Cleansing, Protection and Beliefs
Smudging
Smudging is burning herbs, most commonly Sage, to get rid of negative energy on yourself, your home or any space. Smudging can be useful when you're feeling depressed, angry, resentful, unwell or after you have had an argument with someone. It can also be useful if you have felt a negative presence in your home or you feel there are unwanted spirits. You would normally use a smudge stick to do this. You can make your own or buy them from most new age stores. Smudging is thousands of years old it was used by Native Americans, in ancient Rome and Greece and ancient Egypt as a way to cleanse a space from bad spirits and negative energy.
To smudge, light a smudge stick and let it catch fire. Extinguish the fire and let the smoke billow from the stick. Walk around your home letting the smoke get everywhere, in every room, in cupboards and small spaces. The smoke is not dangerous and will not harm you or your pets. Use a bowl to catch any ashes.
Rosemary
Rosemary wards off evil spirits, can be used as a psychic detox, is considered good luck and used for protection, purification, banishing negativity and other rituals. It can be infused into tea form.
Salt Crystals
Salt crystals have an amazing, natural and built in ability to absorb negative energy. Salt baths are grounding and clearing to the soul. Take two cups of sea salt and soak for twenty minutes. As an alternative, you can put bowls of salt in the corners of the room and remove after a few hours.
Palo Santo
Much like smudging, the smoke from a Native American Palo Santo stick, or "holy wood", has cleansing properties and is beneficial in times of anxiety, stress, or negativity.
Crystals
Powerful protection stones like black obsidian, black tourmaline and black onyx are important tools to help absorb internal negativity and shield you against the dark energy of others.
Evil Eye
The Evil Eye is a glare, stare, jealousy, envy, or ill wish sent to one. Many cultures have their own beliefs on how to rid or indicate whether you've been affected by the Evil Eye.
Signs of a person affected by the Evil Eye are:
Physical - Unexplained illness, such as a cold or flu that persists or is repeated, fatigue, headache, migraine, vomiting, stomachache, palpitations, numbness, loss of appetite, sharp unexplained pain, rashes, or skin conditions.
Mental - Inability to focus, memory loss, irrigational thoughts, negative thoughts, and memories resurfacing which cannot be controlled.
Emotional - Fear, unrest, feeling numb, depression, negative feelings, anxiety without any reason, feeling tight, usually described as about to burst, or easily frustrated.
Other - Repeated signs of bad luck or misfortune, many obstacles in new ventures and old problems resurfacing.
"Vibrate good energy into others soul
making them never forget
the beauty of yours."