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The other day I noticed a post on my cousin’s social media that got me thinking. It was a meme and didn’t have a source so I set out to find out more. I found the quote at https://mysticheartsong.com/talk-to-your-house/ 


Quote:“Your house is a sentient being with it’s own spirit and soul. Some people identify this spirit as their household deities or friendly house spirits. But people have all together forgotten how important the spirit of the house is. 
Talk to your house.  Houses that have been ignored tend to be dull, tired, and susceptible to hauntings and negative energies.  So talk to your house, listen to its aches and pains, say hello.  Tell it that you come in peace, tell it that you are there to listen to it speak.  Be grateful to your house.  And watch the energies of your home transform themselves into joy.”  ~ Jen Mccarty


I was able to learn a little more about these house spirits at https://otherworldlyoracle.com/household...s-fairies/

Quote:Our ancestors believed everything in nature had consciousness. When trees were cut down and other things from nature were used to build a home the fairies attached to these items were brought into the home. Others believed the fairies occupying the landscape where a home was built became domestic household spirits. 

Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I do know for myself that I have never really been nice to my house. I’ve even said aloud how I don’t like it. I thought about that after reading this. 

It started out as a tiny A Frame. We then built on using recycled lumber from at least three houses we tore down. One was my husband’s great grandparents old home.

My house does seem dark and heavy most of the time. Now I wonder if I forced all the different house spirits into one space? 

Maybe I’ll try talking to it.
I don't talk to my house,  but I talk to my trees.

When I walk through the woods I always talk to the trees, and sometimes when I am just outside relaxing.

As far as houses go, I think it is interesting how regardless how old a house is, even if poorly kept, it looks like someone lives in it, and will last a long time.

An empty house will fall apart in just months, it just dies, if no one lives in it.
(12-07-2020, 02:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: [ -> ]I don't talk to my house,  but I talk to my trees.

When I walk through the woods I always talk to the trees, and sometimes when I am just outside relaxing.

As far as houses go, I think it is interesting how regardless how old a house is, even if poorly kept, it looks like someone lives in it, and will last a long time.

An empty house will fall apart in just months, it just dies, if no one lives in it.
I talk to my trees too. When I was growing up we had a mulberry tree in the back yard. I was up in that tree all the time visiting with it. I was broken-hearted when we moved.

I have noticed that about houses. It’s sad watching the life go out of them.
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

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(12-07-2020, 02:51 AM)Ninurta Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

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That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.
(12-07-2020, 03:19 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:51 AM)Ninurta Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

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That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.

As I recall, the bodies were not just "under the house", they were directly under the dirt floor that the families lived on daily, like living in a mausoleum.

Yeah, I find it kinda creepy, too.

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I don't talk directly to my house, but I do thank God when I pray that I have a house. I think we need to acknowledge things we have and be grateful for them, lest we might lose them.

As for the house spirits, I think this might possibly be explained by residual energy that was stored in the boards, or the home itself after being built. Depending on the type of energy, positive or negative, that was stored in the boards, that's where you might pick up on something if you are a sensitive, which I am.

Land can also be cursed. So it could depend on where a house sits.

I've also read that everything is "alive" and conscious, but I think if it is, it's on such a low level that I don't know if it could be picked up on any type of equipment.

Plants, on the other hand, respond to being talked to in a positive manner. Talk to your plants and tell them how beautiful they are and watch them flourish.
(12-07-2020, 02:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: [ -> ]I don't talk to my house,  but I talk to my trees.

When I walk through the woods I always talk to the trees, and sometimes when I am just outside relaxing.

As far as houses go, I think it is interesting how regardless how old a house is, even if poorly kept, it looks like someone lives in it, and will last a long time.

An empty house will fall apart in just months, it just dies, if no one lives in it.

@"NightskyeB4Dawn", you have a point. I've noticed how houses fall apart quicker when no one is living there. So, there might be something to all this.

My grandparents house was sold after their deaths and it was rented out. It remained looking the same while someone was there.  After a while, the owners stopped renting it and used it for storage. It started going down hill very quickly after that. I even noticed it from the road when I'd go "home" on a day out.
Those owners have now sold it to someone else and they fixed it up and are living there now. It looks like it's old self again.

