Vibrating Energy
In 2014, just after I purchased the Cross House, my friend Christina, who is empathic and quite sensitive, toured the house.
“The house is very sad. The house radiates a lot of deep sadness, and anger, too. I’m uncomfortable and don’t want to stay any longer.”
She did though return a year later.
“I can’t believe it. The entire energy of the house has changed. I feel nothing but joy and love! WHAT did you do? Did you have a healer come in?”
I shook my head no.
“Then the change is due to you. You’ve poured such love into the house, and have been so committed to truly bringing the house back, that all the negative energy has vanished. Vanished! I’m just stunned. And I love being in the house now!”
Since then, a number of people have reported the same thing.
“The Cross House has really great energy!”
I pick up none of this, but Cody has now reported the same.
“I expected the house to feel really creepy but it has great energy! This not at all what I expected! I feel really good staying in the house!”
So…huh!
Over the decades I have heard the same thing about every house I have ever worked on. And it makes sense, even though all this cannot be, you know, proved. But I have long believed that energy transmits. So, if one pours love and dedication and joy into something, be it a relationship, a cat/dog, garden, or a house, this energy somehow, somehow, can be perceived by others. And such energy can, ahh, chase off negative energies.
I am often reminded of one of my favorite movies, The Univited, a 1944 classic about a fabulous old house gripped by very dark forces. A great mystery and tragedy are then exposed, and the house is cleansed. A dog and cat, who had been terrified of the house, are then no longer afraid.
And I think it is that simple: the energy you put out, returns.
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When we acquired our little old farmhouse, it was grumpy and a little cantankerous. Its energy did some naughty things. The previous owner reported a lot of aggravating things as well despite having it cleansed. After I had lived here for about a year my husband (who was still living in the house next door, not in this house) asked me if I was having any more “trouble” with the house. And I told him “no, the house likes me. It likes the repairs and my decorating and the cooking and I feel a woman’s spirit here. And she likes what we’ve done with the place”. I’m sure that the Cross House likes what you are doing. You have lavished love and attention on each and every shingle! Despite having sworn at a few of them!
I agree! It feels your love. (And I always loved that movie!) Way to go! Maybe your next ‘career’ will be as a psychic!?! 🙂
I love the Uninvited! It’s my favorite old ghost movie, along with The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Oh my – The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is the best! Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
I don’t believe in ghosts or cleansings or any of that other spiritual stuff. (And I don’t name my cars.) Houses are inanimate objects. That said, houses need to be lived in. They need more than maintenance. The need someone living in them, sleeping, cooking, doing stuff, breathing. I think the Cross House needed healing. It needed to be put back the way it was. I think it was damaged a bit with every change, whether it was structurally sound or not. I think having someone there and putting things back helped. Repairing the windows, getting the heat and water going, there being humans present even if they weren’t living there. I think once there are humans living in the house on a regular basis it will improve even more.
You wrote a long bit about plaster versus drywall. It’s that, plus some. I think plaster needs humans living and breathing in a house for heat and moisture, even if it isn’t much. I think the floors need to be walked on.
I live in an old house and it’s possible one or both of the original occupants could have died in it. My friend (who is sensitive to that sort of thing) asked me if there were ghosts or anything funny had happened. I told her nope, not a thing. The house seems to be just fine. Even better since I took out the awful carpet and ripped out the awful congoleum, put tile in and then painted the entire house anything but builder’s beige. The house is so much brighter without the walls, horrible drapes and carpet soaking up all of the light. The yard is “happy” too. It always had earthworms but now more than ever. The landscaping is completely changed. There are shady areas and sunny areas. I have a dog who spends her days sleeping and making her rounds in the yard. I go out and garden. I’ve noticed the bees are enjoying it and the birds seem quite happy even though I have no feeder or birdbath for them.
I don’t believe houses have any sort of magical spirit, but I do believe they benefit from the presence and care of people. Houses were built to be lived in. They need to be lived in as much as they need a roof that doesn’t leak, heat and pipes that carry water without leaking or freezing. I think they need the vibration of human movement and the heat and moisture of humans breathing inside them. It’s why old houses seem so much more special than the new drywall construction that goes on.
While I don’t attribute a personality to my house, I have found that trying to stick to decorating around the same time the house was built and renovated has “fit.” Second hand furniture and light fixtures. Vintage stove. They all work well. My Victorian style brass bed didn’t but my Italian Art Deco bed does. I was shocked at how nice some Clarice Cliff reproduction china looked on my vintage waterfall table in my dining room. I would have never chosen it for dining but the tea set just fits the room. 1949 works in the kitchen and bathroom (remodeled). 1920s-30s works in the living and dining room (1922). Even the yard looks good with roses and geraniums, both of which are thriving. I’m starting a Victory Garden in the front where a sad lawn used to be.
Houses are inanimate but they still “breath” with a kind of life.
I hope Mr. and Mrs Bishop like what I’ve done with their house, from wherever they are.
How lovely! Your home sounds so inviting!
Ah, but…
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.”
Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
You are so right… When we bought our old house, the couple who had lived here previously had gone through a very hostile divorce; the family before that (we found out later) had experienced the same thing. The owner before that died a decade or so after her husband left her, and had allowed the house to deteriorate for several years before her death. The house seemed very sad when we bought it, but the architecture and some of the details reminded me so much of my great-grandparents’ house that I had to have it. We poured ourselves into fixing it and restoring it; our three kids were young, and they grew up there; the house experienced large family gatherings, holidays, and all of the usual activities of a family’s day-to-day life. Now, 25 years later, it is a very happy, peaceful place; our grandchildren love to spend the night at Papaw and Nanna’s house, and the holidays are like something from a Hallmark Christmas movie. I do not believe in ghosts, but I do believe that houses and buildings have a certain energy; the Cross House waited a long time for you, and I am so glad that you found each other…
Energy, yes. The more lovingly restored the Cross House becomes, the more it is determined to be of service to you, your family (human, feline) and guests. Here’s to more loving, positive energy, memories and experiences.
While some people have stated that they don’t believe in ghosts or energy, I do and I work with them every day in my energy practice, helping people shift the energy in their homes. Everyone can sense energy and notices whether a house feels good or not, even if they’re not consciously acknowledging that’s what they’re doing,
I’m thrilled that the love and attention that you’ve put into the house has changed it so much!
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My 1903 was the same way. It had been chopped into 5 apartments in 1961 and we converted it back to a single family. The energy feels much lighter here now with us living here and new baby/kindergartener. I’m sure removing the suspected blood-stainedcarpet and periodic sagings help too!😱🤗
Read the book that movie is based on, Ross (same name) – even better than the movie. One of my favorites.