A little ghost problem.

[Azriel]

So I've returned back home, finally, after my little quest.
I place my bag down on the table and my lexicon back on the shelf... and then I notice something is a little off.
Right there, in my bed, where my own head should be... I can feel something else. I asked my housemates if they've noticed anything strange and both of them are sure there's something there. Strangely enough also, we've developed a rat problem. Which is insane, considering my housemate is the world's most certifiable neat freak (as am I) and there would be nothing to draw them here.

After discussion we've concluded he was probably a rogue spirit who was drawn here by residual energies after I left (with all of my pretty shiny crystals on my altar and no one to refresh my Runes of Protection around the room) and has been quite happily sitting on my bed ever since. I can't figure his name, but I can feel he's definitely very masculine. He likes to thump on walls at night and (no, it's not just the rats moving in the walls) lift things.

He doesn't seem dangerous, just playing. But irritating. Rather than let me sleep he'd much prefer to wake the dog every ten minutes by dragging the bedside table away a few inches or slamming the door. Maybe raking nails down the walls. Tapping light fixtures to make them swing.

SO. That said, anybody have an idea of how to kindly ask Mr. Houseguest to check the duration of his welcome? I think somehow it's close to wearing out.

I don't like cold beds.

[WendyAnne]

The rodent issue could be simple enough to explain. If where you live is coming into winter, the rats could simply have moved into your building to keep warm. And an interesting note about mice and rats: if they can get their head through a hole, then they can squish the rest of themselves in through it. Allegedly, Rats can even chew through steel pipe... 

As for your spirit, it could be one just "passing by", or maybe the spirit of someone who used to live in your home? I don't know too much about manifest spirits, but it seems logical to me for spirits to be able to "visit" a place they previously lived in before they died. 

Eh, that's my two cents anyway... Good luck and stay safe. 

[Ken Ra]

SO. That said, anybody have an idea of how to kindly ask Mr. Houseguest to check the duration of his welcome? I think somehow it's close to wearing out.

From a bright and shiny corner of my dark and dirty mind...

Up to about 1940 upper crust guests were welcomed with a pine-cone sculpture on the bed corners. When the welcome wore out the pine-cone was removed.   Greek Antiquity. a staff tipped with a pine cone and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches, borne by Dionysus

for what it is worth.

[RhiHu]

If it's just bumping around and not fixed to the place.... put out a bowl with a mixture of camphor and tea tree oil. It should throw off the vibes of the room enough that it can't produce physical manifestations.

If your sure it's human, then visualize and imagine a cone of white light, light a whirlpool, spinning near your doorway. Feel the air being sucked up around you and creating a wind. Hear the rushing sucking sound of it. The wide end pointing into your home and the pointy part pointing out the door. Visualize it sucking up any disincarnate house guests and sending them off to where they need to be. 

[Medicinefox]

You can be polite to your house guest but be sure to let him know the rules as you would any roommate. Then let him know that if he breaks the rules that consequences will follow and tell him what they are. If all else fails then tell him out right this is your house and he has to leave. Show no fear and feel no fear. Use all your internal power and strength to stand up to him. Let him know how you feel and where you stand. Take control of the situation as with anything, creature or human  they can feel, smell, sense and see fear on another. You must be strong inside and out.

He may be there for a reason so ask. Ask where he came from. Why he is there. Even ask his name.


Love,
Fox

[Phoenix82]

We are currently living in the apartment of my deceased Grandparents which I loved dearly. Shortly after we moved in about 6 years ago, we had a spirit or spirits in the house. My husband kept on nagging me until I did a ritual, after that we had no "visits" anymore for a very long time, only occationally. This late summer early fall we had some activity again and I refused to do a ritual, the activity stopped on it's own right after Samhain.
I did not feel threathened and no harm was done, in cases like this I like to think of deceased relatives and/or friends that are stopping by to check on us, that's why I refused to do the ritual when my husband asked me to. I wouldn't want to kick a friend or family member out of the house.
If you are bothered by this, just do what Medicine Fox suggested and ask the spirit to leave. If that doesn't help, do a ritual.
If you can't create your own, there are plenty of recourses out there where you can find a fitting ritual from.
I hope this helps you a little bit
Blessings
Phoenix

[AlaniaRosewood]

He may be trying to get your attention so he can tell you something or even help you, try communtcating with him, IF your SURE he is a human spirit not a demonic haunting