Guide To Witchcraft [DISCONTINUED]

⇢˚⋆ 10 ˎˊ- Cleansing

✧ What is cleansing?
Cleansing is the practise of removing negative and/or 'stale' energy from a space, an object or yourself.

✧ The importance of cleansing
- Keeping old/stale energy around may have a big impact on your emotions, which will not only interfere with your practise, but your life as well.
- Imagine any lingering negative energy as an invitation for other negative energies and entities, which can be troublesome, sometimes even dangerous, depending on the entity.

✧ What can you cleanse?
You can cleanse spaces (rooms or altars), objects (crystals, tools, tarot decks, personal belongings) and people.
* Don't go around waving incense sticks at random people though. Please get their consent first :)

✧ Methods of cleansing
— Smoke cleansing (using incense, candle smoke, or herb bundles)
— Sunlight & moonlight (be careful with leaving crystals out in the sun, some can get damaged)
— Water (either by soaking in water or sprinkling with water; again be careful as some crystals can't be put in water)
— Salt (sea salt and pink Himalayan salt; be careful with crystals and salt water)
— Sounds (using windchimes, different frequencies, singing bowls; singing bowls are a bit controversial, some people believe they're reserved for Tibetan/Nepali people, some believe they are open to anyone - keep that in mind when doing research)
— Visualization (techniques vary, but the most common one is visualizing a warm light around the object)

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