Entities

Entities

Entities -- A Taboo Topic
Entities are probably one of the most scary and most avoided topics in modern shamanism (native shamans are more feisty than New Age shamans!). Yet an understanding of entities is a must for any real shaman, and highly recommended for anybody who wants to stay healthy and live a good life. Though entities are invisible to ordinary physical sight, their presence and activities leave tracks in our lives -- of a very negative kind. Our society trains people from early age to be in denial about anything invisible or spiritual, which then creates a lot of fear. And so it isn't surprising that you meet many "tough guys" who watch horror movies but freak out when confronted with a ghost or the idea that entities are real. Here is a typical case:

Once, on a workshop of shamanism, one of the participants, let's name him Jim, heard of entities and became so frightened that he was lying on the ground shivering uncontrollably for hours (to top it off he also puked in my sandwich box!). Though we did a banishing ritual and tried everything to assure him, and though somebody kept him company throughout the night, he was so freaked out that he left and never came back for any shamanic workshops with that teacher, who happened to be a genuine and powerful shaman!

For this reason many teachers of shamanism avoid the word "entities" like the plague. They call them negative energies or spirit intrusions so as not to freak people out. Both of these terms are not quite correct. In the end everything is energy, even you and I are. But if you stub your toe on a brick you won't tell your friends that negative energy affected your foot! So let's not split hairs. I am always in favour of calling a spade a spade instead of beating around the bush. Entities are conscious beings. It is therefore simply incorrect to call them negative energies. “Spirit intrusions” is a term that includes many different things that can be stuck in the human (or animal) aura, too numerous to list them all here in great detail. However, you should know that some of these intrusions are non-sentient, some are man-created or impressions from past lives, and some are entities. Of all these, entities are usually the most damaging.

I am offering this article not for entertainment nor to scare people but for those who wish to protect themselves from entities and get rid of the ones they already have. As said before, the path of shamanism is not for wimps. If you want to be a shaman, be ready to confront your fears and a couple of entities! Whether you believe in them or not, entities are real and chances are you have got them. Would you like to do something about that or would you rather be in denial? Imagine you found out you had intestinal worms. Would you go and get medicine to cast them out, or would you go to the pub and get drunk so you can forget about them because the idea of worms freaks you out? Now, if you are ready to take the path of action and the path of the warrior, then read on.

What Are Entities?
The unknown is always what creates the greatest fear. So let’s get to know entities, because once you understand them, you will fear them less! Entities are spirit beings, that means they have a non-physical body and live in the realm of spirit, to be specific, on the astral (see Middle World Page). Entities are not spirits of deceased humans or animals but something else altogether. They have been called astral wildlife, which I think is quite a good term. Entities really belong in the demonic realm, but many are living on the lower astral planes which are interlaced with our physical world (a.k.a. Middle World). Entities differ in size from tiny beings the size of a bug to huge forms of several metres long. The biggest entity I ever removed was about 12 metres long! Entities come in many shapes. Some look similar to beings from our animal kingdom, others look completely alien. I have chosen the picture of the tarantula for the Entity Page because I have indeed come across and removed spiderlike entities on occasion. However, the more common type looks worm or snakelike but the head shape is usually very different from snakes or worms. Other entities may look like jellyfish or octopuses. You find all kind of strange creatures among entities. But no matter what they look like, they all have something in common:

Like all beings entities need to feed! And what they feed on is the energy of living beings such as humans and animals. For this they attach themselves to the energy field or aura of a person or animal and then start drinking their energy! In essence entities are vampires and parasites, for they feed on others' life force. Many entities have a very low level of intelligence and to them a human being is just food. You could compare those with mosquitoes or leeches. They also don't drink your blood because they are "evil" but because they are hungry and you smell good! But there are other entities which are intelligent and cunning and know exactly what they are doing -- which is much more than just take your energy. Some of those are very powerful and have been around for a long time. These ancient and highly developed entities we call demons. The Christian concept of demons is not correct, but I will talk about this another time. For now it shall suffice to say that demons are wilier and more dangerous entities and that they are more difficult to remove.

Could I Possibly Have Entities?
Unfortunately yes! About 99% of modern people have entities. Basically anybody has entities unless they have done extensive shamanic work -- real shamanic work which involves facing one's issues and removing entities, not lightweight New Age type workshops. People who haven’t done extensive and deep spiritual work always have entities. There are many reasons why people have entities. Part of this is vulnerability to entities because of weaknesses in the aura, part of it is lifestyle related -- more about this later on. A wise shaman was once asked by a student how you know that you have entities. He answered: "if your life is a mess you have entities!" And that is definitely true. On the other hand, if your life seems quite peaceful and calm, that doesn't mean you have no entities, you may just not have so many and not of the worst kind, or, they are dormant because you are living a materialistic life! Entities usually get active when you start to do something good for yourself, something spiritual. That is when they try to put obstacles in your path and mess your life up. While you are living an unspiritual life they operate in hidden. Entities are devious and the problems they cause in your life can be horrendous.

