Cleansing

There are many reasons for cleansing and just as many, if not more, ways to do it. On this page you will find some of the methods I've used for cleansing and protection that will be applicable to many different faiths and practices. If you have any comments or questions about this information, or wish to add to it, please contact Medea Moonfire. With cleansing often goes protection or empowerment therefore you will find these topics entangled here within this page.

Cleasing is often defined as one or more of the following:

1. The removal of negative energies or the energies of the day, phsychic buildup, or the energies of your surroundings from yourself. (cleansing of self).

2. The removal of negative energies from home, objects, etc or removal of all the energies that can build up in the mundane world. (cleansing of the physical or mundane)

3. Cleansing of the astral or psychic self and the astral or psychic space. These issues will be addressed under the two topics listed above. Because these methods tend to overlap self, mundane and astral, they are aslo entertwined here.

The smoke that comes from incense when it is burned has many properties and uses, but here we are discussing cleansing and protection. At a later date I hope to make public a complete list of plants and their properties, along with some ides for uses. Here we will stick to the topic, so other properties of some of the plants listed will not be explained. Incense is found or made in many forms. Herbs and plants are ground to a powder with which essential oils are added to make sticks and cones. These are lit, and when you blow out the flame the tip remains glowing and emits the smoke. You can also make or buy raw insense. This is made by crushing the leaves, stems and flowers of the dried herbs and plants, sometimes adding essential oils to enhance the scent and properties of the incense.. It's usually not ground to a powder and it is burned on a charcoal briquette. In my all incense types equally effective. Below you will find incense commonly used for cleansing. NOTE: I you have allergies, asthma or any other lung problem, incense may not be for you. Please use with care. Protection of physical health is just as important as anything else you are trying to do.

BECAUSE THESE CLEANSING METHODS AND THE NEEDS THAT DRIVE THEM TEND TO OVERLAP SELF, MUNDANE AND ASTRAL, THEY WILL ALSO BE ENTWINED IN THIS SECTION UNDER THE HEADINGS OF THE VARIOUS METHODS OF CLEANSING.

SAGE: Sage has long been used by the Native Americans for cleansing and protection in all areas that you may need them. Sage is typically not made into incense in stick or cone forms. Ususally it's dried leaves are buned on charcoal briquets or smudge sticks are made. Smudge sticks are bundles of dried sage that are braided together. You can light the end of one, and blow out the flame and it will glow much like an incense stick.

SANDALWOOD: Sandalwood is known for it's cleansing, protection and exorcism properties in all aspects that you may need them. You will find it in all forms of incense.

THYME: Thyme has purification aspects leaning toward phychic or astral. You may want to add a small amount of Thyme to another incense to add purification it's properties.

ROSEMARY: Has protection, exorcism and purification aspects leaning towards mental powers, relationships, sleep or young ones. Rosemary is good to use in the bedroom if you feel like you need protection during sleep or if you are focusing on ridding your life of a dangerous relationsip. You can add it to another incense such as SANDALWOOD, or braid a few strands into your SAGE smudge stick.

ROSE: Rose can be used for protection when dealing with love, psychic, physical health. For empowering, Rose can be used to attract love, healing and luck. You will find this in all forms of incense.

RASPBERRY: Used for general protection and to attract loving energies. You will find this in all forms of incense.

PINE: Used for protection and exorcism. It's empowerment aspects is healing. If you are wanting to rid yourself of illness or general bad health, to draw healing energies and to protect yourself from future bad health, you would use pine. You will find Pine in all incense forms.

PEPPERMINT: Peppermint is often used for purification. You will find this in all forms. I akin peppermind to physical purification and healing.

ONION: Onion has protection and exocism properties. One may add it to a raw incense mixture.

MYRRH: Used for protection, exorcism. You will find this incense in all forms.

LILAC: Used for exorcism and protection. You will find this incense in all forms.

COCUNUT: Purification and protection in the physical, often the 2nd chakra, as the coconut is also akin with chastity. You will find coconut incense in all forms.