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SPIRITUAL BATHS AND

CLEANSINGS

Some Staple Ingredients for Cleansings

As with all things in traditional Hoodoo and conjure, we want to look at what we have readily

available in our homes that will work in a pinch. After there is an understanding of the various

possibilities, then you can expand to include herbs, roots or plants that you wild craft yourself,

or purchase (though we strongly recommend gathering your own herbs initially) and oils,

cascarilla (which can be easily prepared from saved egg shells), and other special ingredients.

Look in your kitchen cabinet and see what you have on hand. Do you have salt? Vinegar?

Cinnamon? Sugar? What about in your refrigerator? Do you have milk and eggs? Good! All of

these are ingredients can be used for basic baths and cleansings and wont cost you anything to

prepare.

A general rule of thumb is to use 3 ingredients for your baths and floor washes. There are

definitely times when more or less ingredients are used but 3 ingredient baths are extremely

common in Hoodoo. Following is a list of some common household ingredients and a variety of

herbs that can be used in spiritual baths and their magical and spiritual associations (see table

1). It is important to understand what their associations are so that you can substitute one

thing for the other in a pinch.

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Table 1. Commonly Used Ingredients Found in Floor Washes and Spiritual Baths.

PURPOSE HERB CANDLE

BLESSING

Salt, Hyssop, Angelica, Acacia, Basil,

Evaporated Milk, Coconut Milk, Olive

Oil, Florida Water

White

BRING BUSINESS Sugar, Bluestone, Saltpeter, Coins, Beer Yellow

CLEANSING AND REMOVING

CONDITIONS

Salt, Saltpeter, Bluing, Epsom Salts,

Camphor, Lemon, Evaporated Milk,

Coconut Milk, Ammonia, Eucalyptus,

Bay, Basil

White

DRAW LOVE

Sugar, Damiana, Rose, Magnet, Florida

WaterRed, Blue

DRAW MONEY

Sugar, Cinnamon, Alfalfa, Chamomile,

Magnet, Mint Parsley, Basil, Coins,

Beer, Ammonia

Green, Gold

EMOTIONAL GROUNDING,

GRIEFBalm of Gilead, Olive Oil White

HEALING

Salt, Hyssop, Angelica, Acacia,

Evaporated Milk, Coconut Milk, Olive

Oil, Rosemary

PROTECTIONSalt, Rue, Hyssop, Evaporated Milk,

Coconut MilkPurple, white

PURIFICATIONRue, Kosher Rock Salt, Sea Salt, Blessed

Salt, Florida WaterWhite

RELEASING ANGER

(COOLING THE HEAD)

Balsam of Peru, Basil, Juniper Berry,

Sassafras, Tangerine, Allspice, Bitter

Almond, Cassia Bark, Cinnamon Bark,

Cloves, Garlic, Ginger, Onion, Thyme

Red

ROAD OPENER

Eucalyptus, Bay, Basil, Camphor, Anise,

Coconut, Evaporated Milk, Coconut

Milk, Ammonia, Rose Oil

Black or white

SUCCESSSugar, Bluestone, Saltpeter, Bergamot,

CoinsYellow

STRENGTHRosemary, Evaporated Milk, Coconut

Milk

White, Purple

UNCROSSING/JINX

REVERSAL

Salt, Agrimony, Eucalyptus, Lemon,

Ammonia

Black or White