Smudge Away

I gave my house a good smudging this morning. A smudging ceremony is essentially the burning of certain herbs or flowers to ‘purify’ a space. Readers in Australia may have heard of Aboriginal ‘Smoking Ceremonies’, where an Aboriginal elder uses a smoking stick to bless, or remove negative energies, from a room or building.

So I decided I would do some smudging in my house this morning, for a couple of reasons. My husband and I have had quite low and negative energy levels of late, and everything in the house keeps breaking down. We also hadn’t purified the house since moving in late last year, so it was probably good to remove any residual energy from the last tenants (who took all the sink plugs with them).

First of all, I did a massive clean of the house, partly because it seemed more appropriate to smudge in a clean space, but mostly because the house needed a really good clean. I was in quite a bad mood, so after I cleaned I did a short meditation which did me wonders.

Now to the smudging specifically – Most commonly, white sage is used; but other herbs and flowers, like rosemary and lavender, can also be used. I had lavender in my garden, so I used that. Basically, I gathered up a small bouquet of lavender, tied it with string, and did a quick blessing over it (stating my intention – to remove negative energies from the house). Then I held a flame to the end, until it started to smoke slightly. You don’t need a lot – just a whisper of smoke, and then you walk it from room to room, corner to corner. I had to re-light the lavender several times along the way.

So that’s all there is to it! I’d recommend doing it when you next clean the house – plus, it leaves a nice lavender smell.

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