Nursery Spell

This is for all the soon-to-be parents...

Preparation for the arrival of a new baby often includes making a bedroom ready. This spell can be used whenever those preparations include painting or wallpapering the room that is to be the nursery.  It is best cast by the child's parent(s) or grandparent(s) but could be cast (with) permission by someone else who cares about the baby. The spell provides extra protection for a baby, but the parent(s) must of course still take normal precautions and take excellent care of the baby in order for this spell to work

You will need:

• a pencil or other writing implement ( Use a pencil if you will be painting the room, something heavier if you will be putting up wallpaper).
• Myrrh incense

Preparation

Empty the room completely. Open the windows to air it out and clean the room thoroughly. Be sure to clean any closets as well. Keep scrubbing and sweeping or vacuuming until you feel that the room is devoid of whatever vibration it previously held.

The Spell

Get into a magickal mood, and create sacred space in the clean room. Bring in the incense, and light it. Envision the nursery as a place of safety and happiness for the baby. Raise power, and pour all your love for the baby into the room. Fill the room with that love, and visualize it being absorbed into the walls, floor and ceiling.

While the incense burns, inscribe the names of the following gods and goddesses upon the walls. Say each sentence aloud as you write the name of the deity. Change the wording as appropriate for gender, for a multiple birth, or to include the baby's name.

On the door or above the doorway, write: "VOLUMNA, to protect the nursery. PILUMNUS, to guard this baby, from birth until it reaches the safety of this room".

Near the place where the baby will sleep, write: "ARTEMIS,  to protect this baby. JUNO, to watch over this baby. DEVERRA, to safeguard this baby. LAIMA, to look after this baby. INTERCIDONA, to keep this baby safe."

On any wall write: "POTNIA, to make sure this baby is well nourished. BES, to give this baby the gifts of laughter and safety. LUCINA, to protect this baby's eyesight. JUNO LUCINA, to keep this baby healthy. THE ZORYA,  to ensure that this baby is always well cared for. THE SEVEN HATHORS,  to bless this baby's future."

Remain in the room until the incense finishes burning. (Light another stick or add more myrrh to the censer, if needed.) Look around the room and feel the difference that your work has made in its spirit of place. Visualize a happy, healthy baby sleeping, laughing and playing there.

Ground the power that you raised once your visualization is complete, and the incense has burned out. You can now paint or wallpaper the room, and then furnish and decorate it.




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