Last blog I outlined a 31-day decluttering list. Did you try it? If so, how is it going? If you haven’t started, don’t worry, there is still time to make some major inroads in organizing your personal spaces and your life.
I’m continuing that theme this week, with a purification spell that come from northern Europe. To begin anew, the old must be clear away. That’s why we began by clearing our physical space.
Now it’s time to organize and purify your thoughts, and manifest your desires in spellwork. Here is what you'll need:
I’m continuing that theme this week, with a purification spell that come from northern Europe. To begin anew, the old must be clear away. That’s why we began by clearing our physical space.
Now it’s time to organize and purify your thoughts, and manifest your desires in spellwork. Here is what you'll need:
A sheet of white parchment paper.
Pen with red ink.
White 7-day day votive in glass.
Birch branches (or any local tree you enjoy).
Violet oil or your favorite perfume.
A safe place to burn your tree branches when you’ve finished the spell.
Start by drafting a short plan of what you want for this year. Remember, this is the time of the year when we boldly fantasize about the future, thereby attracting it to us!
Start by drafting a short plan of what you want for this year. Remember, this is the time of the year when we boldly fantasize about the future, thereby attracting it to us!
Using white parchment paper and red ink, write down the things you want this year, being as specific as possible.
If you don’t already have a home altar, find a place to establish one. Often people instinctively make a special spot for important things in their lives. There may be pictures of loved ones, or a special crystal or piece of art. You just need to now recognize this space as special and sacred, and clean it up a bit.
Next, get an item used by peasants since ancient times—a candle, preferably white, and in a glass that will burn for 13 days and nights.
These are available in candle shops and are safe to leave burning. I found mine at the dollar store, and bought two so they'd be sure to last the full 13 days.
Place your list of wishes on your altar under the 13-day votive candle (that you have anointed with violet oil or with your own perfume). Smear a little of your own saliva on your list to link it to you.
These are available in candle shops and are safe to leave burning. I found mine at the dollar store, and bought two so they'd be sure to last the full 13 days.
Place your list of wishes on your altar under the 13-day votive candle (that you have anointed with violet oil or with your own perfume). Smear a little of your own saliva on your list to link it to you.
If you can, find some birch branches and place them on your altar also. Birch twigs are the northern European touch.
If you can’t get birch twigs, don’t worry. Use shed (not cut) branches from another tree, the nature magic is strong with all trees.
Take a hot shower to open up your pores. While naked, go to your altar, take your tree branches, and gently (gently, please, this is symbolic stimulation, not sadomasochism!) slap them against your neck, saying:
“I purify myself against defeatist thinking.
I purify myself from old patterns.
I purify myself from my past.
May my spirit come into new life.
As the sap come into the tree.”
Then slap the twigs against your solar plexus, saying:
“I purify myself from loneliness.
Love will come to me, like the new life of the Mother.”
Finally, slap the branches against your feet, saying:
“I purify myself from inertia.
Vitality will come to me, like new life from the Mother.”
If you wish, you can dress now. Beginning in the east and moving clockwise, go to each corner in your house and beat the twigs against the walls, the furniture, your bed, your desk, and so on, driving out the old year’s leftovers.
Then burn the twigs in a fireplace or outside in a firepit or bonfire.
There is no need to repeat this nightly, simply meditate on your candle. In 12 days, when your 13-day candle is almost burned down, burn the parchment paper in the last of the flames.
You have now been purified and are ready to receive the blessings to come in 2020.
Blessed Be!
NOTE: Thank you to Zsuzsanna Budapest’s book, Grandmother Time, for this spell. Such a great author! She is greatly missed.
If you can’t get birch twigs, don’t worry. Use shed (not cut) branches from another tree, the nature magic is strong with all trees.
Take a hot shower to open up your pores. While naked, go to your altar, take your tree branches, and gently (gently, please, this is symbolic stimulation, not sadomasochism!) slap them against your neck, saying:
“I purify myself against defeatist thinking.
I purify myself from old patterns.
I purify myself from my past.
May my spirit come into new life.
As the sap come into the tree.”
Then slap the twigs against your solar plexus, saying:
“I purify myself from loneliness.
Love will come to me, like the new life of the Mother.”
Finally, slap the branches against your feet, saying:
“I purify myself from inertia.
Vitality will come to me, like new life from the Mother.”
If you wish, you can dress now. Beginning in the east and moving clockwise, go to each corner in your house and beat the twigs against the walls, the furniture, your bed, your desk, and so on, driving out the old year’s leftovers.
Then burn the twigs in a fireplace or outside in a firepit or bonfire.
There is no need to repeat this nightly, simply meditate on your candle. In 12 days, when your 13-day candle is almost burned down, burn the parchment paper in the last of the flames.
You have now been purified and are ready to receive the blessings to come in 2020.
Blessed Be!
NOTE: Thank you to Zsuzsanna Budapest’s book, Grandmother Time, for this spell. Such a great author! She is greatly missed.
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