, thank you.

[KlaineyGStudy]

  How to Perform a Cleansing Ritual
   GHOST REMOVAL

   Written by: Dark Angel - Jackie

If your home is definitely haunted by a ghost and you want to try to
rid your home of this ghost, here is a cleansing ritual that you can try.   

Materials needed:
~ A smudge stick of sage
~A lighter or matches
~A plate to catch ashes (an abalone shell works
great, do not use anything flammable like paper or
styrofoam plates!)

Go to the room that is furthest from the front door.
This will be your starting point, and you
will work towards the front door. Stand in the
center of the room, and light the end of the smudge
stick. Hold it over your "plate" so the ashes don't
drop on the floor. Very gently blow on the end to
get the stick burning enough to produce smoke. Do
not blow very hard, because you may blow embers off
the end of the smudge stick and burn carpet or
furniture, or worse yet, start a fire. When there is
steady smoke from the end of the smudge stick, stand
still and close your eyes. Focus internally, and
imagine a bubble of white light inside of you,
deep in the center of your body.

Imagine this bubble expanding in all directions, out
past your body. As the bubble expands beyond your
body, imagine this white light pushing negative
energy away ahead of it. Let the bubble grow until
it is filling the room, and all the negative energy
has been pushed out through the window(s) and door.
In your mind, command the white light to stay and
fill the room, right up to the window(s) and door,
and tell it to stay in this room and protect it.
Walk towards the door to this room, and as you do,
imagine the white light moving ahead of you, pushing
negative energy away. Keep holding the plate and
smudge stick ahead of you as you go, gently blowing
as necessary on the stick to keep smoke going. The
smoke, along with the white light, is what does the
cleansing.

As you walk out into the hallway, if there is a room
across from you, this would be the next place to go.

   The idea is to try to sweep the house from one end
to the next. Imagine the light filling the hall and
staying there as you go across into the next room.
As you enter the next<img border
room imagine the white light ahead of you, expanding
to fill the room and push negative energy towards
and out the window(s). Stop the energy at the
windows and once again tell the energy to stay in
the room and fill it. And yes, energy will flow
through windows. If there is no room, continue down
the hallway to the first room you come to. Enter
this room, surrounded by white light, and allow the
white light to expand and fill the room from the
doorway to the window(s), again pushing negativity
ahead of it and out the window (s). Continue down
the hallway to the next room and repeat. Every room
behind you should be left filled with white light as
you move ahead. Keep repeating until you have come
to the front door.

Once you get to the front door, snuff out the smudge
stick by tamping the lit end down into the plate
until you smother out the embers and it's no longer
smoking (like putting out a cigarette). Take the
ashes and either: A) sprinkle a line across the
doorway on the porch or if there are two potted
plants on either side of the doorway, put half the
ashes in one and half in the other. This will help
to further protect the house. The front door is the
one most used to enter and exit, so it's always
opening. It is therefore more likely to allow ghosts
in and needs more protection. If you are working
with a two or more story house, start in the
uppermost story, furthest away from the stairs.
Treat the stairs as though they were the front door
to the house. Fill the uppermost level with white
light, all the way to the stairs, and fill the
stairwell as you go down to the next level.

You may use the option of saying a prayer of
protection before and after you cleanse, but the
white light surrounding you will act as a shield
between you and negative energy. You are, after all,
surrounded by it throughout the whole process, but
if you are more comfortable with prayer, it
certainly can't hurt.

[JIMOverSeer]

Avalon, on 24 October 2015 - 06:24 PM, said:

Cleansing oneself and ones home should be done periodically. Psychic attacks can also come from the living. I have asthma and can't utilize smudge stick. I do use soy/wax melts I burn in a candle warmer. this penetrates the house without having to get into every nook and cranny. Scents to use are Sage, Sandalwood and Cedar( some say in that order) To cleanse oneself simply shower with soap and visualize the negativity leaving you and then wash again ( for this  I use sandalwood soap} and visualize positive energy flowing in you. Remember the more you believe in your own power to take your self and house back the better the result. True "Magic" comes from within. Be firm and fearless.

I would think that someone with asthma could have a friend or family member perform the Ritual (smudging) for them.

And I agree... scents to use are Sage, Sandalwood and Cedar and in that order. And do it often!  

[MacCionoadha BeanSidhe]

Avalon, on 24 October 2015 - 06:24 PM, said:

Cleansing oneself and ones home should be done periodically. Psychic attacks can also come from the living. I have asthma and can't utilize smudge stick. I do use soy/wax melts I burn in a candle warmer. this penetrates the house without having to get into every nook and cranny. Scents to use are Sage, Sandalwood and Cedar( some say in that order) To cleanse oneself simply shower with soap and visualize the negativity leaving you and then wash again ( for this  I use sandalwood soap} and visualize positive energy flowing in you. Remember the more you believe in your own power to take your self and house back the better the result. True "Magic" comes from within. Be firm and fearless.

You can also use white sage sprays.


The shop The Wandering Bull, LLC  has it for $14.99 for a 4 ounce bottle.

Edited by MacCionoadha BeanSidhe, 10 February 2018 - 03:17 PM.