Well thought I would bring this topic up as I should be doing this to my runes as they have been shipped around the country and been sitting in my bottom draw gathering dust and cob webbs for over five years.  Sad to say but now I find myself with plenty of time on my hands it is time to get back into it.

I think my first set of Runes I really ever used were my river pebble ones, if you look at my blog you will see what I am talking about.  Once a month I use to take them down to a place called Fitzroy Falls in NSW Australia, and down to the little water fall there.  It is all fenced off now so you can't access were I use to go anymore.  Just before the water fall spilled over the very high cliff there was a small water fall about fifty metres up stream which cascaded gently over boulders and onto one big boulder.  I had to time this right as during the day bush walkers probably would have got a shock of there life seeing a very natural pagan chanting cleansing and empowering rituals over her Runes stones...lol.  So these visits were done early in the morning, and this is what I did.

I would strip down and take my Runes out of their leaver bag placing them on the large boulder the water ran over.  Create a circle of protection and then picking up each stone in tone I would say something like. I cleanse this stone wash away all negative enery with these waters.  After doing this I would thank the Water Sprites for there service and gently dry each rune.  To empower them I would pick up each Rune in turn and chant it's name over and over again until I felt it's energy rise, then I would lay it in the sun and pick up the next one.

Now days I am not so game and don't have the nationaly park near by to do this.  Plus I work with wooden Runes now, which I am not sure how I would go about it as I haven't cleansed them for a while.  So I guess I will meditate over them and cleanse them that way.

A lovely way is to use Sage and cedar to smudge them, smoke helps to create a positive energy around the runes, or you could use light, run the runs carefully through the flame of a candle, not the hot part lol.

Ouch, I am so clumsy I would probably set them alight and burn myself.  Think I will stick to the Sage and Cedar smudge and may be let them sit out in the sun for a bit, I think they would like that.  Thanks Gem

Don't want any burned fingers, thats for sure!  Watch out for the sun though, some woods will dry out, do you oil them? using essential oils is another lovely way to cleanse.

Hmm anyone seen Earl around here? Wonder if he cleanses or believes in the necessity of it?

I asked flight_of_angelwins that question yesterday, as I send Earl a mother hen pm to see if he was okay.

Will have to try maybe using Rosemary oil or something like that what would you suggest Gem?