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-This page is a trace of the research and creation by Rasa Alksnyte in collaboration with Pieter De Wel and their beloved dog Billy about characters and personalities of House Spirits, their summoning and Shrines to care and worship them. This trajectory is supported by wp Zimmer, FoAM Zenne and Croxhapox.
+This page is a trace of the research and creation by **Rasa Alksnyte** in collaboration with **Pieter De Wel** and their beloved dog **Billy** about characters and personalities of House Spirits, their summoning and Shrines to care and worship them. This trajectory is supported by **wp Zimmer**, **FoAM Zenne** and **Croxhapox**.
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-<blockquote>« Now, if someone were to ask you what that is, what would you say? It’s a god. But in actuality, what your eye is seeing—what would that be? It’s a rock. So what is it that turned it into a god? Your faith did. Your belief did. Your love did. That which is true, is God, is beauty. Kapoor »</blockquote>
+<blockquote>This, in fact, is the power of the imagination, which, combining the memory of gold with that of the mountain, can compose the idea of a golden mountain. Umberto Eco
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 The English word shrine is derived from the Latin scrinium, meaning a box or receptacle. The shrine is the receptacle within the material world for the spiritual association that believers experience when they come into the presence of these receptacles. Many shrines are unambiguously religious, linking events, persons, and places central to religious traditions. Other shrines much more open-ended, not tied to particular religious traditions but possibly linked to a certain regional or national identity.</fs>
-<fs x-large>Different aspects of shrines:</fs>
+<fs x-large>**Different aspects of shrines:**</fs>
 <fs large> **-Presence of body parts in a shrine as an association with the physical remains of spiritual creature.**
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 <fs large>** -Street shrines as artefacts of visual culture.**
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-<fs x-large>House spirit</fs> (based on mythological creatures Kaukas, Domovoi, Laume and Aitvaras)
+<fs x-large>**House spirit**</fs> (based on mythological creatures Kaukas, Domovoi, Laume and Aitvaras)
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 <fs large>A house spirit is an ethereal creature who lives in people’s houses and if well cared for it is known to bring luck, good fortune and prosperity. Some spirits are resident in a house even before people move in. However, most of the time new owners have to summon house spirit themselves. On the occasion it is possible to purchase one on the market or order spirit eggs online. Though, even efficient, this way does not guaranty a smooth assimilation of the house spirit and might not be so successful in terms of good fortune and happiness.</fs>
-<fs x-large>How to summon the house spirit?</fs>
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-<fs large>#1
+<fs x-large>**How to summon the house spirit?**</fs>
-The easiest way to summon the house spirit is as follows:
+<fs large>**#1**</fs>
--Take a small box or any kind of container with a lid and a sharpest knife you have to the roundest tree you can find in the neighbourhood.
+<fs large>The easiest way to summon the house spirit is as follows:</fs>
--Take off your shoes, walk around the tree several times until you find the spot you feel most comfortable. Place your open box in front of you on the ground. Stand there for a bit facing east and holding your knife in the left hand.
+<fs large>Take a small box or any kind of container with a lid and a sharpest knife you have to the roundest tree you can find in the neighbourhood.
+</fs>
--When ready, cut the earth between your toes, leaving the knife next to the pinkie of your right foot.
+<fs large>Take off your shoes, walk around the tree several times until you find the spot you feel most comfortable. Place your open box in front of you on the ground. Stand there for a bit facing east and holding your knife in the left hand.</fs>
--Lift your both hands in the air and wait until the spirit enters the box. (Please be aware that house spirits are mostly invisible creatures, but they always give a sign when they are present: moves leaves rapidly, drops a tiny branch or seed, spreads peculiar smells, makes odd sounds…) When you’re sure the spirit has arrived, close the container and take it home.
+<fs large>When ready, cut the earth between your toes, leaving the knife next to the pinkie of your right foot.</fs>
--When home place the container on your doorstep (make sure the doors remains open), open the lid, play or sing a happy tune.
+<fs large>Lift your both hands in the air and wait until the spirit enters the box. (Please be aware that house spirits are mostly invisible creatures, but they always give a sign when they are present: moves leaves rapidly, drops a tiny branch or seed, spreads peculiar smells, makes odd sounds…) When you’re sure the spirit has arrived, close the container and take it home.</fs>
-Congratulations! Now you have your own house spirit.
