How to Cleanse a College Ritual Space

Spiritual cleansing of a space, ritual or otherwise, is as important as cleaning your room or the bathroom. It gets rid of the negative energies that can accumulate over anywhere from a few days to a few years. It has to be done at least at each quarter of the year. In fact, the energies can be the cause of paranormal activities such as poltergeist and demonic presence.

Its a common practice to burn and smudge sage in a home or office to act as a cleanser, but in a college dorm room it is not allowed. Fire is not permitted. Then, how do you cleanse a location when you can’t even light a small candle?

You can use Holy Water.  Holy Water is simple to make. Take some water, add salt, and pray over it. Pray as you stir the salt in with your finger or wand:

“I bless this water in the name of the God and Goddess.

So mote it be.”

You don’t have to use those words, but you can. It would be stronger if you use something you make up yourself.

To cleanse your space, just dip your finger(s) into the water and sprinkle it all over where you need to cleanse. I suggest that you say something, at least in your head, to cleanse the space in the names of your Patron God and Goddess.  Make sure you sprinkle over every square inch of your ritual space.

Another method is taking an ordinary broom-preferably wooden–and consecrate it for magickal work. Then, sweep out each room and especially the direct ritual space.  Visualize yourself sweeping each room and picking up negative energies. Imagine yourself forcing them from your space and out the front door. Imagine locking them out with a new lock you just changed it too.

These two simple techniques may require a bit more work than smudging sage, but they will cleanse the spiritual atmosphere of your ritual space and home.

Remember: Anything you consecrate or use in magick should only be used in magick from that day forth.

Happy cleaning and bless be.