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holy_water
Kitchen ingredient

Holy Water

Kitchen ingredient1 tradition
overview

Holy water is water blessed by a priest, kept in fonts at church doors in Catholic and Orthodox churches. In folk practice it is the strongest protective water there is, sprinkled through the home and over the sick.

Uses

  • Protection of home and family
  • Blessing
  • Driving out evil
  • Healing
ritual

Working with it

Many churches let parishioners take some home. Sprinkle it at doorways and windows, making the sign of the cross if that is your tradition. Treat it with the respect of the faith it comes from.

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Planet
☉︎ Sun
Role
Base: what a potion, salve, or brew is made of
Element
Water
Works for
ProtectionPurificationBanishingHealingHome
Forms
liquid
How to use
Sprinkle or scatterFloor or door washAltar or offering
Receptive
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Where the traditions place it

  • Sun — Common practice