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warn you though; your whole house will smell gross that

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night and for awhile afterward. This ritual is not recom-

mended unless you REALLY have a lot of negativity to

remove. Also, given the fact that you may be the only

magically-minded person in a home shared with others,

this ritual may be totally unworkable.

You can also use Four Thieves’ Vinegar as a floor wash

to rid your home of any “astral buildup” or negativity. To do this, simply add a cup of the vinegar to a bucket of

wash water and mop or scrub your floors with intent. This

is a good way of cleansing your kitchen.

A MUCH less overt, drastic, difficult, and/or stinky

technique for ridding your home of negativity using Four

Thieves Vinegar involves a bit of subtle candle magic.

Take a white candle and if possible, a black candle and

anoint them with the vinegar. If you can only find a white candle at the store it’s okay; just use the white one or use two white candles. Either way, light the candles, preferably in the center of the home or say, as dinner candles

on the table. Try to leave the candles lit for an hour (even longer, if possible) if you can. This will burn away negativity and cleanse your home. You can repeat this process

once a month if desired, preferably during the waning

moon.

Here’s a classic method for removing a negative per-

son (an enemy) from your life. This I nag, must only be

done with careful consideration of magical ethics and this spell should be cast with the intent of “according to free will and for the good of all”. This spell is to permanently
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remove someone from your life; to make them leave. Take

a square of fresh new paper and black ink and write the

name of the intended target in the middle of the paper

and fold the paper; making the folds away from you, so

that the person’s name is covered and cannot be seen.

Charge this paper with your intent for them to leave your

life forever (according to free will and for the good of all) and place the paper in a bottle filled with Four Thieves

Vinegar. Seal the bottle and throw the bottle in a moving

body of water such as a river or stream. It is done. A bit of an alternative would be to soak the paper in the vinegar, then allow it to dry for a day and burn the paper in the light of a black candle (setting it in a heatproof dish to burn to ash) and then, flush the ashes along with the

remaining vinegar down the toilet while screaming (in

your mind), “Leave now, leave me be; vile wretch, be gone

from me; by free will, for good of all, away from me you

shall now fall!”

Another useful brew would be a magical cleans-

ing brew. This brew has multiple uses from sprinkling it

around the home in order to remove any negative vibra-

tions to cleansing magical tools to drinking it in order to cleanse yourself of negativity.

Cleansing Brew

• 1 tablespoon peppermint (or a peppermint

tea bag)

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• 1 tablespoon thyme

• Sprig of fresh rosemary (optional)

• 1 cup lemon juice

• ½ cup of water

In a small pot, pour the water and simmer the herbs

over low heat for a few minutes until you have extracted

the essence of the herbs into the water. Remove from heat

and add the lemon juice. If you intend on making this an

edible cleansing potion, you would be MUCH better off

making basic real lemonade (with real lemons and sugar

to your taste) and then adding the liquid brewed from the

water and herbs into the lemonade. Adding the sprig of

rosemary directly into the pitcher of lemonade would be

ideal. Either way, charge the brew or potion for the intention of cleansing and use as desired.

Cleansing Brew Spells

As stated earlier, a good technique for using the Cleans-

ing Brew is to sprinkle the brew around your home in

order to cleanse it. This can be done using the sprig of

rosemary as an “asperger” to sprinkle drops of the brew

in the corners of each room of your home. You could also

use this brew as a floor wash as was stated earlier with

the Four Thieves’ Vinegar recipe. Simply add a cup of the

brew to your wash water and scrub or mop the floor with

the intent of cleansing kept in your mind.

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A great method of cleansing your body of negativ-

ity is to add the brew to your bath water and take a slow

relaxing cleansing bath. It is best to fill the bath with only warm (not hot) water and also, add a handful of salt to

the tub. Once the tub is full, pour in the entire amount of the brew and step into the bath. Relax in the bath for as

long as you desire and when you are ready to get out, pull the plug and let the water completely drain out while you

are still in the tub; feeling all the negativity being pulled out of your aura and washed down the drain! Afterward,

you can quickly shower off any residual energy or brew

then dry off.

In order to cleanse magical tools or amulets or in-

deed, to psychically cleanse any item that you bought sec-

ond hand and want to strip away any unknown energies

you can simply rub them, dip them or wash them with

the brew. Just first be sure that the item in question is one that can get wet without it being ruined.

Oils

The beauty of using magical oils to cleanse (or for any

purpose) is in their ability to impart within their user the deep power of their intention while at the same time,

being subtle; we can just dab a bit on our wrists, third

eye, and the back of our necks (wiping off any excess)

and we are magically infused throughout our day with-

out having to carry around bulky crystals, charm bags, or

odd-looking jewelry (not that I am opposed to jewelry).

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Even if you decide to wear your usual cologne or per-

fume, you can always dab on a bit of oil and its magic will still work for you and not be diluted by the other scents.

This is because the
energy
will remain the same even if the scent is overpowered by something else. Using magical oils in cleansing is a very simple and versatile method of removing any negativity from yourself or most environments or objects. There are several ways to use oils to cleanse. The following recipe is a very strong purification/

unhexing/cleansing blend that should be used in any of

the cleansing spells when you feel really bogged down

with negativity or when you feel that you may have been

the victim of an actual curse (exceedingly rare) or even

the unintentional blast of negativity that we are subject to from others’ greed, envy or anger.

