The Practical Magic Guide To Building
Every new build needs a little magic.
Building a home is so much more than contracts, colour selections and site meetings. It’s standing on your block before anything exists. Walking across your new slab. Touching the frame the day it goes up. Sitting in the car outside your almost finished house, realising it’s real.
The Practical Magic Guide to Building is for that side of building.
It’s a beautifully illustrated guide that follows your build from settlement day to your first night home. It has simple rituals, blessings and recipes to help you set the energy of your home from the very first day.
Because a house is built. A home is blessed.
Inside you’ll find
✦ Before the Build. Claim your ground with The Four Nails on settlement day. Scatter a foundation blessing before the machines arrive. Choose a foundation stone that holds everything you want this home to be.
✦ The Build. Leave secret messages in the frame. Learn when and where to cleanse the site, so the house still feels like yours on handover day. Hide a blessing beneath the doorstep before the concrete is poured.
✦ The Home. Clear the energy as you move in. Light the hearth with your first meal. Welcome your people with a house blessing and a housewarming toast.
What’s included
✦ 50 page illustrated digital guide
✦ 10 chapters from land to move in
✦ Family blessings so the kids can leave their mark too
✦ A site cleansing guide with timing
✦ 2 home mist recipes
✦ 3 calming caffeine free teas
✦ 2 celebration drinks, each with an alcohol free version
✦ Journal prompts and blessing cards
✦ The words to say at every ritual
Made for real life
You don’t have to believe in magic. You don’t need crystals, incense or a moon calendar. Every ritual uses things you already have, with easy step by step instructions. A ritual done in five minutes in the car still counts.
Created from lived experience
Every blessing in this book was part of my own build. So many people pass through a building site, and each of them leaves a little of their energy behind. Clearing it was how I kept our house feeling like ours. Now it’s your turn.
Jessica Blue, Founder of Abeaud
The perfect gift
Know someone who has just bought land or is about to get their keys? This is the gift they’ll actually keep.
The details
✦ Instant PDF download
✦ Read on your phone or print at home on A4
✦ Made for Australian home builds
✦ For personal use only
The rituals and recipes in this guide draw on folk tradition and are for comfort, connection and intention. They are not medical, legal or building advice.