Bringing magic into the home.
As you might have guessed by the title of this article I've just moved home, and there's been quite a lot to do besides the obvious painting and decorating. When moving into a house or building that is quite old, it is usually necessary to perform some kind of banishing and blessing so as to remove the unwanted past vibrations of any previous occupants and then seal in your own personal vibrations. The main reason why a house may feel cold and unwelcoming is the fact that when people become angry, depressed, sexually excited or violent the energy released from the etheric body usually lingers around creating an "atmosphere" that will later be absorbed into
The walls and furniture, and unless the etheric energy is released from the house the new occupants if sensitive will pick up the negative vibrations in the place, on another level second hand jewellery and clothes can create the same kind of problem this is how psychometry is possible. On first moving into my new flat I found it to have the subtle ambience of a dentists waiting room without the fish tank, but with a little magic the whole place feels completely different. In pagan times many customs involved bringing a light from your previous home to bless the hearth of your new home,
Although in most modern houses the open fire no longer exists the same blessing can be performed with a candle or night light. Many such blessings are associated with the patronage of the Celtic goddess bridged later christianised as saint Bridget. This goddess was originally the lady of the hearth fire, of healing and medicine magic and fertility and many other crafts, so bridged would be an ideal goddess to call upon to bless a new home. When it comes to the actual nitty gritty of blessing a new home or anywhere else for that matter, many people fall flat, by not knowing were to start or what to do. In this case it would be best to follow ones intuition, if it feels right do it. Starting with the four elements is a good way to bring balance and harmony into the home; this can be done with a plain white candle, a stick of pleasant smelling incense, some sea salt and a dish of natural spring water. Starting with the salt would be best, as it is a natural purifier and cleanser; its qualities are of the earth element, which brings stability, wisdom and prosperity. At the front door start to sprinkle the salt as you slowly walk through the house, as you do so visualise the cleansing proper-ties of the salt removing the energies of any previous occupants, while you verbalise your wishes, you could say something along the lines of "may the guardian spirits of the element of earth banish all negative and unwanted energies from this place and replace them with love and prosperity, wisdom and kindness for all who dwell within this place". There are no real rules as to what you should say during a blessing or consecration as long as it follows a similar pattern to the above, you may find that you will waffle on for what seems like ages once you start your blessing, or you may feel happier with one short phrase repeated over and over, its entirely up to you what to say and how long it should take.
The next element to call upon is that of air, which is represented by the incense, unless you sense the energy of the house to be really negative any pleasant incense will do.
The air element rules the thinking rational mind, intelligence and perception; the air spirits also bring clarity in making conscious decisions. Start at the front does
Or again walking slowly through the house swinging the incense burner or waving the incense sticks as you go, visualising the qualities of air sweeping through your home at the same time you could say something along the lines of "may the guardian spirits of the element of air bring clarity of mind, speed of thought and the understanding of the mysteries of the ancients to all who dwell within this place".
The next element is that of fire which is represented by the candle, as mentioned earlier, in pagan times the light would be brought from the hearth or stove of ones family home. The stove in particular was held in high regard as it was thought to represent the womb of the earth mother, and many women would kneel in front of the oven and
Pray to the goddess as giver of life and provider for the family. The fire element rules strength, determination and passion if you haven't managed to bring the light from your previous home, light the candle from the stove and go to the front door again and as you walk slowly through the house holding the candle in front of you visualise the qualities of fire filling your home saying something like "may the guardian spirits of the element of fire bring courage, strength, energy and passion to all who dwell within this place, and may terror enter the heart of any wrong doer entering this place without invitation .( quite an important thing to add in these days of high crime e.t.a.} You will have probably noticed by now that the wording of the above elemental invocations all follow a set pattern, although when you perform your own house blessing the wording may be as you please, but do bare in mind that because of the nature of elemental spirits they will respond better to formulae such as the above. (The extremely powerful magical system employed by the ancient sumerian magicians often involved a variety of short phrases repeated over and over until the desired result was achieved, so in this case the more repetitions you make the better the result will be.)
We now turn our attention to the element of water which is represented here by the dish of water, this element rules psychism, the emotions, love and the divine feminine as the candle (fire) represents the divine masculine.
The water I use in this type of blessing comes from a sacred spring dedicated to the goddess, near the arbour low stone circle in Derbyshire, although any natural
Spring water will do. Start at the front door again sprinkling the water as you slowly walk through the house, visualising the qualities of water entering your home. As you walk through each room you could say something along the lines of "may the guardian spirits of the element of water bring love, peace and intuition to all who dwell
Within this place". Once you have been through every room calling upon the spirits of each element, the energies within the house should feel more harmonious, and
If you would like to bless your home in the name of a particular deity, that also would bring added homeliness, provided that the chosen deity isn't kali, sekmet, thor or any other such warlike god or goddess. Once you have completed your house blessing, it might also be a nice idea to send thoughts out to any friends or relatives in the spirit world that you would still like to know are around you, asking them to become regular visitors to your new home, and that they might keep a watchful eye on you. This is just a simple way to bless a new home, there are many alternative methods which are equally effective, you could even go as far as to draw relevant Sigils on the walls before you put the wallpaper up. All these methods can be used to bring more harmony into the home, you could also use an elemental blessing such as the above on a regular basis to help harmonise a house you may have lived in for many years, as every now and
Again negative emotions will build up in your home, you may even find yourself picking up negative emotions from an adjoining house or flat this sometimes happens
As the etheric energy of ones
neighbours can seep through the walls causing us depression and anxiety,
particularly if ones neighbours argue a lot have a go at blessing your
home you will no doubt be surprised by the results, until next time blessed
be.
SUSAN LEYBOURNE.