Making a Protective Shield With Death Energy from the Earth
One of the strongest energies I work with is that of death. It can be intimidating to outside forces, malevolent or otherwise, and I tend to use it sparingly in protection because of it’s all encompassing scare factor. I don’t want to scare away good things, and certainly don’t want to draw any bad things in. However, death isn’t always scary. Sometimes it’s a guardian force, as is the energy of cemeteries. There is a certain respect associated with death, and thus is what I pull from to make a shield from it.
This is a visualization I created as well as my directions for energy work and chants. You can switch things up if you like, this is just what I do.
What you’ll need:
A spot of ground, preferably inside your home somewhere, that has the Earth directly under it. This makes the energy work simpler, in my experience
Kneel or sit with your palms pressed into the floor. Take a few breaths and begin to visualize the energy beneath you stirring around and coming to meet your fingers.
Allow your energy to flow freely out into the Earth, and the Earth’s energy to go into you. There’s an exchange here and an important part of being able to use the energy, as you’ll be more connected to it.
Feel around in the energy below you and search for bones, fossils, undisturbed caves filled with fallen animals. Don’t wake any spirits if you feel them, just call to the energy of somber respect and invite it into your sculpting hands.
Once you’ve called this energy and gathered a fair amount of it, slowly raise your hands into a palms up position. Look ahead, not down anymore, to show this energy you are above the surface, not below it.
I use a wand for this step, but you can use your hand or fingers for it just as well. I draw the sigil I use to represent my own home in the air and say:
Earthen bays shall now release
Somber eyed and kindly beasts.
Guided up like brick and stone,
I summon thee, and thee alone.
Wrap around in sharpened spires,
Ivy cages and guarded fires.
Protect my home like the blessed dead,
From malice and spite and tidings of dread;
Cater to love, invite my warm friends,
Review all that passes except what I send.
Here I sit with you, hands facing thee.
This is my will, so it shall be.
After the chant, Invision a smoky wall of grey coming up and around you home, starting from a point underneath of it. When a sphere of some kind is formed, attach it to an energy source to provide a constant recharging base. I like the sun, moon, inner core of the Earth, and the ocean if you’re nearby it.
Close off the ritual by flipping your hands back over and onto the ground. Send a sealing energy into the ground and stand up to end everything.
This post calls to me like the smell of damp earth after a morning shower.
Kneeling in the dirt under a tree you dig your fingers into the ground and relish the feel of decomposition under your nails.
You too will end here along with all that you love and that settles your heart to a dull throb as you feel your magic mingle with what has come before…
