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Worst Case vs. Best Case Scenarios by Karina Farek.

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Kali Uchis by Izack Morales for ELLE Mexico, August 2021

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mary oliver, red bird

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Maiden and the Death by Maria Umiewska

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On The Practice of Cleansing

What is Cleansing?

Cleansing, occasionally called purification, is the practice of removing unwanted imprints, energy and/or spirits from a person, place or thing. Cleansing can be accomplished by many methods, including, but not limited to:

Smoke Cleansing

Water

Salt

Sunlight, Starlight and/or Moonlight

Sound Cleansing

Crystals

Some common example of cleansing practice include burning sage, using holy water, burying an item in salt, charging items in the starlight, ringing bells and crystal grids, respectively. These common methods will be referred to throughout the rest of this post.

What items Are Needed for Cleansing?

These suggestions refer to the bare minimum required for each method.

Smoke Cleansing: Require herbs for burning, a source of fire and a fire-proof vessel. This is often achieved with a seashell, a piece of charcoal and a herb bundle. Different herbs have different metaphysical properties, and must be selected accordingly. Cleansing is frequently performed with Sage, Copal or Pine.

Water: Water that has been charged or otherwise enchanted is often used to wash items to purify them.

Salt Burial: By burying different items in different kinds of salt, the salt absorbs the unwanted energies attached to the object. Different salts carry different energies, so the salt must be chosen with the goal in mind. This same technique can be used with graveyard dirt to absorb and put energies to rest.

Charging With Cosmic Energy: Items are left to charge in the sunlight, starlight and/or moonlight to impart certain kinds of energy on the object. The cosmic event must be selected to match the energy desired.

Sound Cleansing: Sound, such as the ringing of a bell, is used to cleansing an area, person or object. The sound restores balance to vibrations is comes into contact with.

Crystals: Different crystals have different abilities and effects on people. Some crystals or combination of crystals can be used to cleanse the body of unwanted energies.

Cleansing Vs. Banishing

Both rituals remove unwanted energy, but are entirely different in how they go about it. Cleansing is a peaceful process where the energies are peacefully exchanged for more conducive ones or where less conducive energies are appeased, and if not, eliminated, entirely. Banishing is a more aggressive process where energies are forced to leave because they are no longer welcome to attach to a given person, object or space.

When Is Cleansing Appropriate? When Should I Consider Trying Something Else?

Cleansing is a basic action that should be mastered by practitioners of witchcraft. Aside from learning the concept, it is equally important to know when to employ it.

Cleansing should be employed in when negative energies is attached to a person, place or thing and after long periods of time when different energies have accumulated in a person, place or thing.

Banishing should be employed in the case that something will not leave, or if you are absolutely and entirely done with something and cleansing is not an aggressive enough action.

What Can Be Used to Cleanse?

Here is a short list of some traditional cleansing items.

Herbs:

Sage

Basil

Birch

Eucalyptus

Frankincense

Hyssop

Lavender

Pine

Sandalwood

Copal

Salts:

Sal Negro

Sea Salt

Graveyard Dirt

Sound Cleansing

(Any instrument that rings)

Bell

Singing Bowl

Gong

Stones and Crystals:

Celestite

Larimar

Lepidolite

Moonstone

Kunzite

Selenite

Black Tourmaline

Smoky Quartz

Amethyst

Fluorite

Where Can I get Witchcraft Supplies?

This post was written by Ouroboros Occult on Etsy. We sell metaphysical supplies for practitioners of all faiths with a focus on witchcraft and related practices. Come check out our store for supplies for your craft and your sacred space. Ouroboros Occult is a LGBT-owned small business that aims to provide inexpensive, high-quality refurbished vintage and handmade items for use in a spiritual setting.

All of our herbs are wildcrafted and acquired ethically as not to harm the local ecosystem. All of our scented ritual candles are handmade with soy wax, essential oils and dried herbs– vegan and sustainable. Our disciplines, War Water, genuine graveyard dirt and handmade crystal pendulums are exclusive to our shop can can’t be found anywhere else. Our altar tools are uncovered vintage and antique treasures that have been refurbished and sold for witchcraft supply.

If you are looking for a beautiful addition to your altar or supplies for your next ritual, check out Ouroboros Occult.

- Ouroboros Occult (Etsy)

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So I saw this post saying. " Don't rush grief out the door. invite her in for tea and take notes. She has much to teach you." So here I am being very raw and real to hopefully inspire and help the next. (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡. There has been so much to grieve over the last few years. I started a journey that had no destination, 6ish years ago but I wanted better for myself. The first 3ish years on and off I fought though homeless. ( My home life was kinda toxic so I left Michigan to move to Nevada with no genuine support I struggled) I fought though abusive from people very close to me (mental,physical, emotional and sexual). I fought through watching people close to me struggle with pains and addiction that I couldn't save them from.. I could barely do for myself.. I fought through death of 2 people very close to me ( my mom and best friend Salem) . I fought myself... Lost and confused of who I even was. I fought so much. But through that I look and where the journey has led me. I still had passion and hope inside me to do something better,

to be better. I became a camp counselor at the YMCA, then to becoming a Before and After School Teacher at 2 different schools, to now being an Admin at a very profound tutoring center. ----All while still going to school for environmental conservation and holistic health? Don't play with me lol. Right now feels like a new beginning, I'm definitely not done and what I intent to create is so much bigger than myself. I never imagined this. Looking at my past and the pains the world has laid on me I now know I can use these pains to help and prevent others from experiencing what I experienced or help them go through what their going through.. I didn't think I would make it to 25. BUT. GUESS WHAAT! I'm 26 and loving it( still ups and downs but we grow). Lol. WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID!! If you have beef with me eat my ass! You don't even know the wavelength. But for those going through it know that this isn't the end and you can do hard things. It's okay to grief and be sad and mad and angry. I've cried so much but each tear meant something to me.Each tear had me look with in. And with facing those feelings, and being gentle with myself, it brought me back up on my feet to try again. To find my purpose. To go places I didn't know I would ever be. So again Keep going friends! ! We are on a healing journey and that's okays.

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The sun and the moon 🌙☀

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Normalize apologizing to children.