How to Make
Your Own Holy Water - Method 2
Pagan Holy
Water
Choose your type of water
Different types of water are
associated with different rituals. Morning dew is used for healing and beauty,
spring water for blessing and cleansing, rainwater for fertility and abundance,
and sea water for exorcism. Which kind do you want to use?
Collect and store the water in
a non-metal container. If you'd like, leave it out to absorb sunlight,
moonlight, or starlight.
Drop a piece of silver into the bowl
As long as it's silver, you're
good. It could be a coin, a ring, a bead, or any silver object. The metal
silver, not the color! Leave it in the bowl until the ritual is complete.
Begin reciting your sacred charms
They should be spoken
monotonously and steadily, like a chant. Choose the one that most matches your
intentions:
Water and earth / Where you are cast /No spell or adverse purpose last
/ Not in complete accord with me / As my word, so mote it be!
This charm is used for
cleansing and purification.
Hale fair washing to thee / Hale washing of the Fians be thine / Health
to thee, health to him / But not to thy female enemy
This charm is used for newborns
(of Gaelic origin).
God bless your eye / A drop of wine about your heart /The mouse is in
the bush / And the bush is on fire
This charm is used for averting
negativity (also of Gaelic origin).
Add herbs
You can either finish here or
continue on, depending on how you intend to use the holy water. Add herbs like
St. John's Wort to bless a house or sick person, Leaves of Vervain before a
ceremony, or stir it with the twig of a sacred tree or add rose petals to unite
the object with the Earth. It's up to you!
Holy water has a variety of
purposes. A person can drink it to protect them from evil or illness, or it can
be bestowed on an object (a house, even a piece of furniture) for cleansing.