A while back I met (online) an amazing woman who has inspired me so much in my everyday life. I asked her a while back to do a guest blog as our website was getting going. She has been very busy but has manage to find time in her busy schedule to help us out. Here is her sacred spot.
Welcome Willow Silverhorse!
What is Sacred Space?
Over the past couple of years, since I started my blog, I've had several people ask me, “Willow, what exactly is sacred space? What is it supposed to feel and look like?” Those answers are simple and complicated at the same time. Sacred space is a place for you to go where you feel safe. Safe to meditate, safe to do spell work, safe to unwind, whatever is called for. It can be a permanent place, it can be created at the drop of a hat and taken up as easily, or it can be a place inside your mind, a place you go to center yourself and feel comfortable. It doesn't matter what it looks like, as long as it makes you feel at ease. There are some rules, of course, and we'll cover those later in this post, but for now, just know that sacred space is a place where you feel 100%, completely at home.
I have two forms of sacred space. The first, is my mental sacred space. I close my eyes and go to my country home. It is a beautiful, tiny adobe cottage in the middle of a sunflower field. There is a forest surrounding the field, and a perfect view of the sky. Sometimes it is day time when I visit, and sometimes it is night time. Either way, the sky is clear and perfect. Usually a white stag visits me while I sit on the front porch of my little cottage. Birds fly overhead, there is a wonderful breeze, and the field is always right at its peak, the trees always green. This is a place I go to when I need to reconnect with nature and the gods when I can't easily step out in nature. This place has the most wonderful calming effect for me and always makes every worry I have vanish.
The second form of sacred space is my loft here in my real life tiny house. There is no room to stand up there, but I have a few pillows and blankets thrown around up there. It is my place to go to meditate, do spell work, read, write, whatever tickles my fancy. Of course, my entire house is my place to do whatever I want, and I try to make my entire house feel like sacred space. To me, sacred space feels like a warm and welcoming home. But my loft is one of two places that I work spells in my home. The second is my kitchen. Kitchens and magick seem to go hand in hand, but that is a totally different discussion.
Now I know what your next question is going to be … How do you create sacred space? Well, if you want your sacred space to be somewhere physical, you've got to clean up. We've all walked into homes that are a little cluttered and most of us have walked into homes that are downright um icky. How did those places feel to you? Stagnant, hostile, uncomfortable. Now think about how it feels to walk into a home that is clean and lived in. It feels like you can just walk right in, kick your shoes off, and find something good to eat or drink, right? It feels like home. That is what sacred space should feel like. Energy flows like water or an electrical current, and negative energy is clingy like spider webs. Messes are a breeding ground for negative energy, just like communal showers are a breeding ground for bacteria. If you allow messes to pile up negative energy is going to accumulate just like that dust on the top of your bookcase.
But what does that have to do with the good energy you are trying to put into your sacred space? Positive energy can grow stagnant over time and cease to flow, then the negative energy will have a perfect place to set up camp. Think about how your home feels after a good spring cleaning. It feels light, airy, and wonderful again right? So, to begin the process of creating sacred space, tidy up. While cleaning, imagine that you are scrubbing away the negative. When you sweep, imagine sweeping that negative gunk right out the door! If you are using a vacuum, imagine the vacuum sucking up all that negative energy. When you go to empty your vacuum, throw the contents outside your home and say something like, “I banish all negative energies from my home.” Open a couple windows and let some air in. Imagine it swirling up the positive energy, helping that energy to start flowing again. Once you've finished physically cleaning up, and getting rid of all the negative energy, I'm sure you'll be able to feel a major difference. Now is when the fun begins.
It is time to bless your home or space, to make it sacred. Stand in the middle of your home or space, and breathe in deep. Feel that good energy flowing through your home. Now say something like, “I bless this home/space with love and light. May it always be a safe, harmonious, and balanced place. All evil shall turn away, all negativity cannot enter, this place is sacred and blessed. So mote it be!” Word it however you like, just make sure to say that you are blessing the home/space, no negativity can enter, and all evil is unwelcome. After you have done that, imagine a bright light filling the space/home. This is a shield of sorts for lack of a better word, against negativity and evil. And now, you've just created physical sacred space. Congrats! Maintenance will be required from time to time. Always keep your sacred space clutter free. It is fine to feel lived in because it should feel comfortable it shouldn't feel like a sterile hospital room or a showroom where nothing can be touched, but it must stay clean. And periodically, mentally check your shield. Make sure it doesn't need a little reinforcing. If reinforcing is needed, just imagine the same bright light as before and watch it fill the area again. Easy as pie!
Now for mental sacred space. This one takes a bit of imagination. This is your refuge from the world around you. This is your own personal Neverland. It can be fun and playful like Peter Pan's Neverland, or it can be calm and comforting like my tiny adobe cottage in a field. Picture something that makes you happy. For me it is sitting on the front porch of my adobe cottage, watching wildlife, and having conversations with a white stag, who happens to be the god of nature. Whatever yours is, hold it in your mind. This place should seem almost real. The gods might visit you in this place from time to time, so it is always a good idea to have a nice, tidy place for them when they visit. Either way, make sure it is a place that is comforting because you will come back to that place time and time again. It is your place to center and ground yourself. Life has a way of disconnecting us from everything. While we are hustling and bustling to stay in the loop of everything with our smart phones, computers, etc., we are also somehow disconnecting from our roots in Mother Earth. She is nurturing and healing, and when we disconnect our roots for even just a little while things feel terrible. Mental sacred space is meant to be a place to go to center yourself so you can handle the things that need to be handled. For example, you might go to your mental sacred space if someone is getting negative with you. Hold that space in your mind while handling the unfortunate situation and you'll get through it with more grace, I promise! And that's the secret to sacred space. As simple as pumpkin pie!
