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Emergency spiritual help needed!

428 replies

GrrrlPwr · 24/08/2021 11:06

We are moving house. This house has a 'presence'. It is not a happy presence. And we would rather not move house with it!

Have already had a priest round to bless the house which helped.

But it's still not gone. The presence not the priest. He went after a cup of tea and a biscuit.

Removal men commented they could 'feel' the presence too.

So. Any ideas?

Any leaving the house ceremony type thing from another culture we could borrow?

We are white British Christian background. So open to any ideas! Thanks

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Margerine78 · 25/08/2021 17:41

@EmotionalSupportBear

i have some ideas, but i'm Pagan/A Witch, and it depends if you'd be comfortable trying them.

The simplest, is to open all the doors and windows, and burn a little sage (please don't use white sage though) in each room, and politely ask them to leave.

The second is a meditative visualisation of everything in the house being filled with white light/peace and gently push it out from the center of the house, bidding everything to go with, then bless each room again.

The third, is the offchance this isn't a ghost, but something else, is to leave a couple of offerings of milk and a sweet/some candy on the side and outloud, politely ask them to behave and that you're of no threat to them.

Can I ask why not white sage? My Mum's a Pagan so I picked up bits from her, and I always cleanse places with the white stuff.
Ibelieveinghosts · 25/08/2021 17:41

Oh I love these threads and the appearance of the people who somehow know everything that will ever be discovered so can categorically state what exists and what doesn’t. Rather than wasting time on such threads it would be wonderful if they could apply their absolute knowledge to telling us the cure for cancer,
How to solve poverty, how to save the planet. What a waste of that all knowing power to comment on someone’s ghost.

I’m sure many will leave their dearly held belief system because some closed minded keyboard warrior says so😂😂😂😀.

Anyway enjoy your new house OP.

Ilovejesus8 · 25/08/2021 17:50

Everything in prayer everything in the name of Jesus

Whu020 · 25/08/2021 18:07

Burn some sage

Bertiebiscuit · 25/08/2021 18:21

The previous occupants of my flat left very bad vibes for all sorts of nasty reasons - holes in the walls, unhelpful behaviour, leaving dodgy literature taking all the light bulbs, - I did a smudge with a sage smudge stick when I moved in

EmotionalSupportBear · 25/08/2021 18:21

i dont necessarily believe in 'ghosts' persay, but i do think deaths/trauma can leave a holdover of residual energy/aura .. so doing a cleanse/smudging can clear out the old, and allow new to flow in.

I really don't care if people think i'm nuts, i know enough people who agree with me to ignore the sceptics.

EmotionalSupportBear · 25/08/2021 18:22

@Margerine78 keep reading the answer is further through the thread :)

Ariadneslostthread · 25/08/2021 18:23

I’m pagan, and I’m with emotionalsupportbear. That said we’ve lived with the residents in our 200 year old house for 15 years now. I’ve tried everything, they won’t go. But I don’t think spirit will follow you - unless you have reason to think it might ?

mamabear715 · 25/08/2021 18:34

All you sceptics are in for a real surprise when you pass over..

GrrrlPwr · 25/08/2021 18:43

Mamabear715 that's what I think now! All the athiests will get quite a shock eh

Thanks Ibelieveinghosts the new house is lovely indeed. Still very peaceful. We made the right decision for sure to go.

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Silverflute · 25/08/2021 18:48

I’ve been reading the replies.
You are a Christian. Say the Lord’s Prayer. It is the most powerful prayer. Have faith in it. Listen to the words as you say them, either to yourself or out loud.

Wandawide · 25/08/2021 19:08

Can you get the fairies to help.
Julia Margaret Cameron photographed them didn't she.
Were they the same as the Cottingham ones?
Better than spells.

BIWI · 25/08/2021 19:14

@Margerine78 if you can be arsed to read the thread, you'll see that there's already an answer to your question.

Yesitsbess · 25/08/2021 19:14

@GrrrlPwr

I haven't seen champagne on a ghost house, but that's not to say it doesn't happen, so worth a try Grin. I have attached a picture of a modest one for your carpenter.

Emergency spiritual help needed!
Margerine78 · 25/08/2021 19:17

[quote BIWI]@Margerine78 if you can be arsed to read the thread, you'll see that there's already an answer to your question.[/quote]
😂

MasterBeth · 25/08/2021 19:47

@mamabear715

All you sceptics are in for a real surprise when you pass over..
How do you know? Are you dead?
MasterBeth · 25/08/2021 19:49

@Silverflute

I’ve been reading the replies. You are a Christian. Say the Lord’s Prayer. It is the most powerful prayer. Have faith in it. Listen to the words as you say them, either to yourself or out loud.
How do you know that the Lord’s Prayer is the most powerful prayer?
Topia · 25/08/2021 19:51

Loving the sceptics on here - you guys are in for one helluva shock!!!

SusieBob · 25/08/2021 19:51

@mamabear715

All you sceptics are in for a real surprise when you pass over..
That's a risk I'm willing to take.

If I'm wrong, oh noes!

If I'm right, at least I haven't wasted a shitload of time on all this nonsense.

OP, there is no "presence" and it won't follow you when you move.

LadyAddle · 25/08/2021 20:14

@XDownwiththissortofthingX
"Have you tried getting the Archbishop of Canterbury round? That should smite the bugger."
Thank you so much, I was feeling really down and your post made me laugh.

Topia · 25/08/2021 20:15

I’ve come across many sceptics over the years. They’re the ones who truly shit themselves when they realise there’s something in same space with them. That’s not a good thing to find out suddenly

BIWI · 25/08/2021 20:27

Sorry, but there is nothing when you die.

I'd love to be proved wrong, and that I would be meeting up with my mum and dad at some point, but it's not going to happen.

GrrrlPwr · 25/08/2021 20:29

LOVE the mini house design!
Now I really wish I'd posted whilst still in the house.

Maybe I should have gone big and done all the suggestions. Either absolutely zero would have happened, or a portal to another dimension? Who knows!

Actually I'd rather not find out the hard way Smile

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SusieBob · 25/08/2021 20:32

@Topia

I’ve come across many sceptics over the years. They’re the ones who truly shit themselves when they realise there’s something in same space with them. That’s not a good thing to find out suddenly
That totally doesn't sound made up at all.
Drgnbllx · 25/08/2021 20:57

I wondered when this would turn into a sceptic bashing thread.