Sage Blessing ~ Instructions & Prayers
The sage ceremony lifts the veil between the everyday and the sacred. As you say your incantation, you are shifting energy at will. Here are some tips to get you and your house cleansed and balanced.
1. Declutter your home.
2. Acquire a sage smudge stick and a small fire proof bowl or ashtray to hold it over as the stick smokes. (Traditionally an abalone shell a small wrought iron cauldron).
3. Open the windows in your house and turn any fans. This will help the negative energy flow out of the window allowing the positive energy to fill the room in its place.
4. Light your smudge stick and once it begins to burn, blow out the flame and allow the embers to start to smolder and smoke (similar to lighting incense).
5. Say an affirmation or a prayer of cleansing your home. *See below.
6. Once you have a nice smoke going, use you hand or a feather to direct the smoke over your body from your feet up to your head, then back down again. Walk around the room, in a clockwise direction, waving the sage stick so its smoke drifts into corners, along walls, around windows, and along ceiling lines. As you do this, visualize the smoke absorbing and taking away with it any negative energy from your life, any darkness. See the smoke dissipating and floating out the windows, and imagine that bad energy flowing out of the space, making room for positive, fresh energy.
7. Bless every room in the home with sage, including basement and attic space. When you are done imagine your whole home being filled with white light and positive vibrational energy.
8. Once the space is cleared, allow the sage bundle to either burn out or gently press it out in your heat-proof shell or container. You can even bury the remaining smudge in your garden to really feel the completeness of the cleansing ritual. Once buried, the sage has done its work in completing the elemental cycle. Ideally, you should try to use a new smudge for each cleansing.
Saging tips:
White sage and desert sage drive off negative vibrations and bad spirits. Some people select white sage because it smells sweeter than desert sage.
Sweet grass draws positive energy and is a sacred herb for smudging. Some smudge sticks use a combination of sage and sweetgrass.
Juniper purifies and helps make a safe and sacred environment.
Mugwort rouses prophetic dreams and Lakota Indians believe it will make bad spirits ill.
Lavender helps to bring a peaceful environment. It also creates balance and loving vibrations.
Cedar enhances good energy and acts as a purifier.
HOME BLESSING:
Smoke of air, and fire of earth, cleanse and bless this home and hearth.
Drive aways all harm and fear, only good may enter here.
Cleanse this space, remove the past. I’ve found my happiness at last.
Fill this space with joy and love and send your blessings from above.
PERSONAL BLESSING:
May the positive light energy of the Universe surround you, flow through you,
bring to you peace of mind, love to your heart, and calm to your spirit.
May your hands be cleansed that they create beautiful things
May your feet be cleansed that they take you where you most need to be
May your heart be cleansed that you may hear its message clearly
May your throat be cleansed that you will speak kindness and truth when words are needed
May your eyes be cleansed that you might see the signs and wonders of this world
May (person/space) be washed clean by the smoke of these fragrant plants
And may this same smoke carry your prayers to the spiraling heavens.