Super Cleansing Oil

• 3 bay leaves

• ¼ teaspoon cumin

• ¼ teaspoon chili pepper

• ¼ cup torn onion skins

• ¼ teaspoon grated horseradish

• ½ cup vegetable oil

Prepare this in the usual manner but be careful; these

ingredients are strong and spicy! As to the onion skins,

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just use the outer skin of the onion so as to avoid the

onion smell while still keeping the cleansing energy in-

tact.

Regular Cleansing Oil

This recipe is gentler and can be used for general day to

day cleansing to keep yourself energized and free of nega-

tivity. This oil would also be good for you to use daily

if you are like me and suffer from/ are gifted with psi-

empathy to keep the residue of other people’s emotional

energy from building up in your psyche and causing

needless stress.

• ½ teaspoon anise

• 1 tablespoon lemon peel

• ½ teaspoon basil

• 1 teaspoon peppermint

• ½ cup olive oil

Prepare this in the usual way and use this in your reg-

ular cleansings. If need be, you may substitute vegetable

oil for the olive oil, but know that the olive oil is included here to lend its peaceful and blessing qualities so it should be included if at all possible.

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Cleansing Oil Spells

A wonderful spell to cast in order to cleanse a home of

negativity is to take a white taper candle and anoint it

with cleansing oil (regular, if a general cleansing; super, if the need is great) from the middle of the candle out

toward the ends and secure the candle in a sturdy holder.

Visualize your intent; see your home bright and free of

any darkness. Next, go to the central room in your home

(wherever you feel is the “heart” of the home) and light the candle. Now, working in a clockwise direction throughout the building, go from room to room and encircle

(clockwise!) each room with the candle while visualiz-

ing its flame burning away any negative power out of the

room’s energy. While you are encircling each room, say

the following chant to focus your intent:

Darkness break and burn away,

Candle’s flame, cleanse this space.

I bless my home and self this day,

Filled with light; gloom erased!

When you have finished encircling each room, go

back to the central room and set the candle in a safe place (if possible, if not then extinguish here with a candle

snuffer or spoon) and allow it to burn out of its own ac-

cord. Once it is fully burned out, bury the remains of the candle and wash the candle holder. Repeat as desired or

preferably, on a monthly basis.

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A method of cleansing an object is to first physically

cleanse it by whatever method is appropriate and then (if

it is safe to do so) anoint it with the cleansing oil while visualizing the object being filled with white light that

casts out and dissolves any negative energy contained in

the object. Afterward, it is good to gently breathe on the object to infuse it with your own personal energy. This

helps keep out negativity while at the same time, recon-

nects you to the object.

A prime method for cleansing a person of negativity

using oil is to anoint them with the cleansing oil on the

wrists, third eye, and back of the neck and have them do

a grounding meditation such as visualizing all negativity

being pulled out of them and taken into the earth to be

recycled; leaving them filled only with positivity.

Powders

Magical powders are a good method to cleanse the en-

ergy outside of your home and property of negative vibes.

It is a good idea to first cleanse before you put up any

protections such as shields or wards (see Chapter 9 Pro-

tection on page TK for more information) so that you

are not trapping any negativity within the boundary that

you create through shielding. To make a cleansing (or any

other) powder, you will need to get some cornstarch, and

either have a mortar and pestle or use a sturdy bowl and

the back of a spoon.

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Cleansing Powder

• 1 tablespoon thyme

• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

• 2 teaspoons turmeric

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Charge each of the herbs with the intent of cleans-

ing and pour each one into the mortar or bowl and then

grind them into a powder. Once they are powdered and

blended together add the cornstarch and stir. Corn is pro-

tective and the starch makes the powder a more uniform

texture.

Powder Spells

The easiest (and most obvious) way to use the cleansing

powder is to sprinkle it all over the outside of your home and yard in a big circle to cast out any negative buildup

in the vicinity. A method of cleansing the inside of your

home is one that should be used with caution, depending

on what type of floor coverings you have. You may, if you

wish sprinkle the powder indoors all around your home

and then vacuum it up with the intent that it is remov-

ing any negative buildup your home may contain. This

method however, might stain your carpeting so, use with

caution!

There is a way to use the powder for the cleansing

of self. You can transform the powder into a cleansing

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charm by placing a tablespoon of the powder into a black

or white magic bag and tying it shut. Keep the bag with

you wherever you go for the entire waning moon phase. If

you do not have any black or white fabric handy, you can

tie the powder in coffee filters but, it is best not to keep these on your person as they are fragile and could break.

Just make several and put one in your car, under your bed, put one amongst your clothing, etc.

Foods

Since food is the fuel the helps your body run, all natural, plant based foods i.e. grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds have a certain amount of cleansing ability. The

more processed these foods become, the less cleansing

ability they contain. Having said that, there are several

food items that can be used to facilitate cleansing of the body, mind and spirit when eaten alone or when used as

ingredients in larger meals.

Onions have a particularly strong cleansing ability

and it is believed that onions; whether eaten or rubbed