-Important notice, the house spirit is only capable to perform its goodness if the owner of the house is kind to him and the other creatures entering or leaving the house.
+<fs large>When home place the container on your doorstep (make sure the doors remains open), open the lid, play or sing a happy tune.
+Congratulations! Now you have your own house spirit.</fs>
+<fs large>Important notice, the house spirit is only capable to perform its goodness if the owner of the house is kind to him and the other creatures entering or leaving the house.
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-<fs large>#2
+<fs large>**#2**</fs>
-You may acquire a house spirit by hatching one from the testicles of a seven-year-old boar. It is not so easy indeed. Therefore, you can try to attract one to live in the house by being extremely patient and kind.
+<fs large>You may acquire a house spirit by hatching one from the testicles of a seven-year-old boar. It is not so easy indeed. Therefore, you can try to attract one to live in the house by being extremely patient and kind.
+</fs>
-Traditionally, a woman of the household, usually the wife, needs to craft a loose garment from a single piece of thread and bury it in a corner of the home in hopes of luring a house spirit. If successfully executed this also invites the spirit to take up the residence as its own; though it would certainly nest in a darker area of the house, such as the cellar. Therefore, you need to insure you have a dark yet cosy corner foreseen for it.
+<fs large>Traditionally, a woman of the household, usually the wife, needs to craft a loose garment from a single piece of thread and bury it in a corner of the home in hopes of luring a house spirit. If successfully executed this also invites the spirit to take up the residence as its own; though it would certainly nest in a darker area of the house, such as the cellar. Therefore, you need to insure you have a dark yet cosy corner foreseen for it.
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-<fs large>#3
+<fs large>**#3**</fs>
-For a week sleep with nothing but cheap perfume.
+<fs large>For a week sleep with nothing but cheap perfume.</fs>
-The sixth day put on a black suit, preferably woolen and wear sandals.
-Go to your local supermarket, buy 5 bundles of leek
+<fs large>The sixth day put on a black suit, preferably woolen and wear sandals.</fs>
-walk home.
-When home, with the leek make a gate at your front door.
+<fs large>Go to your local supermarket, buy 5 bundles of leek,
-Only then arrange for a mackerel to be delivered to your door at 23 hrs. When the delivery arrives
+walk home.</fs>
+<fs large>When home, with the leek make a gate at your front door.</fs>
+<fs large>Only then arrange for a mackerel to be delivered to your door at 23 hrs. When the delivery arrives
 go to the door open your leek gate
-and yell:
+and yell:</fs>
-"my darling my darling
-you have come home"
+<fs large>"my darling my darling
+you have come home"</fs>
-the spirit will come to you ....</fs>
+<fs large>the spirit will come to you ....</fs>
-<fs large>#4</fs>
+<fs large>**#4**</fs>
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-<fs x-large>Shrines for a house spirit</fs>
+<fs x-large>**Shrines for a house spirit**</fs>
-<fs large>Purpose of shrines
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--Summoning and evocating of spirits:
-How to summon spirit? How to attract good fortune?
+<fs large>**Purpose of shrines**</fs>
--Caring, maintaining, protecting good fortune:
-Offerings, contributions, gifts. Reoccurring rituals. Close communication between the spirit and the owner of the house
+<fs large>-Summoning and evocating of spirits:</fs>
--Letting go, cleansing, separating from negative influence:
+<fs large>How to summon spirit? How to attract good fortune?</fs>
-Exorcism, transitions, end celebrations…
-</fs>
+<fs large>-Caring, maintaining, protecting good fortune:</fs>
+<fs large>Offerings, contributions, gifts. Reoccurring rituals. Close communication between the spirit and the owner of the house.</fs>
+<fs large>-Letting go, cleansing, separating from negative influence:</fs>
+<fs large>Exorcism, transitions, end celebrations…</fs>
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-<fs x-large>Elements for the shrines and its meaning</fs>
+<fs x-large>**Elements for the shrines and its meaning**</fs>
 <fs large>•	a dry lump of earth, compost, clay as a connection to the roots and organic matter</fs>
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 <fs large>•	seeds, grain, berries as a reminder for generosity and invitation for multispecies co-habitation</fs>
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-<fs x-large>Characters of the House Spirits and their care takers</fs>
+<fs x-large>**Characters of the House Spirits and their care takers**</fs>
-<fs large>Aldona Parnassus CIO of the International Presidium of Spirits and Shrines (IPSS)
+<fs large>**Aldona Parnassus CIO of the International Presidium of Spirits and Shrines (IPSS)**</fs>
-Long before dung beetles roamed the back streets of Pabybé a young woman was crowned First Singer of Electronic Underground Music Songs right there and then in Coroi Ville. That woman was Aldona Parnassus, she received this accolade for her performance of “I got you Babe” during the Festival of Waves. Aldona was then already a confidant of Spirits all over, which allowed her to sing in voices no one ever heard.
