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Cleansing

Spanish name: Limpia

For clearing the house after trouble, and starting clean

Item: A-00034
Size: ½ fl oz (14.8 mL)
Intention: Protection & Cleansing

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Note. For spiritual use and sold as a curio and novelty only. No specific result is claimed or guaranteed.

About this oil

Cleansing is used to clear out what has built up in a home. People use it after an argument, after a funeral or a hard season, or after visitors who left the place feeling heavy. It is also used when moving into a home where other people lived. Many people use it before any other oil, so they start with a clean altar in a clean house.

It comes from the limpia, the spiritual cleansing of Mexico and Central America, with rue, rosemary, basil and a glass of water on the altar. People use it in the morning with the windows open, often on a Tuesday or Friday, the traditional days for a limpia. Its candle is white. The oil is clear, with a frankincense and myrrh scent.

Ways to use

In mop water and around the house: Open the windows, then add a few drops to a bucket of water and mop each room from the back of the house toward the front door. Throw the water outside when you finish.
On a candle: Put a few drops on a white seven-day candle and set a glass of fresh water beside it. When the candle burns out, pour the water out the front door.
On doors and windows: When the floor is dry, put a drop on the front door frame and on the corners of each windowsill. This closes the house up again once it is clear.
On the altar and saint statues: Before you set up a new altar or move an old one, wipe the shelf clean. Then put a few drops on the white candle that goes on it first.

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