🌿 Basil (Albahaca) Bath
A Basil Bath, often called Albahaca (Ocimum basilicum) in Spanish, is a popular and gentle spiritual cleansing bath used primarily for attraction, prosperity, and emotional healing. Unlike the aggressive banishing baths (like Rue or Hex Breaker), Basil is used to draw in positive energy and foster happiness.
💚 Core Uses and Benefits
Basil is one of the most benevolent and universally loved herbs in folk magic, known for bringing sweetness, luck, and abundance.
Attraction of Money and Prosperity: This is the most famous use. Basil is strongly associated with financial energy and is used to attract new cash flow, job opportunities, and overall business success.
Emotional Calming and Happiness: It helps to soothe anxieties, lift low spirits, and attract feelings of joy, peace, and domestic harmony. It's excellent for clearing heavy, depressing energy.
Business Luck: Bathing with basil is often performed before going to work or opening a business to attract customers, foster positive interactions, and bring good sales luck.
Purification and Sweetening: It clears out low-level negativity and replaces it with sweet, uplifting vibrations, making it a fabulous follow-up bath after a deep uncrossing ritual.
Attraction of Positive Love: While not a primary love herb, its general drawing power can attract friendly, kind people and positive attention from a potential partner.
🛀 How to Prepare and Use a Basil Bath
The basil bath is a simple, sweet, and comforting ritual.
1. Preparation of the Wash
Infusion: Use a large handful of fresh or dried Basil leaves. Bring water to a boil, add the basil, remove from heat, cover, and let it steep until the mixture is cool.
Strain: Strain the leaves out of the liquid. The leaves can be buried near your home's entrance or disposed of respectfully to attract good fortune.
Additives (Optional): Add a pinch of Brown Sugar or Honey to "sweeten" the path for attraction, or a few drops of Prosperity Oil.
2. The Ritual Bath
Cleanse First: Take a regular shower or bath beforehand.
Set Intention: Focus on the positive things you are attracting (e.g., "I attract financial abundance. I attract peace and joy.").
The Wash: While standing in the tub, pour the Basil wash over your body, this time starting from the head (crown) down to the feet. Unlike banishing baths, attraction baths often start at the head to saturate the mind and aura with the desired energy.
Speak Your Intent: Speak out loud what you are inviting into your life (money, luck, happiness).
Air Dry: Do not rinse off the bath. Allow the Basil water to air dry on your skin to seal the positive energy into your aura.
Disposal: The runoff water, having been used for attraction, can typically be allowed to flow down the drain, or if you feel exceptionally positive, pour the runoff onto plants in your home or yard to grow the prosperity.
