ALTERNATIVES TO SPIRITUAL BATHS FOR PERSONAL CLEANSINGS Many people know of the spiritual baths that are used for cleansing and other things. The purpose of me writing this is because people get caught up in believing that only spiritual baths can be used. I'm sure we all have experienced times when we simply cannot take a spiritual bath. So here are some alternatives one can use.
1.) Rubbing a white candle
Rub a white candle down your body and then light it and let it burn itself out naturally. It will absorb any negativity and it will disipate as the candle burns.
2.) Brusihing with a feather whisk or hand-held broom
Use a feather whisk or small hand-held broom to brush your body downward. This will remove the negativity. Some prefer a whisk made from black hen feathers, but any feather whisk or duster will do. In fact, some people use horse-hair whisks.
3.) Smoking with incense
Smoke yourself with incense or even smudge yourself
4.) Spray yourself with a cleansing spray
Wisdom sells the air freshners which some people use to spray on themselves. (Don't spray it in your face!) You can also fix up your own mixture and use in a pump spray bottle.
5.) Saltwater bath
If you don't have time to brew up herbs for a spiritual bath, just take a saltwater bath instead. It will cleanse you just as good as herbs will.
6.) Cleansing the head (Ori)
This was taught to me by an Ifa priestess
For a quick cleansing choose the following;
A.) Pour some holy water or florida water in your hands, quickly bring your hands up to your hairline and move them over and down the back of your head and then move each hand down the shoulders. If you want you can continue down the arms.
B.) Keep a cleansing pot near your front door. The pot will contain spring water, holy water, efun or cascarilla, and your spit. When you return home each day, wet your hands in the mixture and rub it over your head as described above.
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