+<fs large>Long before dung beetles roamed the back streets of Pabybé a young woman was crowned First Singer of Electronic Underground Music Songs right there and then in Coroi Ville. That woman was Aldona Parnassus, she received this accolade for her performance of “I got you Babe” during the Festival of Waves. Aldona was then already a confidant of Spirits all over, which allowed her to sing in voices no one ever heard.</fs>
-Madame Parnassus started to mix her underground singing with shrining. Building them, researching, or maintaining shrines for all kinds of spirits. Her relationship with the anima’s began to bloom into a cooperative entity which allowed her to switch between this and other worlds easily. In these other universes she would be trained in states of existence that can only be explained as twirls.
+<fs large>Madame Parnassus started to mix her underground singing with shrining. Building them, researching, or maintaining shrines for all kinds of spirits. Her relationship with the anima’s began to bloom into a cooperative entity which allowed her to switch between this and other worlds easily. In these other universes she would be trained in states of existence that can only be explained as twirls.
 Needless to say, Aldona Parnassus is part of a galaxy which is ever so mind blowing we cannot start to describe it.
-Later on, in her career all things Haunted became ever more the center of her being culminating in being appointed as the CIO of the International Presidium of Spirits and Shrines (IPSS)
+Later on, in her career all things Haunted became ever more the center of her being culminating in being appointed as the CIO of the International Presidium of Spirits and Shrines (IPSS)</fs>
-She migrates now through our universe eternally busy with upholstering, ionizing or whatever actions she deems necessary to facilitate the world of spirits and shrines.
+<fs large>She migrates now through our universe eternally busy with upholstering, ionizing or whatever actions she deems necessary to facilitate the world of spirits and shrines.</fs>
-An untold story tells us that she once built a shrine for a spirit before that spirit had even started its career. Then she decorated the shrine with that spirit’s dying breath which she bottled in a Chanel 5 flask.
+<fs large>An untold story tells us that she once built a shrine for a spirit before that spirit had even started its career. Then she decorated the shrine with that spirit’s dying breath which she bottled in a Chanel 5 flask.
 Parnassus is known to have cheated spirits into leaving the keys to their back doors.
 She has built shrines that drove humans to tears with their beauty and veracity.
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-<fs x-large>The shrine for Kraka Snakkur</fs>
+<fs x-large>**The shrine for Kraka Snakkur**</fs>
 <fs large>Only a few moments a year Kraka Snakkur will manifest himself in this paddock.
-When he shows up in this meadow it is mostly to entertain the cows, basically these poor things are complacent and hilariously slow. He will play practical jokes on them and try to trick them into extasy. Kraka Snakkur is a very blessed singer, especially of disco music! Bones Bones Bones!!!
+When he shows up in this meadow it is mostly to entertain the cows, basically these poor things are complacent and hilariously slow. He will play practical jokes on them and try to trick them into extasy. Kraka Snakkur is a very blessed singer, especially of disco music! Bones Bones Bones!!!</fs>
-This shrine praises his cunning and perseverance all through highlighting his best jokes, he is a crack snake impersonator.
+<fs large>This shrine praises his cunning and perseverance all through highlighting his best jokes, he is a crack snake impersonator.
 If you are here when he is around, he will certainly enjoy singing Lionel Ritchie's Hello with you.
 Showing your devotion to him is easy, place a white stone on the shrine. He will be overjoyed.
 Hail Kraka Snakkur!!!</fs>
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