What is Barrida?

Barrida is a type of purification ritual practiced by Mexican or Hispanic healers trained in the tradition healing system of Curanderismo. An object (egg, rosemary whisk, lemon, crucifix, etc.) is used as an energetic sweeping tool to cleanse and also sweep away any negative energies. When an egg is used, rather than sweeping negative energies away, the egg is intended to absorb the bad energies. Afterwards the energies are disposed of by breaking the egg and washing it down the drain or the egg is buried into sacred ground.

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