Interesting.   minusculethinking
(12-07-2020, 03:37 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: [ -> ]I don't talk directly to my house, but I do thank God when I pray that I have a house. I think we need to acknowledge things we have and be grateful for them, lest we might lose them.

As for the house spirits, I think this might possibly be explained by residual energy that was stored in the boards, or the home itself after being built. Depending on the type of energy, positive or negative, that was stored in the boards, that's where you might pick up on something if you are a sensitive, which I am.

Land can also be cursed. So it could depend on where a house sits.

I've also read that everything is "alive" and conscious, but I think if it is, it's on such a low level that I don't know if it could be picked up on any type of equipment.

Plants, on the other hand, respond to being talked to in a positive manner. Talk to your plants and tell them how beautiful they are and watch them flourish.
I could see where there would be residual energy in the boards. May be why some rooms feel different. I am way more comfortable in the original part of the house. 

My mom always talks to her plants. She can take a plant that is about dead and it will be thriving in no time.

Wallfire

(12-07-2020, 03:19 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:51 AM)Ninurta Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

.

That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.
I think if you research a little more you will find its connected with the disappearance of live in mother-in laws.
(12-07-2020, 02:44 PM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 03:19 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:51 AM)Ninurta Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

.

That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.
I think if you research a little more you will find its connected with the disappearance of live in mother-in laws.
Hmmmm...That’s not who’d I’d want for a house spirit.   tinyhuh

Wallfire

(12-07-2020, 03:10 PM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:44 PM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 03:19 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:51 AM)Ninurta Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

.

That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.
I think if you research a little more you will find its connected with the disappearance of live in mother-in laws.
Hmmmm...That’s not who’d I’d want for a house spirit.   tinyhuh
We cant choose our house spirit. If we could mine would be Whisky. But joking aside house spirits range from, you never know they are there to dam right evil. The evil ones I have found always in old run down houses, never where people still live
(12-07-2020, 03:15 PM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 03:10 PM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:44 PM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 03:19 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 02:51 AM)Ninurta Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 01:22 AM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.
Quote:Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

.

That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.
I think if you research a little more you will find its connected with the disappearance of live in mother-in laws.
Hmmmm...That’s not who’d I’d want for a house spirit.   tinyhuh
We cant choose our house spirit. If we could mine would be Whisky. But joking aside house spirits range from, you never know they are there to dam right evil. The evil ones I have found always in old run down houses, never where people still live
Could one bring them to a new place? By tearing down an old house and recycling the lumber would  the house spirit come too or would they stay where the house used to be?

Wallfire

That is a hard question to answer, but I think once the house is dismantled the spirit dissipates. I believe its a combination of house and place.', so using a part of a house should not be a problem. However I also understand that a spirit can follow a person from a house.
(12-07-2020, 03:34 PM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]That is a hard question to answer, but I think once the house is dismantled the spirit dissipates. I believe its a combination of house and place.', so using a part of a house should not be a problem. However I also understand that a spirit can follow a person from a house.
That makes sense. 

It has been around 15 years since we added on to our house. So if there was something purely evil it surely must have dissipated or is unable to do much more than make it feel gloomy here. 

I think a spirit can follow a person. Several years ago I went with a group of friends on a ghost hunt that a paranormal group put on. I either had something follow me home or I was just kind of scared but it took weeks for things to feel normal again. It was a strange experience and I probably wouldn’t do it again.

I have noticed that when some people drop by for a visit they leave behind a feeling of negativity, but that is possibly something different than a spirit following them.

Wallfire

(12-07-2020, 04:08 PM)VioletDove Wrote: [ -> ]
(12-07-2020, 03:34 PM)Wallfire Wrote: [ -> ]That is a hard question to answer, but I think once the house is dismantled the spirit dissipates. I believe its a combination of house and place.', so using a part of a house should not be a problem. However I also understand that a spirit can follow a person from a house.
That makes sense. 

It has been around 15 years since we added on to our house. So if there was something purely evil it surely must have dissipated or is unable to do much more than make it feel gloomy here. 

I think a spirit can follow a person. Several years ago I went with a group of friends on a ghost hunt that a paranormal group put on. I either had something follow me home or I was just kind of scared but it took weeks for things to feel normal again. It was a strange experience and I probably wouldn’t do it again.

