Nowadays Gillian Owens panicked refrain is echoing in everyone's consciousness. Protection! We all desperately need protection from all the deeply disturbing things happening out there. Well it just so happens there's a witchy solve for that, and a stone and a resin etc etc etc.
If you've got the ghost of partner's past on your ass, some wack non-friend, frenemy, psycho boss or some other ail that is deeply disturbing you, there's a myriad of things you can do to protect yourself. Here are a few:
Incense, every self--respecting person should have at least 2-3 incense holders in their home in preparation to burn away the disturbances or just create a pleasant ambience. Incense for protection includes: Nag Champa (the old faithful) this has been used for over 60 years and is a spiritual failsafe. The protection comes from the Sandalwood, which has a delightful scent of its own to share.
There's also Lavender which has been used for protection for many years although more known for cleaning (hence the name Lavender from the Latin word “Lave” meaning to wash) its cleansing and protection properties are not to be dismissed.
On the stronger and more potent side of things we have Frankincense Incense and Resin sort of like the Bruce Lee of killing negativity. Undefeated and seemingly innocuous yet oozing with power and mastery of control, if you don't have Frankincense for these trying times GET YOU SOME.
Finally we have Sage, there's regular Sage and White Sage. I recommend regular Sage with a mix of Lavender, (note, you are not smudging that is a practice particular to Indigenous People and the appropriation of that word by non-Indigenous folks is rather icky).
Now let's move on to protective stones, for there are many, we can begin with the Black Stones, all are protective, the strongest being Black Tourmaline. Black Tourmaline is what you use when “go away” just isn't enough, followed by (in no particular order) Black Obsidian, Hematite, Onyx, Shungite.
For non-Black protective stones there's Tiger's Eye or Tiger Eye in yellow, red, blue etc, Citrine (which is a great one as it is also a stone for prosperity and good fortune and does not pick up any negative energy) then (surprisingly) Pyrite and Lapis Lazuli. Lapis is an ancient stone, venerated by ancient Egyptians, buried with Pharaohs in their tombs and mentioned in the Bible. Put any of these stones on both sides of your front door or windows to protect you from bad energies (or people) entering your home and burn these aforementioned incense at least once a week to clear bad energy. It's ugly out there people, hold onto your humanity, stand up for what's right and protect your dang energy like Anubis guarding a Pharaoh's tomb.