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quick all of you lovely pagan/new age/alternative types, help me with a lovely way of entering my new home please...

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Heathcliffscathy · 19/08/2005 14:23

we completed on our new house today. i'm planning on spaceclearing it properly before we finally move it, but we are going to enter it as a family and owners for the first time later this afternoon...any tips on a little mantra to say or something to do to protect us, and make our lives in the house lovely..?????

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Heathcliffscathy · 19/08/2005 14:23

sorry, too many lovelies in the subject heading!

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cod · 19/08/2005 14:25

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fairyfly · 19/08/2005 14:27

You have to splatter it with holy water, i did that here and this house has brought me nothing but joy, i don't think

cod · 19/08/2005 14:27

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fairyfly · 19/08/2005 14:31

We have a tradition on christmas day that we queue up at the door smallest first who holds a baby jesus and we sing " thankyou for the world so sweet, thankyou for the food we eat, thankyou for the birds that sing, thankyou god for everything"

You could change god to something more suitable, Barclays, Halifax and maybe get New house instead of food in there too.

Heathcliffscathy · 19/08/2005 14:32

thanks ladies....noooot!

oh come on children of the earth and moon????? i want to say a little something....

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cod · 19/08/2005 14:32

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Caribbeanqueen · 19/08/2005 14:34

I'm afraid I don't know about anything you can say, but you but many health stores sell space clearing stuff in sprays which you can spray intoe ach room. I have no idea what's in it though!

fairyfly · 19/08/2005 14:35

On the night of the Full Moon, annoint the yin yang candle with patchouli oil. Light the candle, and from the candle, light 2 sticks of incense.

Hold the amethyst egg between your palms, in a prayer position, and meditate on the type of home you want. When you have it completely visualized- not only the floor plan, price and location, also the neighbors, neighborhood, safety, crime, etc- write it all down.

Next, pour the herbs on the paper and say, with the egg folded in your hands

my home, my nest
I plant the seed
the egg is formed
a new place
for me

Repeat this til it feels "set". Sweep half of the herbs into the wood box, and place the amethyst egg into it. Fold the paper, and place it into the charm bag with the rest of the herbs. Keep this with you, especially when you are out and about- it will act as a beacon, or homing device, for your new home. Place the wood box with the amethyst egg in your present home, to also attract what you desire.

cod · 19/08/2005 14:38

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Heathcliffscathy · 19/08/2005 14:39

cod you should ahve been concerned about me long ago...i am hybrid shouty ranter/hippy dippy...tis a terrible combination

ff, that just sounds like the most amazing and authentic ceremony i've ever heard of, you must be some kind of witchy woman

cq, it's ok, i know whole big space clearing thing...i was just after something short and sweet for our first foray into our new home...thanks anyway!

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Heathcliffscathy · 19/08/2005 14:40

she made it up cod you donut!!!!!

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fairyfly · 19/08/2005 14:41

I think at such short notice you'll just have to use a hens egg. I have lit my altar to support you in this exciting new life begining.

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PrettyCandles · 19/08/2005 14:50

It sounds from your post that you're not moving in today? In which case, take bread, salt and olive oil with you, to make sure that whenever you enter your new home it is ready to welcome you with food. Ancient Mediterranean practice. I did it and it made me feel wonderful every time I entered my damp, grotty, virtually uninhabitable NEW HOME.

Of course the modern take on that would be to include kettle and tea/coffee stuff! Good luck .

Heathcliffscathy · 19/08/2005 14:50

pmsl

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CountessDracula · 19/08/2005 14:56

I have a good one

Drive up outside (unless you stick to your principles and get public transport that is )

Say "oh look there's our new house"

Go in

Be excited

Come home

Have a bottle of champagne

CountessDracula · 19/08/2005 14:59

or I found this:

House Blessing

Assemble:

Salt & Water
Incense (fire and air)
Milk & Honey
Oil (for anointing)
Wine (for offering)
Bells, Pots, Pans, Whistles, etc.
Cast a circle in the main room (livingroom) and after casting, visualize the circle expanding to include the entire house. Call upon the spirits and energies living in the house (or apartment). Invite those who will be harmonious with the new household and its energies to remain. Invite/ask those who will be happier elsewhere to depart. Release all "energies" not compatible with the new household. (This may be expressed as a "release" in order to unbind anything that may be stuck.)

Then call upon, greet, and invite ancestors, patron deities, and all harmonious spirits and energies to dwell in the house as they please.

Gather up the pots, pans, and all the noise-makers. Go to each door and window, not forgetting the fire-place and dog-door, making as much racket as humanly possible-to shoo out anything unwanted. (This is hysterical fun, and also raises lots of energy for the next important step.) Go again throughout the house and at each portal (door, window, etc.) sprinkle salt-water and cense, saying: "By the Elements I purify and charge this portal." Then anoint the portal with milk and honey, saying: "By Milk and Honey I ensure prosperity and peace within this place." Finally, anoint the portal with oil, saying: "With Oil I seal this portal and protect all within." At the front door a special prayer is said, asking the guardian deities (God & Goddess) to freely grant entry to all friends and loved ones, and to prevent passage (turn aside) to any who would do harm." Then, if it's a house-pour wine across the width of the threshold; if it's an apartment anoint the threshold with light touches of wine.

The house-holders then each take a sip of wine, leaving some as an offering to the Gods, and the Circle should be closed. The remaining wine, milk, and honey should be offered to the Gods. (In our case to the fruit tree and the oak tree in our yard.)

Addenda: This is very effective if done as part of a house-warming party, followed by much feasting. It has also been done very effectively by two people. It only takes about 30 minutes to do a large house. You can take the time.

Do make certain to "ground" afterward, by closing the circle and by eating. This ritual can "stir" up everybody and make the house feel full of "buzzy" energy.

House Blessing Notes

In the spirit of house blessings, I offer some selections taken from Cunningham's The Magical Household. I hope that they will inspire you to pick up the Cunningham book, because it's wonderful stuff...

For the doorway:

Suspend over the door a fresh sprig of dill, tied with a blue cord (or red, if you prefer), to prevent those who mean you harm from entering

Cross two needles, and stick into or tie onto a corner of your doormat, to prevent evil from entering.

Grind Dragon's Blood herb into a powder and sprinkle it on door and window sills, to protect your house from harm.

SaintGeorge · 19/08/2005 14:59

Walk through your new home wafting a sage smudge stick and reciting the following:

Touch the lintel and touch the wall,
Nothing but blessings here befall!
Bless the candle that stands by itself,
Bless the book on the mantle shelf,
Bless the pillow for the tired head,
Bless the hearth and the light shed.
Friends who tarry here, let them know
A three fold blessing before they go.
Sleep for weariness - peace for sorrow
Faith in yesterday and tomorrow.
Friends who go from here, let them bear
The blessing of hope, wherever they fare.
Lintel and windows, sill and wall,
Nothing but good, this place befall.

Blessed Be

CountessDracula · 19/08/2005 15:00

SaintGeorge maybe you could get some dragon's blood for the one I found

cod · 19/08/2005 15:01

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