How Entities Affect You
The one thing that all entities have in common is that they feed on your energy. A person who has many entities or a couple of huge ones will generally have low energy. Some people who have serious entity infections will feel cold a lot, but that alone is not an indication for entities. The general rule is the more entities you have, the less energy and vitality you have. Entities can cause physical problems in the part of the body where they are stuck. A friend of mine always had pain in her upper thigh. She had it checked by the doctor who found nothing wrong, neither with the muscle nor the bone, but the pain persisted. I didn't know about that, until one day, just to demonstrate what entities are, I scanned her energy field and found an entity in her thigh! After I removed it she never had pain in that place again!

Most entities will eventually cause physical disease and problems. Extreme entity infestation could in the worst case scenario lead to premature death as the entities will deplete your life force and / or wreck vital organs. I would like to point out that we are talking about a shamanic concept of disease here, and not what is "believed" to be the cause of disease according to traditional medicine. Shamans see disease in a very different way and treat it in a completely different way. The results can be quite stunning at times. For example, once I removed an entity from a friend's eyes and it resulted in her being able to see reasonably well without glasses for the first time in her life! (Before she could hardly see even with very strong glasses!) If a problem is caused by entities it is quite easy to deal with. But not every physical problem is caused by entities! But the good news is that entities can be dealt with, and that you don't have to keep them!

The more advanced and cunning entities have another agenda altogether: to cause separation. As entities are demonic beings, they loathe Oneness and try everything to separate you from the Oneness with God/Goddess/All-That-Is. They achieve this by pushing your buttons and creating negative emotions in you, such as despair, apathy and unreasonable fear (as you can see from the case of “Jim” described above). In some cases when a person is being "possessed" by very powerful entities or demons their character will change drastically, as the entities influence them, and in the worst cases even run their lives! You can be sure that entities are not going to create a life of prosperity, abundance and joy for you! The opposite is the case. Their agenda is pain! The more you are in despair, the further you will drift away from your natural state of enthusiasm and joy which is close to Oneness. Therefore entities will try to create such situations in your life that will cause you maximum pain. And, they try to lead you astray spiritually wherever they can, leading you to false teachers, and scaring you of the real ones who could help you! Their purpose is to keep you from finding your power, which would make an end to them! While you have entities you will never fully get into your power nor to the Oneness!

If you seek out a healer or teacher who has real power, meaning the power to remove entities and demons, or the power to help you find the Oneness, the entities will do everything to prevent you from getting there! Your car may suddenly break down, a family problem arises, or you may get freaked out and suddenly fear the healer. As astral beings the entities can hear your thoughts as if you spoke them out loud. They know exactly what you are up to, what you fear, etc. Entities know every one of your buttons and every one of your weaknesses and will exploit them! If you are a lazy person, they will manipulate you with your tendency to be lazy. So instead of doing meditation or going to a healer you stay at home and watch telly and have a couple of beers. If your tendency is being a coward, they will tell you the healer is "dark", and whisper in your ear that you should look for somebody more gentle and "angelic" -- probably leading you to a false teacher or an evil person wearing the cloak of "love and light". The entities will have no problems letting you go to a Reiki healer because Reiki doesn't remove entities! They may lead you to false teachers and quacks, and to those who have no real power but put up a struggle when you do something that can make a real shift in your life.

I have seen this happening in my own life and in the life of friends countless times. Here are some examples: Once, when I was involved in an intensive Goddess process, entities tried to manipulate me to stay away from the shaman/healer I was working with and who helped me so much. They planted a thought in my mind that this healer was evil. I noticed the mental manipulation only because my mind was trained in yoga and tends to be very discriminating and sharp. The thoughts in my head felt slightly alien, besides that they were the opposite of what I had been thinking of that healer before. Even when I had recognised what was going on, I could not shut the entities up! It only stopped when I prayed to the Goddess and simultaneously received an e-mail from said healer who sensed that something was going on. This is a typical example of the mental manipulation that entities are so good at!

When a friend of mine wanted to go to a powerful medicine ceremony (designed to get rid of entities) she was tripped up by her entities so badly that she almost didn't make it to the place. We didn't heed the omen we received that morning (see Shaman’s World Page), which led to her not being allowed on the flight and having to take another flight for a lot of money. That flight was delayed by hours, but rescheduled to an earlier time in her absence, and she almost missed the second flight as well. When she finally was on board of the plane, she thought nothing could go wrong now -- but then the plane got into severe turbulences! She was sure the plane would crash and that she was going to die and held her seat neighbour's hand while around her passengers were praying and crying. After landing, still ill from the rough flight, she had to take several trains to go to her destination on her own. She had never travelled alone in her life as this was forbidden to a woman of her faith. At first things were going smoothly until she neared her destination, then the train suddenly broke down... And the shaman who was to pick her up had another ceremony that night and couldn't wait at the station indefinitely. She did finally make it but it was a big drama.

