Spiritual Hygiene - What It Is & How To Do It

fraterlucis
Jun 23
4 min read

bottle of liquid soap that says "energetic cleanse"

During my morning broadcast today I had someone ask me what "spiritual hygiene" is. Those who hang out on the channel know I talk about how the Ego gets in our way a lot. When we don't have our Ego under control and it is driving our life through the habit of reaction rather than conscious choice, it also leaks into each of the 4 emanations of our soul (explained below). Spiritual Hygiene is the regular maintenance we do on ourselves,, not only to keep the Ego in cehck after shadow work, but also after we go out and mingle with the rest of the world.

It's essential to understand the soul not as a static identity, but as a temple of living light, ever-expanding and ever-becoming. Just as our physical body needs daily care—cleansing, nourishing, protecting—so too does the energetic body require diligent tending. Spiritual Hygiene is the best step you can take to ensure this. Without it, spiritual ascent becomes unstable, as little things can knock you off balance over time. By maintaining our Spiritual Hygiene, we become temples worthy of the indwelling flame.

The Four Worlds & Tarot remind us of how it's done

In Tarot Pathwork, every card is both a mirror and a mechanism. Always remembering that the four suits of the minor arcana are a microcosm or a symbol of the four emanations of God. Through the lens of the Minor Arcana, we see the four sacred tasks of spiritual hygiene expressed through the suits:

Wands: Mental Clarity
Cups: Emotional Purification
Swords: Physical and Environmental Stewardship
Pentacles: Energetic Grounding and Protection

Each suit offers an entry point into your hygiene practice. You may begin with the suit that calls you—or rotate through them, as the moon moves through her phases.

Let us walk these four suits as rites of maintenance in the Lucian current.

1. Mental Clarity - the Wands & Atziluth

World of Emanation – Thought, Passion, Desire

The flame of Wands burns first. Thought precedes form. Passion precedes action. Desire, when unfocused, becomes distortion. Mental hygiene in the Lucian Mysteries is not about stilling the mind, but illuminating it—refining fire into radiance.

Lucian Exercise – The Flame of Clarity

At dawn, sit facing east.
Light a white candle and draw (or envision) the Ace of Wands.
Close your eyes and ask: “What thought-form is driving me today?”
Let an image or word arise. If it serves your Light, breathe it into the flame. If it hinders, breathe it out and into the candle to be transmuted.
Say aloud: “My thoughts are fire guided by will. Only that which serves my highest Light may enter here.”
Extinguish the candle with intention.

Use this daily for seven days and observe how your mental patterns shift.

2. Emotional Purification - the Cups & Briah

World of Creation – Emotion, Intuition, Communion

Water holds memory. The emotional body absorbs not only your feelings but those of others. Without purification, it becomes a stagnant pool where shadows multiply. Spiritual hygiene of Cups is the act of returning your waters to flow—which allows you to both give and receive energy.

Lucian Exercise – The Rite of the Chalice

Draw a warm bath or prepare a bowl of salt water.
Place the Two of Cups nearby (or envision it).
Whisper into the water every emotion you’ve carried in the past 24 hours. Joy, sorrow, rage, shame—speak them all.
With your right hand, stir the water clockwise three times, saying:“I feel. I release. I return to flow.”
Submerge your hands or entire body. Let the water take what no longer serves.
Dispose of the water with reverence—outside or down the drain with a blessing.

Repeat weekly or after emotionally intense encounters.

3. Physical and Environmental Stewardship - Swords & Yetzirah

World of Formation – Action, Boundary, Structure The sword is the implement of order. It defines space, action, and ritual law. In the Lucian Mysteries, stewardship of your body and environment is sacred—not just cleanliness, but intentional form-making. You carve sanctity into the world.

Lucian Exercise – The Blade and the Broom

Draw (or envision) the Four of Swords.
Choose one area of your life or space that has become chaotic.
Take a broom, cloth, or tool and clean that space in silence.
With every motion, mentally affirm: “This is my domain. I bring order where there was none.”
Conclude by standing in the space and tracing a sword shape in the air.
Say: “By this act, my outer world reflects the inner Light.”

This ritual may be performed monthly or after illness, travel, or disruption.

4. Energetic Grounding and Protection - Pentacles & Assiah

World of Action – Manifestation, Stability, Shielding

The Pentacle is a seal. It grounds the luminous current into matter and protects it from disintegration. Without this layer of hygiene, the Light leaks, and fatigue, confusion, or external influence may take hold. Grounding is not stagnation—it is anchoring the flame in stone.

Lucian Exercise – The Shield of Protection

Draw (or envision) the Nine of Pentacles.
Stand with bare feet on the ground (outdoors is best, but use what you've got).
Inhale deeply and visualize golden light descending into the crown of your head and flowing down into your feet, and then forming a bubble around you. Continue this visualization until it is firmly in your mind.
Say aloud: “My body is the Temple. My energy is sealed in Light.”
Leave the circle with gratitude. Disperse the salt into the earth or down the drain.

Use after energy work, public exposure, or whenever you feel “unplugged” from your center.

The Central Pillar: Integration

In the tarot pathwork, hygiene is not separate from initiation—it is initiation. It is the proof of readiness. To walk with angels, to speak with the Divine, to carry the flame of the Rite—you must first be clear enough to hear, strong enough to hold, and wise enough to discern.

All of this begins with tending the temple.

So do not ask to ascend before you have swept your floor. Do not seek divine messages before you’ve cleared the cobwebs from your thoughts. Every act of spiritual hygiene is a declaration that you are preparing a place for divine light to swell within you. Tend to your temple, and the Temple will tend to you.

Lucis invictus.