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Negative spirits can easily find purchase in your home causing bad luck and even accidents in the home. Some spirits can be troubled human souls or ghosts. Others were never human and manifest pockets of negativity in your home. Malignant spirits can usually be detected without the use of meditation or magick. If you feel at all uncomfortable in your home, you might want to try a banishing ritual to rid your home of bad spirits.
One thing every witch's home should have is a house-spirit shrine. House spirits are like elves or fairies and are also called hearth-spirits. These beings love to help around the house and will aid you in keeping out negativity, keeping the house tidy, and helping you find things. Many witches keep a shrine for the hearth spirits in their home. This shrine is most usually found in the living room on or near the fireplace or in the kitchen. Some witches, however, are not completely comfortable with their families seeing the shrine. It is acceptable to keep the shrine in a bedroom where it will be a bit more out of the way.
The shrine can be on a ledge, mantle, bookshelf, or an altar table. If you don't have anything like this, you can put it on a corner of the fireplace or in your kitchen window. Your altar can have a small statue, living plants, or just some sort of decoration you think your spirits might like. I have a statue that was given to me by a friend of mine. It is of a fairy sitting cross-legged with her arms held out in front of her. There is a matching dish shaped like a flower in which I place shiny coins and found buttons.
The little people seem to have a great love for small baubles and shiny things. You should have some type of small dish in which you can put milk, cream, wine, or sweetcakes. Many house spirit altars have a small vase for flowers. You can add any other decorations you like and an alter cloth if it pleases you.
Gather together some sage incense (you can substitute any kind of purifying incense or use a smudge stick), a broom, sage tea or holy water, salt, a white or a black candle (or both), a candle for your hearth-spirit altar, and if you like, a rattle or a drum.
One thing every witch's home should have is a house-spirit shrine. House spirits are like elves or fairies and are also called hearth-spirits. These beings love to help around the house and will aid you in keeping out negativity, keeping the house tidy, and helping you find things. Many witches keep a shrine for the hearth spirits in their home. This shrine is most usually found in the living room on or near the fireplace or in the kitchen. Some witches, however, are not completely comfortable with their families seeing the shrine. It is acceptable to keep the shrine in a bedroom where it will be a bit more out of the way.
The shrine can be on a ledge, mantle, bookshelf, or an altar table. If you don't have anything like this, you can put it on a corner of the fireplace or in your kitchen window. Your altar can have a small statue, living plants, or just some sort of decoration you think your spirits might like. I have a statue that was given to me by a friend of mine. It is of a fairy sitting cross-legged with her arms held out in front of her. There is a matching dish shaped like a flower in which I place shiny coins and found buttons.
The little people seem to have a great love for small baubles and shiny things. You should have some type of small dish in which you can put milk, cream, wine, or sweetcakes. Many house spirit altars have a small vase for flowers. You can add any other decorations you like and an alter cloth if it pleases you.
Gather together some sage incense (you can substitute any kind of purifying incense or use a smudge stick), a broom, sage tea or holy water, salt, a white or a black candle (or both), a candle for your hearth-spirit altar, and if you like, a rattle or a drum.
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