Over the past couple of years, since I started my blog, I've had several people ask me, “Willow, what exactly is sacred space? What is it supposed to feel and look like?” Those answers are simple and complicated at the same time. Sacred space is a place for you to go where you feel safe. Safe to meditate, safe to do spell work, safe to unwind, whatever is called for. It can be a permanent place, it can be created at the drop of a hat and taken up as easily, or it can be a place inside your mind, a place you go to center yourself and feel comfortable. It doesn't matter what it looks like, as long as it makes you feel at ease. There are some rules, of course, and we'll cover those later in this post, but for now, just know that sacred space is a place where you feel 100%, completely at home.
I have two forms of sacred space. The first, is my mental sacred space. I close my eyes and go to my country home. It is a beautiful, tiny adobe cottage in the middle of a sunflower field. There is a forest surrounding the field, and a perfect view of the sky. Sometimes it is day time when I visit, and sometimes it is night time. Either way, the sky is clear and perfect. Usually a white stag visits me while I sit on the front porch of my little cottage. Birds fly overhead, there is a wonderful breeze, and the field is always right at its peak, the trees always green. This is a place I go to when I need to reconnect with nature and the gods when I can't easily step out in nature. This place has the most wonderful calming effect for me and always makes every worry I have vanish.
The second form of sacred space is my loft here in my real life tiny house. There is no room to stand up there, but I have a few pillows and blankets thrown around up there. It is my place to go to meditate, do spell work, read, write, whatever tickles my fancy. Of course, my entire house is my place to do whatever I want, and I try to make my entire house feel like sacred space. To me, sacred space feels like a warm and welcoming home. But my loft is one of two places that I work spells in my home. The second is my kitchen. Kitchens and magick seem to go hand in hand, but that is a totally different discussion.
Now I know what your next question is going to be … How do you create sacred space? Well, if you want your sacred space to be somewhere physical, you've got to clean up. We've all walked into homes that are a little cluttered and most of us have walked into homes that are downright um icky. How did those places feel to you? Stagnant, hostile, uncomfortable. Now think about how it feels to walk into a home that is clean and lived in. It feels like you can just walk right in, kick your shoes off, and find something good to eat or drink, right? It feels like home. That is what sacred space should feel like. Energy flows like water or an electrical current, and negative energy is clingy like spider webs. Messes are a breeding ground for negative energy, just like communal showers are a breeding ground for bacteria. If you allow messes to pile up negative energy is going to accumulate just like that dust on the top of your bookcase.
But what does that have to do with the good energy you are trying to put into your sacred space? Positive energy can grow stagnant over time and cease to flow, then the negative energy will have a perfect place to set up camp. Think about how your home feels after a good spring cleaning. It feels light, airy, and wonderful again right? So, to begin the process of creating sacred space, tidy up. While cleaning, imagine that you are scrubbing away the negative. When you sweep, imagine sweeping that negative gunk right out the door! If you are using a vacuum, imagine the vacuum sucking up all that negative energy. When you go to empty your vacuum, throw the contents outside your home and say something like, “I banish all negative energies from my home.” Open a couple windows and let some air in. Imagine it swirling up the positive energy, helping that energy to start flowing again. Once you've finished physically cleaning up, and getting rid of all the negative energy, I'm sure you'll be able to feel a major difference. Now is when the fun begins.
It is time to bless your home or space, to make it sacred. Stand in the middle of your home or space, and breathe in deep. Feel that good energy flowing through your home. Now say something like, “I bless this home/space with love and light. May it always be a safe, harmonious, and balanced place. All evil shall turn away, all negativity cannot enter, this place is sacred and blessed. So mote it be!” Word it however you like, just make sure to say that you are blessing the home/space, no negativity can enter, and all evil is unwelcome. After you have done that, imagine a bright light filling the space/home. This is a shield of sorts for lack of a better word, against negativity and evil. And now, you've just created physical sacred space. Congrats! Maintenance will be required from time to time. Always keep your sacred space clutter free. It is fine to feel lived in because it should feel comfortable it shouldn't feel like a sterile hospital room or a showroom where nothing can be touched, but it must stay clean. And periodically, mentally check your shield. Make sure it doesn't need a little reinforcing. If reinforcing is needed, just imagine the same bright light as before and watch it fill the area again. Easy as pie!
Now for mental sacred space. This one takes a bit of imagination. This is your refuge from the world around you. This is your own personal Neverland. It can be fun and playful like Peter Pan's Neverland, or it can be calm and comforting like my tiny adobe cottage in a field. Picture something that makes you happy. For me it is sitting on the front porch of my adobe cottage, watching wildlife, and having conversations with a white stag, who happens to be the god of nature. Whatever yours is, hold it in your mind. This place should seem almost real. The gods might visit you in this place from time to time, so it is always a good idea to have a nice, tidy place for them when they visit. Either way, make sure it is a place that is comforting because you will come back to that place time and time again. It is your place to center and ground yourself. Life has a way of disconnecting us from everything. While we are hustling and bustling to stay in the loop of everything with our smart phones, computers, etc., we are also somehow disconnecting from our roots in Mother Earth. She is nurturing and healing, and when we disconnect our roots for even just a little while things feel terrible. Mental sacred space is meant to be a place to go to center yourself so you can handle the things that need to be handled. For example, you might go to your mental sacred space if someone is getting negative with you. Hold that space in your mind while handling the unfortunate situation and you'll get through it with more grace, I promise! And that's the secret to sacred space. As simple as pumpkin pie!
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