Saining

Saining is a specific Scottish ritual that is linked to many witchcraft and cunningfolk practices. Many people incorrectly label this as being just as being a cleansing ritual, however it’s a little more complex than that.

Saining is a ritual that is a little like 1 part blessing, 1 part cleansing, 1 part protection. It is also sometimes used as a consecration ritual.

It’s is a practice that is more focused on removing unwanted, hidden negative influences. This can also can be used with a combination of other types of spellwork. Regular saining can make sure that your spiritual house is just as much in order as your mundane one. You can use this to safeguard your own spellwork from outside influence, an important use. A popular custom to use this at major life decisions or events, as well as on the cross-quarter days. It means that you are fully of yourself with nothing else negative influencing you. Saining removes malefic witchcraft and spellwork- so don’t use these items in an area if you currently have a curse cooking.

You’ll find many different types of saining here. Silvered water, charmed water, smoke, fire pit and many others.

Although you can use Saining as an almost light exorcism ritual, you may want to find the ‘ Banishing page’ if you want to have that as your spellwork focus.