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**ElcinBoris** · 03-18-2006, 08:00 AM

correct me if i am wrong, i have heard that it is considered a taboo to have your shadow covering the spirit house

I think this may be a slight misunderstanding-it is the the shadow of the building on the relevant land that should never fall over a phra phum spirit house.

A spirit master/astrologer should always be hired to determine exactly where a spirit house should be located, the time it should be erected-to the hour and minute- and which way it faces on new properties-also to establish the "character" of the spirit and what keeps it contented-some like gifts of little miniature wooden elephants, cars, furniture, wooden figures to represent slaves etc.

It is also widely thought that the Phra Phum should always be told of all births, marriages and deaths within a household on its land, as well as people leaving for long periods of time-eg to go to work in a city from a village, and of people coming to stay.

03-18-2006, 08:00 AM	#3
ElcinBoris Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	correct me if i am wrong, i have heard that it is considered a taboo to have your shadow covering the spirit house I think this may be a slight misunderstanding-it is the the shadow of the building on the relevant land that should never fall over a phra phum spirit house. A spirit master/astrologer should always be hired to determine exactly where a spirit house should be located, the time it should be erected-to the hour and minute- and which way it faces on new properties-also to establish the "character" of the spirit and what keeps it contented-some like gifts of little miniature wooden elephants, cars, furniture, wooden figures to represent slaves etc. It is also widely thought that the Phra Phum should always be told of all births, marriages and deaths within a household on its land, as well as people leaving for long periods of time-eg to go to work in a city from a village, and of people coming to stay.
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