“Only now it’s gone
I can see the year,
See it for what it was
And start another day”
Dido, “End of Night”
Indeed, whatever bad
had the year (now ) passing brought to You, it’s days away to becoming past. And past is
there to learn from, not to keep looking
back on it, cling, or dwell upon. It’s time consuming, non productive, and
masochistic.
Instead, do as wise spiritual people have done for ages, use
the energy of the New Year to
substitute the bad things with the good ones.
Illness with health , poor with lavish , stagnant to moving , failure to
success . If it sounds hard to You, it may be due to a wrong approach to the
whole issue. It’s not hard at all, and I wrote ( on here ) already about how
to use the helpful energy of transition
from old to new ( year ) to cut ties with bad and welcome the good.
There is an evident, unwritten law in spiritual world, that
sells tones of books in “self help” and “popular psychology” department, which is, that the most proficient way to get
something good in Your life, to attract and attain something positive, is to
get rid of something old, unnecessary and
harmful, and thus, make space for the good. The end of December and beginning of January
are ideal ( !! ) times for this.
Different cultures
have all their variations of
(pre) New Year cleansing and preparations, but the very essence is the same.
In Scotland, there is a common practice of rituals which intend to “sain” a place or person, or
both. Sain is archaic, for making sign of Cross, and refers to practice of spiritual cleansing and blessing, and keeping
evil influences away [1]
Here is one of such rituals, which to me seems particularly
befitting for New Year’s eve:
The following ritual
( or spell ) simultaneously spiritually
cleanses and blesses the area and all the participants alike:
·
Collect “Holy” Water – from a local, nearby
living source of water , between midnight and dawn, coinciding with a
waxing Moon
·
All participants of the ritual should gather in a circle
·
Pass the water sunvise for each person to sip,
and sprinkle tad bit over themselves
·
Sprinkle the water in each corner of the room
[2]
This is a practice
which is common among Orthodox Christians who live on Balkan peninsula, only the water used is the one attained on
Epiphany or Teophany Christian holiday
A great cleaning ( physical ) and cleansing ( spiritual ) is
usually due before holidays. It’s part of both mundane and spiritual tradition,
and as I mentioned earlier, it’s done to get rid of what needs to be rid off ,
and thus make space for something positive and coveted , to take it’s
place. It’s not unlike to a double action transformation candle
, use to banish negative and draw positive, and these purifications
works also ensure that we do not drag our problems, and ills , into New Year.
Some can be done on the very, day, for example a broom
cleansing rituals, fumigation, use of floor washes such as Household Ammonia,
and Chinese wash, aspersing with Holy
Water, and combinations of any of those mentioned . I, myself am also quite fond of those methods
that “drain” the place out of negativity, sponge the bad vibrations, If You
will , though these may require more planning, as they are done consecutively
for few days anywhere from 3 to 13, most
often 3 or 7 .
Here are few suggestions:
·
A large bowl of white rice ( Oryza spp. ),
placed somewhere in the room which needs to be cleansed. Replace weekly
·
Onions (
Alium cepa ) are amazing negativity
sponges, and neutralizers . Chop , by
hand, on quarters, an unpeeled whole
Onion, and place the pieces in four corners of the room. Bury them the next
day, or burn them. This should be done
5-7 days successively, for most in depth cleansing.
·
Similarly and egg placed in four corners will
serve to absorb negativity and is replaced ( if needed ) after 7 days. Also
extremely powerful in absorbing the
negative vibrations.
·
Much like the White rice, a bowl of vinegar replaced weekly serves to absorb the
negativity, and to make attacks of evil
people and spirits “turn sour”, that is fail
·
A square of Camphor, dissolved in pan of water placed under bed will provide
personal cleansing, room cleansing, and peaceful ( sometimes also prophetic )
dreams, while also discouraging “attacks while sleeping” , particularly those
of evil spirits
·
A simple cup of salt in each corner of the room,
replaced weekly, will absorb all the negativity present in room where used
And personal cleaning is not to be neglected. All sort of
spiritual baths can be (under)taken for personal cleansing, with special attention paid to head washing ,
and the often neglected feet washing. Here is an example of a simple wash that
can be used for both head, and feet, or whole body, to spiritually cleanse ,
uncross , and bless at the same time
·
Hyssop infusion
·
Blessed salt
·
Laundry bluing ( substitute with blue food
coloring if You have no other alternative )
·
Rosemary
·
Lavender
·
Basil leafs
·
Holy water , or Florida water
After a thorough cleaning, and physical cleansing, You
can proced with any kind of Blessing or
drawing ( money , love, success, business etc. ) , You can for example light a
Van Van, or Blessing candle ( Peaceful home, or House Blessing candle
work brilliantly ) and read 62nd
Psalm, or wash the premises and family members clothes with water in which
peaceful home bath crystals have been dissolved.
You can wash the floor with Patchouli, Cinnamon and Brown
sugar to attract money, and wash Your
doorknobs of Your store/workplace with
Yellow dock root infusion to attract
customers.
I hope this post was informative and inspirational, and many
blessings and luck to all my readers in New Year. Love
Shadow J
NOTES: This article was
composed and written by myself, If You wish to use any parts of it elsewhere online, feel
free, but add credits, Shadow of Shadows magick
place, Shadow-333@hotmail.com
or a direct link to this post
CREDITS AND REFERENCES:
[2] Retrieved from “The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 spells: The ultimate reference book for
magical arts”, page 205th, by Judika Illes
IMAGE CREDITS:
Images: Retrieved from http://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/2009/12/vintage-postcard-sundayhappy-new-year.html
and
http://www.atticpaper.com/proddetail.php?prod=angel-with-cornucopia-new-year-postcard , used for illustrative purposes here, with no ill will
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