Clearing Space or a House

Prior to starting open up the cupboards, closets or any place a spirit or energy could hide. They will even go in open jars. Make sure you do all floors of your dwelling  starting from the bottom up because as you work to the top, they’ll move up to each subsequent floor looking for refuge or a way out.  So make sure they have escape routes by opening a couple windows on each floor maybe 4" or so so they can get out.

 

1. Place a charcoal in the bottom of your brass burner.

2. Light the charcoal. It will spark and spit and burn red on the edges before it turns grey. Let it continue to burn until it gets grayish.

3. Place a few pieces of the frankincense or copal resin on top of the charcoal.  It will start smoking quickly. Return cover to your burner. This will disperse the smoke.

4. Take the burner by the handle. The bowl part will be too hot to handle.  You'll need to hold the handle as you walk around carrying the burner. You don't want to get burnt, drop it and start a fire.  Putting a charcoal in a shell or ceramic dish, etc. is a no no.  It's too hot.

5.  Let the smoke pour out and with your hand or a feather spread the smoke around the room, making sure it goes into closets, cupboards, nooks and crannies.  It has a pungent smell but it's not unpleasant and once it's finished this should be able to smell a little bit but it will definitely smell cleaner and feel lighter.

6. Start on the bottom floor of the dwelling.  Start at the doorway, start to your left and work clockwise around the room and the whole floor going in and out each room, also going clockwise in each room, making sure cupboards and closets are open and windows.  Always work clockwise, going in the door, turn left and go around each room until completed.  

 7. If there's another floor, go up the stairs and at the top of the stairs turn to the left and continue on that floor working your way clockwise in and out of each room until the entire floor is complete and continue this way to the attic if there is one or is accessible. If there's an attic and you can open the door go in or if it only has a hatch you can place the burner at the hatch and just gently wave the smoke into the attic.  Most attics have vents. 

8. When you're finished just leave the house with the windows open a few inches and return in an hour or so, just long enough for the smoke to do its job and get out whatever needs to get out. The whole place will feel lighter, fresher, more energetic.

9.  If you have a real problem in the house with a lot of bad energy:

           Week 1 do this daily for a few days and then every other day for a few days. 

            Week 2, do it two or three times a week.

            Week 3, once or twice a week

            Week 4, once a week, etc. 

            After that, do it as you feel you need.  

 

Example:  Harsh words and thoughts are negative energy. Negative emotions linger and becomes an energetic weight in the house.  Clearing it with frankincense will go a long way to move it out.   You'll get a sense on your own of when you need to do it.

Sometimes, if there is a person in the house, they require a different technique, but this will keep most clear because spirits hate the smell of this. 

The Catholic Church uses frankincense for this very reason, to keep out the negative energies.

 

Once that is clear, you can use sound to smudge. I often use a variety of bells (or pots and pans if you have to) you'll still make a loud sound but it bursts negative energy.  It's like a little explosion that bursts the energy right out of the space. You wouldn't want to be using nice little fairy chimes or something like that to do it, but something that would be strong enough to drive something out. A drum also works but it would have to be loud.