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Post by Rion on Aug 8, 2010 6:12:40 GMT -1
I'm moving, hurrah! ;D So on that topic, are there any sorts of rituals you have for moving into a new home? Ceisiwr Serith's chapter* on the subject has been helpful, if a little touched by the bizarre hand of Wicca. I do however agree with him on the I-E precedent for anointing the doorframe as well as some sort of propitiations to the household spirits/suleviae and matres, and perhaps something to the ancestors (assuming they are not the same thing). But I was wondering whether any of you have anything you do to sanctify a new home? * www.ceisiwrserith.com/paganfamily/chapter3.htm
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Post by potia on Aug 8, 2010 9:10:36 GMT -1
Depending of level of cleanliness of new place sometimes housework first. If it's clean then I walk round clockwise with bells to chase out anything unpleasant that may be lingering from the previous occupants or being empty. Then I go round with incense.
When leaving my old home I tell the spirits there we are moving so that if there is anyone that wants to come with us they can hop in/on to the things moving.
Once in the new place and after going round with incense I greet the spirits there, introduce myself and family and make offerings (usually milk and oatcakes as that's a pretty traditional offering in Scotland).
I also reinforce the bounds form time time by walking round with incense again - always moving clockwise round the house and round each room. I don't often make offerings to household spirits but do chat to them from time to time.
Ancestors are not something I include in house moving and I've never really thought about doing so. I feel that they will follow the family anyway.
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Post by Blackbird on Aug 16, 2010 12:44:18 GMT -1
Hope the move is going smoothly!
Housework is the important bit, practically and symbolically! I go round a new house with a broom and vigorously sweep out each room. Then I make an offering to the spirits of the house as a 'hello and hopefully nice to meet you' gesture.
I do ask if spirits from the old place want to come along, but this can be a bit difficult. What if the spirits of the new house and the old clash? I remember a few house moves ago when I'd split up with my ex. There was a very strong spirit in the house (the type that would do stuff if it was ignored or annoyed). The house itself was pretty awful. Nottingham is a big ex-mining area and the house was subsisding to the extent that items placed one one side of the room would roll to the other side!
I asked the spirit if it wanted to come with me, but didn't sense any sign of it in the new place. When I visited my ex in his spanking new-build flat, I was amused to find that the spirit had gone with him instead...
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Post by Lee on Aug 17, 2010 14:26:57 GMT -1
moved recently myself getting unpacked was the key for me. once everything is out of boxes and in it's place then it feels like a home. incense the place to within an inch of its life and do my regular household cult ritual. i will probably do something additional come the next new moon, probably involving the doorstep and frame.
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