I have asked several individuals ask me how to make “Holy Water.” I hope this answers your questions and you find it useful.

Holy Water is not a new tool to Witchcraft or Paganism, and has proven so useful in the past, that the Roman Catholic Church adapted the practice from its Pagan conquests during the early formation of Christianity.   The uses for Holy water are many, and it remains to this day a valuable tool in almost every religion. Wiccans may call it Blessed Water, and Voudons may refer to it as “Devil Water”, and Catholics may purchase it as “Florida Water”, or “Blessed Mother Mary Water” it is one in the same, ultimately, being water which has been blessed by a higher power to aid in one’s religious workings.

Although the concept behind Holy Water is the same, it’s varied uses are many.   It remains to be used in modern religions to protect, banish, heal, curse, enlighten, cleanse, purify, and the list goes on. One may be inclined to think that such a powerful potion would be hard to come by; however, it is a most simple concoction involving only a little bit of water and a lot of spiritualism.

Producing Holy Water is an act needed to be done when your spiritual attunement, and/ or awareness is high, and you are comfortable and confident about performing magic.   As a Pagan, I prefer performing this act within my circle.   When setting up your tools for this act, your necessary components will be natural flowing fresh or salt water, either from a creek, river, lake, sea, ocean, or collected rain water (tap water is not recommended).   If sea or ocean water is unavailable, you will want to add 1 teaspoon of salt to every 8 oz. of fresh water you will be blessing.   Once you have the salt water ready, place it in front of you.   Incense is actually optional in this case, but I would strongly encourage anyone to try and burn Frankincense during the blessing, if at all possible.

Frankincense has been used since the times when the God Set ruled the underworld of Ancient Egypt, and remains to be used today in many various religions, and continues to be a potent ingredient in all forms Magic. Candles are also optional in the case of Blessing water, but do help set a spiritual mood for any blessing, ceremony, spell, or incantation.   If you are pagan, you will want to lay four white candles around the circle, signifying the cardinal points of direction, and place two white candle upon your altar.

Kneel or sit in front of the bowl of salt water, and close your eyes.   Concentrate on connecting with the God and Goddess.   Ask silently or aloud, for Their assistance in producing this potion of   great power.   Explain for what it will be served for, and how you will use its power.   Proclaim your need for assistance in creating the essence of Their power to serve your religious acts.

Hold your hands over the bowl, and look above, toward the sky, and accept the power of the God & Goddess, and move it through your body, and into the bowl of water.   Continue with this procedure for a few minutes or until you feel the act has been completed, and the God & Goddess have assisted you in your workings.

Once you have completed the above, you may exit your area of worship, or casting, and prepare the water to be used in your various magical workings.   The water should be stored in an airtight container if possible, but can be stored in any bottle for short periods of time.   You will not want to keep the water for more than two weeks at a time due to bacteria.   My personal favorite storage container for my Blessed Water is a spray bottle, originally purchased for plant misting.   Spray bottles are perfect when you are performing acts which require you to expose a large area to Holy Water. They come in most handy for spirit banishing, house purifications & spiritual cleansings of large areas.