Holy Water, 16 Fluid Ounces

Blessed for spiritual use. Holy water is set apart by blessing rather than by ingredients; it is plain water made sacred, which is why it belongs at the very beginning of a cleansing, before oils, herbs, or smoke.

Sprinkle, dab, or pour. It works in every form water does: flicked into corners, touched to the forehead or hands, added to a spiritual bath, or stirred into a floor wash with Florida Water or rue.

A full working supply. Sixteen ounces blesses a home room by room, fills a small font or bowl by the entrance, and leaves enough to consecrate tools, candles, and petitions for months.

• Volume: 16 fluid ounces
• Shipping weight: about 1.4 lb packaged (per AzureGreen)
• Supplied by AzureGreen
• Contents: water (any additions are not stated on the listing)
• Sold as blessed holy water; the source of the blessing is not stated on the listing
• Also available in 4 oz and 8 oz bottles

Holy water is used for cleansing, blessing, and protection in Catholic folk practice, Hoodoo, and Latin American botánica traditions. In the Catholic tradition it is water blessed by a priest, kept in fonts at church doors and in homes, and used to bless people, rooms, and objects. Hoodoo and botánica practice took that water into conjure: rootworkers add it to spiritual baths and floor washes, sprinkle it to clear a house after an argument or a death, and use it to consecrate mojo bags, candles, and altar tools.

The idea is older than any one church. Water that has been spoken over becomes different water. Whether your holy water comes from a parish font or a practitioner's blessing, the practice of using it is the same: sprinkle it with intention, say the words, and let the space be new.

You do not have to be Catholic to use it. You do have to mean it.

1. Start at the door. Dip your fingers or a sprig of rosemary in the holy water and flick a few drops across the threshold, saying a blessing for the house.
2. Move through the rooms. Sprinkle into the corners of each room, moving from the back of the home toward the front door, and speak the words as you go: "This house is clean, this house is blessed."
3. Bless your tools. Touch a drop to new candles, a fresh mojo bag, a deck of cards, or an altar cloth to consecrate them for your practice.
4. Add it to water work. Pour a splash into a spiritual bath or a bucket of floor wash alongside Florida Water, rue, or hyssop.
5. Keep a font. Fill a small bowl by the entrance and touch it when you come and go. How often you refresh it is between you and your home.

• Holy Water, 8 fl. oz.: the smaller bottle for a travel altar or a single cleansing.
• Florida Water Cologne, 7.5 oz: the classic partner in a Hoodoo floor wash or cleansing bath.
• Rue (Ruda) Wash, 8 oz: add both to the mop bucket for a botánica-style house cleansing.
• Hyssop Cut, 1 oz: the biblical cleansing herb, steeped and mixed with holy water for a spiritual bath.
• House Blessing Oil Blend by Espiritu, 1 oz: anoint the doorframe after the water has cleared the way.

What is holy water?

Holy water is water that has been blessed and set apart for spiritual use: cleansing a space, blessing people and objects, and marking a threshold as protected. In Catholic practice a priest blesses it; in Hoodoo and botánica practice it is also prepared by practitioners. Either way, it is plain water made sacred by the words spoken over it.

How do practitioners use holy water?

Practitioners sprinkle holy water into the corners of a room to cleanse it, flick it across a doorway for protection, touch it to the forehead or hands, dab it on candles and tools to consecrate them, and add a splash to spiritual baths and floor washes. A few drops with a spoken blessing is the whole method.

Is this holy water blessed by a church?

The listing describes this as blessed holy water but does not say whether the blessing came from a church or from a practitioner. If that matters for your practice, ask Plentiful Earth before ordering. Many rootworkers and botánica practitioners use either kind the same way, adding their own words when they open the bottle.

Can I use holy water if I am not Catholic?

Yes. Holy water is used across Catholic folk devotion, Hoodoo, Espiritismo, and eclectic practice, and none of them require membership to use it at home. Use it with respect for where it comes from, speak a blessing in your own words, and it becomes part of your cleansing practice. Many witches keep a bottle beside the salt.

How is holy water different from Florida Water or moon water?

Holy water is blessed plain water used for cleansing and consecration. Florida Water is a citrus and floral cologne used in Hoodoo and botánica practice for cleansing and offerings. Moon water is water charged under the moon in eclectic witchcraft. They are often combined; holy water is the one for blessing thresholds and tools.

How should I store holy water and how long does it keep?

Store holy water capped, out of direct sun, and away from the kitchen so it stays set apart. Sealed plain water keeps a long time; if it ever looks cloudy, pour it out onto the earth rather than down a drain and start a fresh bottle. Sixteen ounces lasts a household many months of regular use.