First, before undertaking a cleansing it is a good idea, to listen to your intuition. Before buying or staying somewhere, how does it make you feel? Do you get the soft uhoh's attached to this? Are you feeling unsettled or nervous for no particular reason(I'm ignoring psychological stuff like panic disorders, this is focussing on listening to the inner voice). What is your jiminy cricket telling you?
Why am I focussing on that first. Because pragmatically, why go through all the hoopla of a cleansing that may or may not work or only work temporarily if you can get another place instead. In the immortal words of Scrooge McDucks dad, Work Smarter not harder!
There was a house we owned in Ms. I hit it with the most powerful cleansing stuff I knew. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't get the spiritual gunk out. It would have taken repainting the walls with blessed paint, ripping out ALL the carpet pinesoling all the floors and replacing all the floors to make a dent. Not to mention ripping out drywall and redoing that. Had we known when we walked through the subtle ickies, we would have chosen another abode.
Ok now that you have chosen the place. Wash down the walls with sea salt and water. Hit the floors with pine oil cleanser. Yes people, behold the power of pinesol is very applicable in more then just english magic. It is also very prevalent in Hoodoo. Shampoo the rugs and hit them with a florida water. Cense the house with sage in all the corners. Then use frankincense and myrrh(turning OFF the fire alarms). Then burn in some meadowsweet, and or sweetgrass. Because once you have cleansed, which I learned via Hoodoo then you want to bring in the sweet energies.
I have found sage to be the spiritual equivalent of the cleanser 409. Hit all the corners with it.(http://www.asunam.com/smudge_ceremony.html this is a helpful blog about the properties of sage and cedar and sweetgrass. That way, for those who read this understand where we get sage from and why we use it, and the cultural context behind it.) Frankincense and myrrh(http://www.thesacredmist.com/tt10/2010/18_herbs_for_magical_purposes.htm) are very powerful cleansers as well as protective. Which if you wish to cleanse in a Christian manner would be helpful.
I would talk to a priest if you are cleansing in a Christian manner. If you are one of the more spiritual Christians who don't feel comfortable in organized religion, it still helps. If nothing else getting a house blessing by a priest could be helpful. Sprinkling with Holy water, reading some of the Psalms and censing with Frankincense and Myrrh helps. Grow hyssop as well, the bees and butterflies will love you, and the herb itself is protective.
If you really have icky stuff, hit the house with Asofoetida. http://herb-magic.com/asafoetida-powder.html . It is apparently very icky smelling. Personally I like it, it smells like roasted onions.
Scott Cunninghams book of herbs is a great resource. He hits many of the English and European properties. Take Cat Yronwodes herbal book(only because I don't know of any other author) for the African properties(because herbs don't correspond the same in those cultures) to look up others.
Look up bottle trees. Not only is it great garden art, but in African folklore, they confuse evil ghosts and hold them captive till the morning till the sun burns them off. You see them more in the south, then anywhere else.
Look up native plants, and garden with them. You will make the bees and butterflies happy, which only increases good energy to your property. Plus the local wights, fey and other nature spirits will look better on you.
Yes I am mixing different cultures protections. I am a pragmatist and don't see a reason why to only use one culture. Plus this is America, we have a stew of different cultures and you will encounter different issues.
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