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✨🕯️ Banish the Bad Vibes: A Cleansing Spell to Break Negative Contacts (Plus 4 More You’ll Love)

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Because sometimes, a bubble bath and a little intention can shift your entire energy field.

Discover a simple yet powerful ritual bath spell to break negative contacts, plus 4 more cleansing rituals to restore your energy, release attachments, and invite light back into your life.

🌿 The Night the Energy Felt Heavy

It was one of those evenings where the air felt thick—like the room itself was carrying someone else’s mood. I had just come home from a draining conversation that left my chest tight, my thoughts tangled. Even after the person was gone, their energy wasn’t.

I drew a hot bath. The sound of water filled the silence like a steady heartbeat. On the counter sat a small bowl of pink salts, a scoop of baking soda, and the intention that tonight…I’d let go.

As I held my right hand over the mixture, I closed my eyes and pictured a stream of white light pouring down through my palm, infusing the salts with warmth. The moment I poured them into the water, the room seemed to hum. Steam rose like a veil. I stepped in.

“As this water washes over me, I break contact with all negativity.”

I whispered it once, then again. By the third time, the heaviness had begun to loosen its grip.

🛁 Spell to Break Negative Contacts

Ingredients:

  • 1 hot bath
  • 1 cup Epsom or Dead Sea salts
  • 1 cup baking soda

Instructions:

  1. Hold your right hand over the salts and visualize purifying white light flowing into them.
  2. Pour the salts and baking soda into your bath and swirl them clockwise.
  3. Step into the bath and, as you pour water over your body, repeat aloud: “As this water washes over me, I break contact with all negativity.”
  4. Close your eyes. See yourself surrounded by a glowing white light, dissolving cords, attachments, or stagnant energy.
  5. When you’re done, drain the water and imagine everything you released swirling away down the drain.

🌿 Why this works: Ritual bathing is one of the oldest spiritual practices—used in Babylon, Ancient Greece, and Indigenous cultures—to symbolically cleanse the spirit and body. Salt neutralizes energy, while water carries it away.

🪄 4 More Cleansing Spells to Restore Your Energy

1. 🕯️ The Black Candle Burn

  • Light a black candle (symbol of banishing) and place it on a fireproof plate.
  • Write the name or situation you want to release on a small piece of paper.
  • Fold it away from you three times, place it under the candle, and let the wax drip over it as you say: “What was tied is now released. What was heavy is now light.”
  • Let the candle burn safely down. Dispose of the paper outside or bury it.

📝 Why it works: Black candles are traditionally used to absorb and neutralize negativity, making this spell a favorite for energy workers.

2. 🌬️ The Cord Cutting Visualization

  • Sit quietly. Picture a cord of energy connecting you to the person or situation.
  • Visualize holding a golden pair of scissors.
  • With love and clarity, cut the cord, watching both ends retract and heal with light.
  • Say: “I release you with love. I reclaim my energy now.”

✨ Why it works: This method is rooted in modern energy healing but mirrors ancient symbolic “severing” rituals used across cultures to break unhealthy attachments.

3. 🍃 The Herbal Sweep

  • Bundle cleansing herbs like rosemary, lavender, sage, or cedar with a natural string.
  • Sweep the bundle gently over your body from head to toe while repeating: “With this sweep, I clear and release what does not serve me.”
  • Hang the herbs to dry outside afterward to release the absorbed energy.

🌿 Why it works: Herbal cleansing is an ancient European, Indigenous, and Mediterranean practice believed to bind and absorb negative influences.

4. 🧂 The Doorway Salt Line

  • Sprinkle a thin line of salt across doorways and windowsills while saying: “Only peace may enter here. Only love may remain.”
  • Leave overnight, then sweep up and discard outside.

🧂 Why it works: Salt has been used in folk magic, Shinto, and Mediterranean traditions to create protective barriers against negative energies and spirits.

🌐 References & Inspirations

  • Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes
  • Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
  • Historical bathing rituals in Babylon & Ancient Greece – World History Encyclopedia
  • Romani & Mediterranean folk cleansing traditions
  • Modern energy healing practices and cord-cutting visualizations

⚠️ Disclaimer

This article is intended for spiritual, cultural, and personal development purposes only. It is not medical advice. If you’re experiencing emotional or mental distress, please consult a qualified healthcare or mental health professional.

✍️ About the Author – Audrey Childers

Audrey Childers is a writer, spiritual researcher, and storyteller who blends ancient wisdom with modern life. She explores history, ritual, and personal empowerment through her books and blogs—always with a touch of magic and truth.

📸 Image Suggestions

  • A soft-lit bathroom with Epsom salts and candles (Unsplash/Pexels)
  • A black candle burning in a quiet room
  • Herbal bundles tied with twine on a rustic table
  • A symbolic image of white light surrounding a person in meditation
  • Vintage illustrations of ritual baths or salt cleansing (public domain)


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When a Memorial Becomes a Spectacle: Don’t Let Your Grief Be Harvested

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A public memorial is supposed to be a place to grieve, remember, and — if the family chooses — to begin healing. What we witnessed at the recent large-scale remembrance for Charlie Kirk was all of that and something else: a charged, theatrical gathering that swept tens of thousands into a single emotional current. That current—powerful, visceral, and contagious—can comfort us. It can also be directed, amplified, and monetized. I believe it’s worth naming what happened, asking sober questions, and protecting the vulnerable in the room: especially the children.

