New House Blessing
by Graelan Wintertide ©
Moving into a new home can be a magickal and blessed event. In our family, we approach
the endeavor in a ritual fashion. The new house is cleansed, blessed, and the energy
of the home is raised and applied to achieve our intent - the creation of a safe,
magickal, welcoming home. The first thing that we do before we move is to ask the
energy that lays around us for the perfect home. We generally cast a Circle and
ask the energy and the powers around us for specific things. Rent within a certain
range. A specific number of bedrooms. A washer dryer hookup. None of these are silly
things. A home should fit the needs you have and it's very appropriate to ask that
your needs are met. When our search for a new home has been narrowed down to a couple
of choices, I like to walk through the place and feel the energy. Is it a place
where I feel comfortable and at ease? Does it feel right? Is it a place I could
call, "home?" If all of these answers aren't met, then we simply keep looking. Before
we actually begin moving in, I like to ritually cleanse the entire house - closets,
cupboards, under the sink - by smudging them with white sage. White sage as an aromatic
(smoke) is generally used for purification. By slowly passing a gently smoldering
cluster of white sage over every surface in the home, while visualizing the smoke
cleansing away the old energy and leaving the home clean. (I actually imagine the
old energy as a grimy film and the smoke as an ethereal washcloth, wiping the surfaces
clean.) I'm removing the old energy and making the space receptive to the energy
we bring. Before the first box comes through the door, the members of our family
gather in a circle, hold hands, and ask a blessing upon the house.
Usually, we speak aloud the feelings of home we hope to experience there, that we're
safe and happy in our new place, and that any energy and spirits that may linger
are blessed by our presence and the life we bring.