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Purification Ritual
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Purification Ritual
There are times when doing a readingfor
a certain person, a reader may discover that they feel "badvibes"
coming from this person. If this happens to you, orfor some other
reason, you feel your cards may be "tainted".The following
is a good purification ritual. It probably has manydifferent names
in different societies. I will call it the trialby four elements
ritual. The first step is to "seal"in the bad vibes,
so that they can later be destroyed. Take thedeck of cards and
very lightly ( can't stress this enough..donot soak or saturate
the cards, that will ruin them) mist themwith water. (Here your
personal choice comes in, some use holywater, purified, deionized,
rain water, river water, etc.) Aftermisting the deck with the
water, place the entire deck in thefreezer. This will help to
trap the badness in the cards. Leavein freezer for 24 hours. Step
Two: Find an absorbent material,such as cotton to wrap the cards
in. Take them out of the freezerand wrap them with an absorbent
cloth. (Make sure that it isnt'something you want to save, it
will be destroyed). Bury the clothcontaining the cards in the
earth for 24 hours. As the cards "thaw"the cotton or
other material will absorb the badness, and actas a sort of conductor,
leaching some of it into the earth. After24 hours, remove the
cards and destroy the material, by burningit. Step Three: The
cards need to be "sealed" This isaccomplished by passing
each and every card over smoke or a flame.(Use a candle or some
incense). Be sure not to pass the cardsin the flame..just over
them. Incense smoke works very well. Afterdoing the entire deck.
Go on to step four. Step Four: The laststep is to let the cards
air out for 24 hours. You can do thisseveral ways. One way is
to spread them all out on a table, orbed..and allow them to get
some air circulating. Or you can placethem near an open window..etc.
The idea here is just to let themrest and get some air. After
completing all the steps, wrap thecards in silk or some non-absorbent
material and sleep with themunder your pillow in order to return
your "vibes" backto them.
Sarena@talisman.net
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