Cleanse Your Home with White Sage

If you are moving or have been living in a home that you believe may need to be cleans of unwanted energies or paranormal creatures you may want to use Sage. You can purchase white Sage online or in your local Wicca or new age store. Sage stick also called “smudging stick” are ideal for cleansing your home however you can purchase loose sage and use a vessel such as a shell to hold it while it burns. Burning Sage is very strong and pungent, you can prepare for this by burning a small amount before hand.

Sage Cleansing Ritual

- Open every door and window in your home including closets, dens, storage areas, attic and the basement, and in particular where you feel the most energy.

- Stand at your front door and light the stick until you have a flame, blow on  it until the flame goes out and embers smoke. You can let the stick stay on fire until you are satisfied with the burning area before blowing the flames out to embers. Keep the lighter with you as it may go out. (Note down when and if this happens.)

- Begin by walking the heavies traffic areas moving the stick in a sweeping motion up, down and side to side, saying a prayer of empowerment. You can use the prayer of St. Michael, or simpler more direct prayers that you feel comfortable saying out loud and confidently. (You do not need to perform this alone)

- Walk through all your rooms, waving the sage smoke in a sweeping motion and using your free hand to push the smoke into corners from top to bottom, along walls, around windows and along the ceiling and floor lines.

- After you have cleared your entire home including heavily used outdoor areas, use your hand to make a cup over the smoke and push the smoke over your head and face. You do not need to inhale the smoke. Use the stick and wave it around your body from head to toe and front to back to force any energies not your own away from your body.

You can let the stick burn out on its own or extinguish it as you see fit. You may want to keep the remainder Sage as a tool of self empowerment or for future use. Allow the remainder of the smoke and smell to leave your home before closing your windows and doors. You may need to repeat this ritual.