Protect from Negative Energies

Negative energy builds up in people and places: after an argument, a hard week, a visit from someone envious, or simply in a home that hasn’t been cleared in a while. This collection brings together the traditional tools for clearing it out and keeping it out. Mandrake, St John’s Wort and hyssop are long-standing protective and cleansing herbs; white sage soap and spiritual baths cleanse the body; salt, smoke and protective oils seal a room once it is clean. A common practice is to cleanse first, then protect, by sweeping or smudging from the back of the home to the front door and finishing with a protective oil or powder at the threshold.