Witchballs are glass balls that you hang in your windows to protect your home from evil influences. These balls can be colored or contain trinkets such as feathers, sand, glitter, or tinsel. Witchballs will also attract beneficial spirits such as fairies to your home.
A shrine should be erected to the spirits that protect your home. This can be a small altar or area in your home that is dedicated to the spirits. The shrine is where you will leave your offerings and say your prayers to the spirits. It can be decorated with statues, pictures, plants or whatever you can find. You may want to keep one or two small dishes on your shrine. One can contain shiny coins and the other is used for gifts and offerings of milk, alcohol, or honeycakes and candies. In ancient Rome and Greece, vases were placed on the shrines for fresh flowers. You can also add a censer for some incense if you like. many shrines incorporate a statue of a spirit or fairy.
Purifying your living space will make your home more inviting to spirits so be sure to do cleansing rituals at least once each spring.
House spirits are especially fond of pets and children. Cats seem to attract them more than anything. You can tell you have a spirit in your home when you see your cat romping around the house and playing with invisible things. Cats can see fairies and spirits that we cannot.
You can invite fairies into your garden by planting certain types of plants. See the Fairy Gardening Page for different types of flowers and herbs that will attract them to your garden and your home.
Creating special places in your garden will also attract fairies and spirits. You can create simple things such as stone circles, little trails, fairy houses and also ponds, fountains and birdbaths. A sanctuary with a clear pool, small caves and paths are inviting to all types of nature spirits.
You can also erect a small shrine in your garden for the little people. Use a central theme such a s a statue of an angel, fairy, maiden, or child. Leave offerings of coins, milk, alcohol and sweets for the little people here and be sure to change them periodically. You do not need to leave flowers if the shrine is outside.
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Post a CommentI would love to attract fairies in to my garden, i cant always keep up with the tending to the garden due to a bad back but what flowers are the best to plant and will the fairies mind if my garden isnt the best kept?
Nice to see other comments and articles on the good folk. I see both within and outside of myself, the good folk, and will be writing of my own experiences soon. Blessings. Ravynwolfe Moondancer
Marcianna, Fairies live anywhere where there is nature. They enjoy gardens, trees, and remote corners in your yard where plants grow healthy and happy. You do not need to be a Wiccan or witch to attract them. Nature spirits do not like to be seen. You may never see them. Most people never do. Many people have claimed to see them, however, so if you would like to try, do what you can to earn their trust. :)
where do they stay or live? how do i able myself to se them? do i have to be a wican or witch to see them or attract them?
wye do we need to leave acahol?
i know a nother way to atract fairies my best friend saw them dancing around her tree.... She took a bowl and but ginger, cinomin,and flower..
and she took a ever green thorn and she put it in the powl and then took it out and sprinkled it around her house . And left it in the tree that was nice and covered. when the bowl was emty. And when she looked there where faireis dancing it was beautiful she said! I TOTTALLY BELEIVE IN FAIRES! they left wing prints in sand like i ascked them to do!!!
ive bin trying to get a fairey come to my house ever since! :( but i hope your advice will work!!
Thank you for the info. I am doing a lot of the things in the yard just by instinct, but I didn't know about things for the house. I will look for the witches' ball to hang in my window. I like to have pretty glass things in the windows, and that will fit right in. Blessed Be! : )
Seen Christian von Lahr and Christopher Valentine at the Dallas, TX Spiritual Exposition. Sensational fellows with a believable story to tell. Most generous with their information and techniques. Got both books, and will be getting their third, they call it "the Magic of Gnomes and Leprechauns" when it comes out in July or August 08. PS: Amazing medium too, that Christian is the darndest Medical Intuitive I ever did see. He honed in on my wife's cancer in a second, and got several other of life's effects too. Christopher is as cheerful as the Gnomes he promotes. Everyone will enjoy them when they come visit their city too. It's new, its unique, and as they say, LOL "It's Real."
Really interesting article, very nice.
I want some fairies!