new place

[mschaos]

so we are moving to a new place in the next few days...it is even more urban than where we currently are if that makes sense

and while I do have a few things that I do, I was looking to see what other folks who live in the city do

what do you guys reccomend for cleansing the home and making it your own?

Comments

[gabrielle_bri]

I use salt around my windows and obsidian in all 4 corners of the house. keeps away bad spirits and obsidian collects negative emotions.. Change obsidian every so often they absorb a lot an crack...

In all honesty?

[edwarddain]

Sex. I used to do all sorts of smoke and fire and whatever and over time I've settled on sex. It's fun, raises energy, and is about as close to psychically marking territory as I can think of short of a blood sacrifice.

Though, we also just moved into a new house two Friday's ago and I made a point of having my 9-year old son walk in first, carrying our ritual sword, and having him place it in front of the fireplace. This was as much for him as for any warding or similar effects, but he certainly felt important and connected to the ritual (small R there) of moving into a new home.

That being said I wouldn't move into/buy a hostile lodging. The house itself was happy to have us, and glad to be rid of it's old inhabitants so that has most likely helped the process.

Re: In all honesty?

[mschaos]

oh I understand the power of sex...and once we recover from the move, that is what is going to happen ;>

and this place called to us as well...while well cared for, the owner (we are renting) is going to better things and build equity...we eventually want to build equity but what we are paying currently, we can't do it...we are purging and downsizing to go to a smaller place. so that one day we can own our own home (depending on what the market does of course

plus this is a new beginning for us as we are also getting married in a couple months as well :)

Re: In all honesty?

[edwarddain]

Trust me, don't want to wait to recover. ;-)

It really makes the moving process infinitely more rewarding to give yourself a little "pick-me-up" on semi-regular occasions...

We actually moved from one owned house to another - and doubled size in the process. It's not only packing and unpacking all the things we own (and yes, purging a fair amount) but in this case buying and building all the furniture for the new place. My partner was mock-whining the other day, "I don't want to go to the store tonight..."

Congratulations on the marriage!

[azurelunatic]

A nice physical cleaning (vacuuming and such) accompanied by incense, then making metaphysical commotion such that anything not welcome leaves, and then all entrances/exits (including electrical outlets/phone lines/cable lines/plumbing) sealed in the usual fashion with water, salt, and incense.

[gillshallows]

Personaly, I belive in simple (yet powerfull) gestures. I have a particular piece of artwork that I always unpack and hang before anything else gets done to my new space.

[wibbble]

One of the first things you should do in a cleansing is change the locks, especially if it's been rented out to lots of people previously. No one else having keys to your house is one of the best protection 'spells' out there. :o)

[mschaos]

thankfully, the owner is the only person who has ever lived there :)