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Flint has been used since prehistoric and ancient times, all over the world, to produce protective energies for the people and the spirits at haunted sites as well as to dispel negativity energies from haunted sites.  {Depending on where you live, flint can be hard to find [and therefore, purchase].  So, if you do have trouble locating flint, just buy "flints" for cigarette lighters - tiny, yes, but effective.}

Agate, too, has been used since ancient times to connect with the spiritual world - whether it be spirit guides, angels, ancestors, or ghosts.  Agate also has the additional quality of grounding - so neither the participants nor the spirits can "go over the top"!

Other stones and crystals that can be used during an investigation or a clearing are {and usually easiest-to-find} azurite, bloodstone, calcite, fluorite, 7-sided quartz crystals {herkimer diamonds are 7 & 5-sided}, lavender quartz, and spinels {ruby pebbles that aren't rubies????}, apache gold, mochi balls, black or brown obsidian, sapphire, and turquoise.  All of these stones are balancing as well as healing so they will all help to reduce negative energies that may be associated with hauntings.

Rowan {mountain ash}, like flint, has also been used since prehistoric and ancient times - as protection and dispersal of negative energies in hauntings.  Wood from a Rowan tree can be fashioned as wands, crosses, dowsing sticks, amulets, and walking sticks.  Rowan berries have the added bonus of healing energies.  {All you need to do is find a rowan tree and cut off a twig with berries on it.  Of course, please ask permission if it's not your tree.}  {And, sorry, rowan is a cool climate tree - so if you live in a hotter climate, rowan may be difficult to locate.  Craft stores may be your best bet in this case.}

Smudge, which is made up of sweet grass, sage {preferably wild sage}, tobacco {preferably Indian or wild tobacco}, and cedar, is a North American First Nation tradition used as very "strong medicine" to clear negative energies and to set protective energies.  Almost always smudging is done in a circular motion over and around a person as well as over and around a site.  {If your investigation or clearing is using a First Nation shaman, they will smudge.}

Of course, no spell sheet of mine is complete without some angel spells.  All four of the Archangels can be prayed to to help during an investigation or a clearing.  Pray to all four archangels in the order of the compass directions below - this will help you "draw" a circle.  When "drawing" your circle, picture not only yourself and the your ghost being encircled in protective energies, please also picture your ghost being encircled by the light of the next plane.  {Please note, too, that another "circle" is "drawn" with the order of the seasons.}
U Pray to Michael in the east, thinking of summer.  He is the champion against adversity.
    Ask him to help reduce any negativity.
U Pray to Uriel in the south, thinking of autumn.  He is both a guide and an instructor in the
    ways of God's wisdom - so, he will easily help and aid.
U Pray to Gabriel in the west, thinking of winter.  He is the deliverer of good news - the good
    news that your research or clearing is going well.
U Pray to Raphael in the north, thinking of spring.  He is the universal healer and can be
    asked to protect.  Raphael, like Uriel, can be asked to help aid and guide.
U Pray to your own guardian angel or spirit guide to help protect.  Any family, friends, and
    loved ones who have passed into the light are also guardian angels.

Just like flint and rowan, do all of this with respect.  Whether the ghost is historical or an elemental or a poltergeist, if you show respect for whomever or whatever the spirit is, then that spirit is more likely to co-operate with you.

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