Clean Sweep scented jar candle

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Cleansing sweep: light the candle, then sweep from the back of the house towards the front door and out, finishing on the doorstep.
• Fresh start: burn it after a move, a breakup or a long illness in the house to mark a clean slate.
• Circle clearing: set it on the altar and sweep the ritual space with a besom before casting.

Hoodoo & Rootwork

• Sweeping out enemies: sweep dust and floor debris out the door toward the road while the candle burns, then throw a pinch of salt after it.

A Simple Working

• Open the front door and a window at the back of the house.
• Light the candle in the room farthest from the front door.
• Sprinkle a little sea salt on the floor.
• Sweep from the back of the house towards the front, room by room.
• Sweep everything out over the threshold and away from the door.
• Return to the candle and let it burn while the house airs out.

Pairs Well With

• Clean Sweep oil: the matching oil for dressing doors and the broom.
• A besom: for sweeping the house and ritual space.
• Sea salt: to sprinkle before sweeping.
• Florida water: to wipe down doorknobs after the sweep.

What You Receive

One Clean Sweep ritual jar candle adorned with real broom straws; colours vary from candle to candle.

Origin & Lore

The broom has always been a household tool first, made from bundled twigs, heather or broomcorn straw. In folk practice it gained a second life as a cleanser of spiritual dirt, used to sweep bad luck out the door, mark thresholds and clear space before ritual; this candle puts a few of those straws on top of the jar.

Every witch’s broom does two jobs: it sweeps the floor, and it sweeps out what cannot be seen.

Jumping the broom became part of African American weddings during slavery, when enslaved people were denied legal marriage, and the custom has been revived widely since the 1970s. In British folklore, a broom laid across the threshold was said to stop a witch from entering, and sweeping dust out the door after dark was thought to sweep the household’s luck away.