Emergency spiritual help needed!

[GrrrlPwr]

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

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly I don’t know why she swallowed a fly. Anyway it ended up with her swallowing a horse. Good luck with your phantom.

This helped us. Just play it in the background:

Buy some fabreeze and give it a good spray around. Maybe some shake and vac if you think you have ghosts in the carpet too.

@bathsh3ba

If you are Christian then instructing the spirit to leave in the name of Jesus ought to work. If it is more powerful than that, you need to get the priest back and it may need a team of people.

Ok, wo this presupposes there is a spirit, right? What if you aren't a christian, but pretend to be for this purpose? If you instruct it to leave in the name of Jesus will it leave, or can it read your mind and know you aren't actually a believer? Genuine question.

You cannot "get rid" of presences; they are not bad smells! The best you can do is placate them with gifts. Try sprigs of heather (please don't use purple heather) or honey (please do not use bee honey).

(The honey should obviously be offered in glassware only).

I'd suggest a cat.

Or one of those hidden microphone/camera detectors.

But, how do you define "presence" and how do you feel it?
Did the priest feel it?

It’s you old house with the ‘presence’, right?

Unless it has previously accompanied you on a prior move - it follows you from house to house - there’s no reason to suppose it will come with you.

You could sage your new house if you wanted to, I guess.

@Monestera

You cannot "get rid" of presences; they are not bad smells! The best you can do is placate them with gifts. Try sprigs of heather (please don't use purple heather) or honey (please do not use bee honey).

What creatures make honey other than bees?

To the posters who have zero input other than telling the OP to stop believing in 'woo', just because you haven't experienced supernatural phenomena does not mean it doesn't exist. Even top scientists can neither confirm or deny the existence of the paranormal. Metaphysical science is an actual field of study.

Ignore the skeptics OP. They are always the ones to shit their pants the first time they have an experience of their own.

Try sprigs of heather (please don't use purple heather) or honey (please do not use bee honey).

What other sort of honey is there?

Even top scientists can neither confirm or deny the existence of the paranormal. Metaphysical science is an actual field of study.

Sure it is...

I am sorry to hear about your problem OP. I'm not a practising Christian either but I find the presence of priests incredibly comforting and I know a visit from a priest to my house would sort out any issues of this nature, whether the underlying cause is a ghosty or anxiety about moving house.

I also have to say that I am enjoying this thread very much. It reminds me of the way MN used to be, when interesting and laugh out loud threads popped up every day. Now it's all dull stuff or made up dull stuff + trans stuff (which I find quite interesting but don't want to be permanently angry).

@Lweji

Even top scientists can neither confirm or deny the existence of the paranormal. Metaphysical science is an actual field of study.

Sure it is...

How ignorant.

I think I remember an entire section dedicated to metaphysical science in the last European Comission calls. Not.

There are quite a few interesting psychology studies, though.

How ignorant

Sure I am...

How can you find out if somebody is a 'top scientist?' Is there a hit parade?

@EmotionalSupportBear May I ask what one burns sage in?
I've seen sage burning suggested on many threads before... but not sure what the practicalities are, thanks.

Open all doors and windows, throw salt and water through open doorways.
I doubt it does anything but I always do it in a new house and at New Year, just in case

@Briset

How can you find out if somebody is a 'top scientist?' Is there a hit parade?

Once a year, New Scientist publish a chart of the top 100 scientists. You can look them up in that. Of course, Scientific American also compile their own list, but just like "The World Series" it only features American scientists, with the odd Japanese scientist around the 40s and 50s mark.

Well, I suppose they have little enough to do these days, they can fanny about on this nonsense instead.

I really did laugh out load and I'm now after shock laughing.

This made the Shake and vac comments and honey not made by bees even funnier.

Offer it milk. Would semi skimmed be ok ? And some sweets. Like miniature heroes that sort of thing ? What if it's lactose intolerant.

I'm just here to find out about the beeless honey

@Briset

How can you find out if somebody is a 'top scientist?' Is there a hit parade?

There's your run of the mill Nobel Prizes. And then there's your h index top 100.

@Monestera

You cannot "get rid" of presences; they are not bad smells! The best you can do is placate them with gifts. Try sprigs of heather (please don't use purple heather) or honey (please do not use bee honey).

Alternatively you could use coffee (not decaff, obviously. Ghosts and goblins get tired too).