How to Smudge a Room
Smudging is a ceremony that involves certain essential herbs and spices to cleanse or bless a person or place. It is an ancient tradition brought back to the culture through Wiccan, Native American and other pagan worship of the natural world. People can smudge a place they feel is troublesome to them and if their belief helps them to accept the world and their place in it, then it can truly be a blessing.
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Purchase a smudge stick. They can be found online by searching them by name, or your area might have an alternative bookstore that carries them. You can also check with a place where they advertise tarot card or palm readings.
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Light the stick. Let the flame burn for a moment and then extinguish it so it is smoking, not completely out.
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Walk with the smoking stick through the room or house clockwise. Pass through each room, wall to wall and corner to corner.
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Feel free to express good wishes and blessings on the home, either out loud or quietly to yourself.
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