A lot of witches will struggle with grounding at first. Even after years of practice, it can be difficult to do it if you’re stressed or having a bad day. Those are, though, the times when it is most helpful! I’ve found that visual and sensory cues can be helpful in the process.
I’ve created this small spell for grounding extraneous energy. It uses ordinary tap water and a bathroom (or kitchen) sink! You could perform it with any cold, running water, though. Since I’m in the city, I use a sink and tap water!
To begin, go into your kitchen or bathroom. Turn on the water, particularly the cold water. Why cold water? Cold is an intense experience for most of us. So is heat, to be honest, but hot water can burn. With cold water, you get a sort of shock, but you have more leeway. Allow the water to run until it’s very cold, if need be.
Then begin the next step. Make yourself aware of what’s going on in your head. Notice the extraneous bits, be they emotional, or thoughts, that swirl around.
Visualize those unnecessary and unproductive things as taking on a particular color. The actual color itself doesn’t matter as much as your own associations for it. It should be appropriate to the dominant unwanted force you’re experiencing.
For example, say you want to ground the force of your own anger. You might choose the color red (if you associate that with anger). Tint the energy that’s unsettling you with your chosen color. Then, visualize that color flowing from your head. You might also visualize it flowing from other parts of your body, if necessary.
Flow as much as possible into your hands, which may feel heavy or unpleasant while doing this. Take a few minutes to visualize your hands tinged with the color.
Then, plunge them into the stream of cold water. Push the colored energy from your fingertips into the stream. Your hands will tingle from the water and the forces at work. If you’re like me, and quite sensitive to cold, you’ll feel very alive. This facilitates the process of pushing the energy into the stream.
If you’re practiced at seeing auras, you might actually see the color flowing from your hands. Either way, visualize it flowing down the drain! If you’ve a bit of privacy or are good at vibrating incantations in your head, the following might help:
Water, wash away all that isn’t of me
Take it away and cleanse it in the sea
As I will, so it shall be.
I don’t use an incantation every time I do this. I do use it pretty often, though. You may ask why my incantation mentions the sea, given that I use tap water. Well, think about it! Most people learn about the water cycle in school. This knowledge informs us of the fact that all water returns to the ocean.
The ocean, salt-filled and pulled every which way by the Moon, is an excellent force to call to for cleansing. In this spell, the small stream of tap water stands in for the greater water of the sea, and connects with it. I’m not a sea witch and rarely visit the ocean (I’m in Poland), but water allows that connection to happen.
I hope you found this spell useful and that this post helps you in some way!
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