The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum

So I got the idea from Confessions of A Soccer Mom's Blog, but I sort of moving more into animism and like I can sort of feel the personality of a house. It's strange really, like I believe that houses...can have a spirit or a soul.
As always any help would be greatly appreciated!

Can't say for direct contact, but I know the basics to keeping one happy.

Whenever my mom started fixing up a house, we could feel it be "grateful". The atmosphere of the house was a lot better. Not just because it was clean and functioning well, but also because...well, it felt pleased!
My recommendation is make sure your house is in order. Clean up your messes, then do a general full clean: tackle that ceiling dust and those carpet stains!
Afterwards, make sure your house contains all the necesarry equipment to make it legal-- the happiest house I've ever been in was the one without smoke detectors, that we had to fight with the landlord to get.
Ensure that the water, electric, gas, flooring, fixed furniture, etc; are good. Replace or fix anything if it's damaged.
In general, heal it. Take care of it. Your house will literally appreciate it.

If you believe in ghosts, another things would be to help them come to terms. Or at least be friendly with these fellow inhabitants.
The house recognizes them, too.
Most of the ghosts in houses will watch you for a little while, then decide what to do with you. Occasionally they'll automatically reject you due either to their dislike of who you are or due to where you are (a haunted house is generally a house where a ghost is possessive of the area or just plain out negative. Their attitude affects the house, as well. And what their presence does to you).



Keeping a good mood in the house will keep it happy, too.  If you step into a house whose last owners were violent, it will feel like it. Cleanse it up with positive emotion and cleansing herbs like sage (sage will also drug the ghosts up for a few months).

Remember, it may be a spirit, but it's also the house (or guards the house, depending on your point of view). That, along with self-improvement & satisfaction, is why healing the house improves its relations to you & your relations with it.

Can't say for direct contact, but I know the basics to keeping one happy.

Whenever my mom started fixing up a house, we could feel it be "grateful". The atmosphere of the house was a lot better. Not just because it was clean and functioning well, but also because...well, it felt pleased!
My recommendation is make sure your house is in order. Clean up your messes, then do a general full clean: tackle that ceiling dust and those carpet stains!
Afterwards, make sure your house contains all the necesarry equipment to make it legal-- the happiest house I've ever been in was the one without smoke detectors, that we had to fight with the landlord to get.
Ensure that the water, electric, gas, flooring, fixed furniture, etc; are good. Replace or fix anything if it's damaged.
In general, heal it. Take care of it. Your house will literally appreciate it.

If you believe in ghosts, another things would be to help them come to terms. Or at least be friendly with these fellow inhabitants.
The house recognizes them, too.
Most of the ghosts in houses will watch you for a little while, then decide what to do with you. Occasionally they'll automatically reject you due either to their dislike of who you are or due to where you are (a haunted house is generally a house where a ghost is possessive of the area or just plain out negative. Their attitude affects the house, as well. And what their presence does to you).



Keeping a good mood in the house will keep it happy, too.  If you step into a house whose last owners were violent, it will feel like it. Cleanse it up with positive emotion and cleansing herbs like sage (sage will also drug the ghosts up for a few months).

Remember, it may be a spirit, but it's also the house (or guards the house, depending on your point of view). That, along with self-improvement & satisfaction, is why healing the house improves its relations to you & your relations with it.

Thank you for the advice. I'm mostly in charge of the household, cleaning and taking care of the kids. My stepfather (who is really traditional) is mostly in charge of the outside. So I'm going to set up a little altar for the house.  I tend to use salt cause water instead of sage, because my family easily allergic to smoke and incense. But thanks for the tips I really appreciate it. It gave me ideas.

it wishes I clean more. I negotiated with it, because I have five kids and it agreed.

I have four. I feel your pain.

I had fun following this for awhile (change of routine, I guess):

 
Master List


(Edit: I know you weren't asking for help, and I'm sure you actually clean just fine, I was just excited to share the list.)

So update. I tried talking to it. The house spirit literally thumped me, and now it won't stop talking to me. Seriously, I hear in my head and I think I'm going crazy (feel free to feel skeptical). It's energetic like a child, energetic and hyper, and it said it waited for ever for someone to talk to it and that it wishes I clean more. I negotiated with it, because I have five kids and it agreed.

I find this hilarious! XD
It makes perfect sense that a house spirit would be lonely. I guess they can't communicate with eachother.

Could you imagine the "neighborhood gossip" if they could!? *cracks up!*