What happened (briefly & factually)

Charlie Kirk was killed while speaking on a college campus; the event and its aftermath drew massive attention and a high-profile memorial that attracted political figures and large crowds. Erika Kirk publicly expressed forgiveness for the man charged in her husband’s killing. Federal authorities say they are investigating the possibility of accomplices, and fundraising for Turning Point USA and related efforts reportedly spiked after the killing. Financial Times+2The Guardian+2

Why I’m writing this — a clear point of view

Out of respect I will not diminish the family’s grief. Forgiveness is a brave, real, and deeply personal act; if Erika Kirk has chosen forgiveness, that is her right and her path. But forgiveness of an individual (one person accused of committing the act) is not the same thing as forgiving a system or a larger force that may have helped create the conditions for mass spectacle, political theater, or rapid fundraising. That distinction matters — especially when children are present and when powerful organizations step in to channel public sorrow into political momentum and donations. The Guardian

The crowd effect: science and social history

Sociologists call the intense, synchronized emotional state that emerges in big gatherings collective effervescence — a real psychological and social phenomenon identified by Émile Durkheim and studied in modern social science. When thousands chant, cry, or sway together, individual emotions amplify into group emotion; objects or people in that space can become “sacred” in the social sense, and the group’s energy can be harnessed for many ends — healing, unity, or, yes, influence. Understanding that dynamic helps explain why a memorial can feel both holy and highly effective as a mobilizing machine. Wikipedia+1

Energy-harvesting as metaphor — and why popular culture uses it

We use metaphors to make sense of what we feel. In films like The Matrix and Jupiter Ascending the idea of humans as “batteries” or “harvested resources” is literalized: stories where masses feed a system’s power are striking because they dramatize what can happen when human emotion is synchronized and then redirected. Those fictional images are useful metaphors for how political, religious, or commercial organizations can take collective feeling and turn it into money, loyalty, or political capital. (See: The Matrix (1999) and Jupiter Ascending (2015).) Wikipedia+1

What I’m seeing at the memorial: a careful reading (opinion, not an accusation)

  • The timing and choreography of mass events matters. A very large memorial, staged on a day with notable celestial attention and heavy public awareness, becomes more than a funeral — it becomes an event with momentum. (Yes, September 21–22, 2025 featured notable astronomical events that many people were watching.) Time and Date+1
  • When tens of thousands cry, chant, and pledge together, that shared state converts into action: donations, pledges of loyalty, social-media campaigns, and political energy. Those outcomes are real and measurable (you can see fundraising surges after high-profile memorials). The Guardian
  • That does not mean the grief was fake, or that the family wanted opportunism. But it is reasonable — responsible, even — to ask who organized what, why particular dates and venues were chosen, and how the resulting emotional momentum will be used. Asking those questions is an act of civic vigilance, not disrespect. Financial Times

The practical part: protect the kids, protect your mind

  1. If you attended or watched: check in on children and young people who were there. Big events can leave kids stunned, frightened, or emotionally primed for radical beliefs.
  2. If you’re donating: pause and ask for specifics. Where does the money go? Who controls the funds? How will the money be used long-term?
  3. If you’re grieving: allow yourself silence, therapy, and small, private rituals — grief doesn’t need to be performed publicly to be real.
  4. If you’re skeptical of the media narrative: do what skepticism requires — document, read multiple reputable sources, and demand official transparency before drawing sweeping conclusions. (Skepticism is healthy when it seeks facts rather than only spreading doubt.)

A short reading & resource list

  • Coverage & timeline of the shooting and memorial (news outlets): Financial Times; The Guardian; AP. Financial Times+2The Guardian+2
  • FBI statements and investigation updates (official source): FBI press releases on the Utah Valley shooting. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • On collective effervescence: Émile Durkheim (overview) and contemporary reviews of group emotion in psychological literature. Wikipedia+1
  • Cultural metaphors: The Matrix (1999) and Jupiter Ascending (2015) — useful fictional depictions of humans-as-resources. Wikipedia+1

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A respectful look at how massive memorials convert grief into power — why timing, crowd psychology, and money matter, and how to protect the kids.

Disclaimer

This essay is an opinion piece — a social and cultural reading of public events, not an accusation of criminal wrongdoing by any named institution. I respect the family’s grief and I express sympathy for everyone affected by the tragedy. My goal is to invite citizens to ask questions, protect vulnerable people, and think critically about how mass emotion can be guided after a public loss.

About the author

A.L. Childers (pen name of Audrey Childers) is a writer who blends cultural analysis, history, and personal reflection. She writes on power, ritual, and how public life shapes private feeling. Her latest book explores contested religious narratives and hidden histories: The Forbidden Gospel of John: From Sinai to Nicaea and the Prison of Flesh, — a book that invites readers to question accepted stories and think for themselves.

Final note / Call to action

Grief deserves sacred space. So does truth. If you feel called to speak, do it with care: protect the children, demand transparency where appropriate, and don’t let public sorrow be harvested without accountability. Stay awake. Stay humane. And if you found this piece useful, subscribe for more grounded cultural analysis and sources.

A respectful look at how massive memorials convert grief into power — why timing, crowd psychology, and money matter, and how to protect the kids.