| Smudging with smudge sticks is one of the best | | | | the dark energies and negative forces out of the |
| ways to remove negativity, negative forces, and | | | | home. |
| unwanted energies from your home. | | | | When you have that all completed, the next step is |
| There are many different ways you can perform a | | | | to go to your front door and hold your smudge stick |
| smudging ritual or ceremony on your home that is | | | | in your dominate hand. Next, light the smudge stick |
| quick, safe, and effective, however this post will go | | | | and let it smolder and smoke real good. The best |
| into just one general ritual that basically anyone can | | | | way to light a smudge stick is to use an enlongated |
| do and use as long as they have the proper | | | | lighter that you would use to light candles or pilot |
| smudging materials needed to perform it. | | | | lights in stoves. |
| Step 1 Gather Smudging Tools | | | | Once your smudge stick is smoldering and smoking |
| Smudge Sticks | | | | and really good, keep that lighter on you(and your |
| The most important thing you will need to begin a | | | | gemstone if you only have one, keep it in a pocket |
| smudging ritual for your home will be a smudge stick. | | | | or in your hand whichever you prefer as long as it is |
| Smudge sticks are normally hand made and rolled, | | | | close to you) and begin to walk around the first |
| and tightly tied together by yarn or string. There | | | | room that your front door is in. As you walk through |
| many different variations, scents, and herbs that are | | | | each room say a prayer and say it with POWER and |
| used in the making of a smudge stick, however, sage | | | | STRENGTH. One such prayer you can use is: |
| is the most common one used because sage is one | | | | "Negativity that invades my sacred place |
| of the most potent negativity killers out there today | | | | I banish you away with the light of my grace |
| and has been for hundreds of years. | | | | You have no hold or power here |
| Incense | | | | For I stand and face you with no fear |
| Another added benefit you can have while you are | | | | Be gone forever, for this I will say |
| performing your smudging ceremony would be to | | | | This is my sacred place and you will obay" |
| obtain some incense. Incense comes in many | | | | Again this is just an example, you can use your own |
| different scents and varieties like smudge sticks, | | | | or this one, whichever you prefer. Once you are |
| including cones, sticks, and pure natural granular | | | | done with that room, go on to the next room, and |
| incense. Any of the three will do, however we find | | | | the next, until every room in your house is fully |
| that the more natural the better. Natural granular | | | | covered. Ensure that you hit every corner of each |
| incense however will need to be burned different | | | | room, and make sure the smudge stick is smoldering |
| then cone or sticks. If you are going to use granular | | | | and smoking. If it begins to die out then relight it with |
| incense you will need some charcoal and an incense | | | | your lighter. You being the smudging ritual at the |
| burner. You light the charcoal first outside the incense | | | | front door of your home, and you end it at the back |
| burner holding the charcoal with a pair of tongs so | | | | door. If you wish once you have finished going from |
| you don't get burned. Once the charcoal is lit make | | | | front to back, you can go back through again starting |
| sure it is smoking regularly and then place it into your | | | | at the back door and then going to the front door. |
| incense burner. Next, place your granular incense | | | | Step 3 Closing Your Smudging Ritual |
| ontop of the charcoal and then if you have some | | | | This is important. Properly closing out your ritual can |
| sand, or gravel, or small pebbles, you can place this | | | | be vital to ensure the energy you put into it worked. |
| over the charcoal and the incense in a mound shape | | | | For this ritual the proper way to close would be to |
| but ensure the smoke can rise from it. | | | | first put out the smoldering smudge stick or you can |
| Some scents you can use along with your smudge | | | | let it burn itself out. One way of putting out a |
| stick for incense would be sage, cedar, banishing, | | | | smoking smudge stick would be to get an ash tray, |
| purification, water(element incense), sweetgrass, | | | | or ceramic plate, or something similar and gently dab |
| copal, dragon's blood, and lavender are some of the | | | | the lit end onto it like putting out a cigarette. Another |
| most effective. | | | | way would be to simply place it onto something |
| Before you work with your smudge stick, it is best | | | | where it won't fall and let it burn out on its own(they |
| to place whatever incense you are using into each | | | | usually do). |
| room of the home and let it burn with the windows | | | | Once your smudge stick is out, let your incense burn |
| open if there are windows in that room. | | | | out on its own naturally. If you are using gemstones |
| Gemstones | | | | an idea to close the ritual with even more positive |
| Another tool you can use along side your incense and | | | | energy would be to take an altar bell(or any bell if |
| smudge stick would be some gemstones. Gemstones | | | | you have one) and gently ring it right above the |
| are a powerful tool in cleansing. The energies within | | | | stone. The ringing of the bell will send vibrations into |
| the stones can be potent, and depending on the size | | | | the stone and this will trigger the gemstone to |
| of the gemstone(the larger the more energy it will | | | | release it's energies into the room. If you do not |
| have) you can have an amazing purifying source in | | | | have an altar bell, you can get a glass and a fork and |
| the gemstones. Some gemstones for purification and | | | | gently ding the glass with the fork over the |
| cleansing purposes are quartz, citrine, amethyst, and | | | | gemstone as well. |
| malachite. If you happen to have enough stones | | | | If you do not have gemstones in every room and |
| place one into every room of your home along side | | | | only have the one you were carrying around with |
| the incense. If you only have one stone or only have | | | | you, take the gemstone and perform the above with |
| the means to have one, then you can carry it with | | | | the chiming technique and then place the stone by |
| you while you perform the smudging ritual. | | | | your bed or under your pillow. |
| Step 2 Begin your Smudging Ritual | | | | If you have performed everything mentioned within |
| The first step with this ritual if you have incense in | | | | this post you will have yourself one purified and |
| every room would be to light all the incense and | | | | blessed home for quite a while. You can re-do this |
| make sure they are burning with all the windows you | | | | ritual every six months or as needed. The incense |
| have in your wide open, the curtains and blinds up. | | | | and stones are just extra benefits to the ritual, |
| The next step is to make sure your gemstones are | | | | however the smudge stick is essential. If you cannot |
| in place next to your incense. | | | | or do not want to use the incense or gemstones, |
| Whenever this particular ritual is performed, it is | | | | ensure you walk through your home and say the |
| performed during the day, preferably on a sunny day. | | | | prayer with your smudge stick as mentioned. |
| The sun and light will help you in this ritual to purge | | | | |