Houses and Homes, More than buildings

[whimsicalwarlock]

So in my time learning and taking in information on various magickal subjects, I came across a video online somewhere (most likely tiktok) and this video was of a woman talking about "rejuvenating" "refreshing" your wards and protections and such on your home. I thought nothing of it and scrolled.

Again this same video comes back up, but this time with someone "stitching it" (adding their own video to it afterwards as a response for those who don't know) and in this "stitch" a different woman came up with this sort of perplexed curiosity in her eyes. After a brief pause she says something alone the lines of this. "Do you guys not know about your home being a living breathing magickal being? Like do you not know about forming a magickal relationship with it?" I had obviously always heard of witchy homes having a "mind of their own" like in the legend of baba yaga and such, but this intrigued me so I kept listening.

She basically goes on to talk about houses and homes as something you can honor and build a relationship with; an entity that you can treat with respect by cleaning and such, and that doing so builds a sort of "magickal programming" into the home, and when this is done, you'll gain a sort of partnership with the home and it will sort of act as a magickal ally whose interest align with your own because you are the "keeper" or "caretaker" of the home. The woman who stitched the original video also said it was actually more effective than words or protections because its a continuous stream of magick that acts as a sort of consciousness that "actively" works in line with your wants/needs. As much as I've heard about stuff like this, I don't know that I've ever met someone who actually did this or at least that i know of.

So this train of thought brings up multiple questions for me.

Do any of you practice in this way; treating your home as a "living, breathing" magickal ally like a familiar spirit?

If you do, do you actually find that it is more powerful or more effective than things like baneful or protection wards?

If you do practice in this way, how do you practice this? Do you have a certain book or books that have guided you on doing this or do you do it in your own way?

And lastly, If you do practice this, has there ever been a time that you tried to do this and it just didn't work or even worse backfired? Or possibly worked more effectively or differently than you expected?

Thank you for your time reading this!

 

[Dènye Patwon]

It can be as simple as getting a Air Purifier for your home. Or having plants. Or simply cleaning up.

It depends on what you consider a ritual or what you personally feel is best for your home.

 

[whimsicalwarlock]

It can be as simple as getting a Air Purifier for your home. Or having plants. Or simply cleaning up.

It depends on what you consider a ritual or what you personally feel is best for your home.

Would you consider this enough to be just as effective or more effective than wards?

 

[Dènye Patwon]

Would you consider this enough to be just as effective or more effective than wards?

Depends on what you are after or what your goal pertains to. I assume in most cases, a nice setting base for plants do just fine. If you are looking for extremes, you have to look for extremes as well.

In most cases though, I will say keeping it basic/simple should do.

Unless you are working with a haunted home.

On a side note, this all reminds me of Mob Psych 100.

I hope that was enough a answer for you.

 

[Lucien6493]

Whenever I move anywhere the first thing I do is introduce myself to the locals, because every house I've ever lived in has not only a presence but a whole ecosystem of energy drains, liminal spaces and areas of density and lightness. I do not set wards though as this tends to attract unwanted attention, and since I travel with an entourage I let the spirits that I work with sort it out with the residents in the walls and corners. Once settled in I will do a formal house blessing, unless the house is haunted, in which case I will set wards. I find though that occultists tend to be spirit traps and loose no time in haunting a place themselves.

 

[whimsicalwarlock]

Whenever I move anywhere the first thing I do is introduce myself to the locals, because every house I've ever lived in has not only a presence but a whole ecosystem of energy drains, liminal spaces and areas of density and lightness. I do not set wards though as this tends to attract unwanted attention, and since I travel with an entourage I let the spirits that I work with sort it out with the residents in the walls and corners. Once settled in I will do a formal house blessing, unless the house is haunted, in which case I will set wards. I find though that occultists tend to be spirit traps and loose no time in haunting a place themselves.

thats in interesting perspective. I feel like i remember someone saying something similar about dreamcatchers. Where if they catch negative energy instead of it just being a "trap" it actually starts to serve as an anchor point or dwelling. Like a birdhouse for a spirit or something.

 

[beardedeldridge]

I’m well into these screwdrivers so quick disclaimer there.

- Now as far as books go, nothing is coming to mind.

- Not all places seem to have one or at least not a very evolved/developed one.

- Ime you don’t find a human-type personality with these types of things but they do each seem to have a uniqueness to them.

- As far as finding/connecting to one in an area, meditating/trance work is usually when it happens for me but not always. Building a working relationship with one over a period of time is done the same way but ime you can find ways to honor such an entity.

- I’ve worked with the spirit/genius loci of some places with some interesting and sometimes potent results. But I find it better to find what’s there and focus it into a useful type of magic that is in line with what you find vs just deciding that no matter what I find here, I’m going to see if I can use it to do ___________.

- take care

-Eld

 

[Yazata]

I believe in Aaron Leitch's book on Ritual Offerings there's a chapter on the house spirits, think it was a Roman practice to not only have a shrine for your ancestors but also for these keepers who watch over the home and its inhabitants. For some reason I'm thinking of the name Lars though that doesn't sound very Roman