Southern Folk Magic: Holy Water Bath

1. Begin early, before the sun rises.
2. Add holy water to a shallow bath.
3. Cleanse yourself, using downward motions, so the bad influences you have encountered drain off you and into the water.
4. Set an intention or make a wish as you wash in the holy water.
5. Collect the used bathwater in a large basin or jug.
6. Throw the water in which you have bathed toward the sunrise.
7. Take daily notes of which of your troubles have gone away. Do this with integrity and belief in your ingredients and in the rite. Believe that your trouble has been removed. Rest assured that you are cleansed and your problems have been returned to the universe, purified by the first light of day.

*** If you find yourself unable to use holy water because it is a part of a religion you do not believe in, substitute other waters considered holy in different sorts of earth-based spirituality or pagan practices, such as rose water or a kosher (or sea) salt water, in which a silver dime has been steeped overnight.