I have noticed that when some people drop by for a visit they leave behind a feeling of negativity, but that is possibly something different than a spirit following them.
There are some psychological problems that cause that, for exsample a person who is visiting and all is well and people happy, but when they leave people start arguing with each other is a common one. This is not a spirit, thats a different thing
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@"VioletDove" asked,
Quote:Could one bring them to a new place? By tearing down an old house and recycling the lumber would  the house spirit come too or would they stay where the house used to be?

I'm going to disagree with you @"Wallfire".  Sorry.   tinyshocked

Certain boards can still hold residual energy all by themselves. It may not be as strong as all the board being together, but it's still there.

For instance, think of all the "possessed" dolls and singular objects that people have in museums.  If you need an example, go look at Zak Bagans haunted museums. He has a few videos out of tours through his place.

(12-07-2020, 05:32 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: [ -> ].  
@"VioletDove" asked,
Quote:Could one bring them to a new place? By tearing down an old house and recycling the lumber would  the house spirit come too or would they stay where the house used to be?

I'm going to disagree with you @"Wallfire".  Sorry.   tinyshocked

Certain boards can still hold residual energy all by themselves. It may not be as strong as all the board being together, but it's still there.

For instance, think of all the "possessed" dolls and singular objects that people have in museums.  If you need an example, go look at Zak Bagans haunted museums. He has a few videos out of tours through his place.

Zac Bagans and the rest did an investigation in a nearby town. A lot of the evidence left me raising an eyebrow. I think they were more believable when they started out. They have caught some interesting things in the past. I probably wouldn’t go to his museum though. Video of it is creepy enough.
Some times Zac Bagans' show is on the TV when I have it going for backgound noise, I don't believe he is a real ghost hunter. I think he is just a showman like PT Barnum, trying to fool all of the people all of the time. He might have fooled me if it weren't for every other "ghost" he runs into wanting to kill him by name. I don't believe there are that many ghosts around who even notice him, much less know who he is and want to kill him. Most of the ones who notice him at all are probably too busy laughing at him to make any serious threats to kill him. I'd take anything Zac says regarding ghosts with a pound of salt, not just a grain. Maybe a pound of salt with french fries on the side, just so you can get SOMETHING out of him moving air around with his gums.

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And if a board is holding residual spook energy, where did the tree's spirit go? Plants are people too, you know!

The house I live in was built by my grandparents in 1964 or 1965, so not that old. My dad built the cabinets and the kitchen sink counter, as well as the closet/wardrobe in my bedroom. There is a lot of personal history packed into this house, no older than it is. 3 people have died right here in it, and a couple more have lain in state during their wake right here in this living room, about 5 feet from where I am sitting. ALL of them are buried in a mountaintop cemetery about 1400 yards /1200 meters northeast of here. probably the same one they'll dump my carcass into when I die.

The cemetery is about 200 years old. The oldest graves in it are so old that they only have field stones for markers, no names on them, but all of them are family. I can recall digging some of the graves in it myself, when I was a younger, more strapping fellow. I look around now and don't see anyone left to dig mine, so I dunno how that's gonna work.

Some of those folks are still around. I don't know for sure which ones. I can feel them, I can hear them moving around, but they don't bother me none, so I don't bother them, either. Every one, and every thing, has to be somewhere, so there is no point in getting my panties in a twist over folks who are not bothering me. Spooks gotta BE, too. besides, I think they might be keeping some of the more negative crap away from us. Why fire the guards?

So I don't talk to the house per se, but I do occasionally stop and stroke parts of it, let it know that I belong here same as it does. I do love my house, but there has been a lot of love packed into it over the years such that it ain't all me. I do sometimes wish I hadn't been such a prick to some of the folks that may still be here in it, but they don't appear to hold a grudge over it, so there is that. Some of 'em deserved every bit of the prickiness they got, but others were just caught in the crossfire, which they didn't have coming to them.

Some times, late at night, I can still hear my great grandma moaning in her bed, which she did for years before she died here in the next room fro this one. I don't know if I really hear it, or just imagine it - it's a sound I'll never forget, and it may just be stuck in my head from the long ago. I don't know how one person can take that much pain, and I don't wanna find out.


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