Tools: dried rosemary herb, black candle, incense, small dish, chalice, sponge, holy/blessed rainwater
Light incense and black candle. Place a small amount of rosemary in the small dish. Place the rainwater in the chalice. Turn off all electric lights and fill your bathtub with warm or hot water.
Pick up the candle and pass over bathwater 3 times saying: By this element of fire, I purify this bath. May its light purify me and protect me this night. May it light my path on my journey through the darkness.
Put down the candle and pick up the small dish. Sprinkle 3 pinches of rosemary into the bathwater while saying: By this element of earth, I purify this bath. May it ground my spirit and remind me of those who have gone before me into the darkness.
Put down the dish and pick up the incense. Pass it over the bathwater saying: By this element of air, I purify this bath. May the wind blow away any evil that might wish me harm on my journey.
Put down the incense and pick up the chalice. Pour water from the chalice into the bath while saying: By this element of water, I purify this bath. May all negativity be washed away. May it cleanse my spirit for my journey through the darkness.
Lay in the bath and use the sponge to wash yourself with the purified water. Meditate on your upcoming Samhain ritual, on the loved ones you wish to reach on the other side, and on the ancestors you wish to learn from. Once you feel purified, open the drain and imagine all your negativity flowing down the drain.