When she arrived she was so shocked she couldn't even speak for quite a while. Finally she told me the whole story and added she wanted to write it down and call it "The Worst Day of my Life!" During the medicine ceremony she got rid of a major demon. She is a very petite person but developed great strength when her demon came up and I had to hold her down and calm her down for a long time. However, after the medicine ceremony she experienced very positive changes both in herself and her life. She later said every human being ought to do such a medicine ceremony at least once in their lives, and the world would be a better place! Needless to say she became a total believer in medicine ceremonies, as well as in entities! It is easy to dismiss entities, but once you have felt them stirring in you, or putting up a struggle when you begin to do true spiritual work, or wriggling about in your body as the shaman pulls them out, once you have experienced that you will turn into a believer too!

Some entities will try to destroy specific aspects of your life, such as your relationships, family life, or your health. Entities can make people angry, violent, and act totally out of character. A person with willpower, integrity and a strong spiritual connection will not easily be taken over by entities, but the weak-willed, the already violent and angry, and those under the influence of alcohol and drugs will fall prey to entities' manipulations very easily. People who haven't integrated their shadow and are in ego are also more susceptible! I have read a book in which the author describes how entities remote-controlled him to throw his child off a building. He resisted, though barely. I have not personally experienced such an extreme case, but I believe that this can happen. Conclusion: entities are bad for you. Don't get them, and if you already have them, get rid of them! How can you avoid getting entities? You must know how entities get in to avoid being "infected"!

How Entities Get In
There are various ways of getting entities, and various activities and lifestyle choices that predispose you to them. There are also places that teem with entities and people who can transmit them to you, so be careful where you go and with whom you mix!

Holes in the Aura
This is the most common way for entities to get in. An intact aura will protect you quite well against entities. The only problem is very few people have an intact aura. You develop holes in your aura if, for example, you had surgery. When an incision into your skin is made, the energy field is opened up as well and entities can get in. This is aggravated by the fact that hospitals are among the worst places to be with an open aura because many earthbound spirits, spirits of the recently deceased and entities are hanging around in hospitals! And secondly, unconsciousness makes you prone to possession by entities - both these factors usually come together during surgery in a hospital. So, if you ever had surgery you probably have entities.

Soul Loss
You can also get holes in the aura because you had a soul loss. This is a shamanic term for losing a part of yourself, part of your spirit soul because of a great trauma or a prolonged period of suffering and unhappiness. More about this on the Soul Retrieval Page later... When you lose a piece of your soul it leaves a big hole in your aura. This type of hole cannot be closed by mere aura healing, Reiki or crystal healing. For it to be permanently closed the missing soul piece has to be retrieved and reinstalled

This means, if you lost a loved one and never got over it, if you had a traumatic accident or any other great loss or trauma or period of prolonged unhappiness you can be sure that you have holes in your aura caused by soul loss, and, you can be quite sure that you have entities as well!

Drugs
The use of drugs or alcohol also creates holes in the aura! This means if you have ever been drunk, even once in your whole life, if you have ever smoked marijuana or taken any other drugs, even once, you probably have entities. Alcoholics and drug addicts usually have an aura that resembles Swiss cheese and tend to have more entities than a flea-ridden dog has fleas! Having close contact with substance abusers can expose you to their entities as well.

And there are various other causes for holes in the aura as well, such as physical injury and trauma, emotional problems, or insufficiently developed chakras. Sometimes a person's energy body can already be incomplete or damaged from birth, for example if they had a big trauma in a past life. In the end any kind of weakness in the aura will expose you to entities. I have yet to see a person with a completely intact energy body. I specialise in repairing the subtle body and can see it very clearly. In countless healings I have never seen anybody whose energy body was completely intact. And therefore I say the chances that you have entities are almost 100 per cent.

Unconsciousness
Whenever you are unconscious you do not inhabit your body. It doesn't matter whether this unconsciousness was caused by anaesthesia, the use of drugs, or by fainting from low blood pressure. Whenever you are out, other things can get in. A person who is drunk or on drugs may not be fully unconscious, but they are still "out of it" and that is enough to open them up to entities. If you have ever been unconscious you are likely to have entities.

Close Contact
During intercourse of a lower nature entities are being transferred. When your base chakra is linked to the base chakra of another person, as happens during intercourse, entities have a free-way into your body! If the person you are sleeping with is an alcoholic, a drug addict, or a negative person who is full of entities, or worst of all, a vampire, you can be sure that you will pick up many entities! Even if your partner appears to be nice, but in their mind they are only thinking of themselves, basically using you for their gratification, they will still transfer entities to you. The only way to make sure that you are not picking up entities during intercourse is to only have sacred sex. Sacred sex is when the man sees the Goddess in the woman and she sees the God in him. If this is one-sided it will not work -- as I found out the hard way once, when I had to rid myself of dozens of entities after having slept with a man, who seemed nice but as it turned out later had a very abusive attitude towards women! So choose your sex partners carefully for you may catch more than diseases by sleeping with the wrong person, and a condom is not going to protect you from entities!

Some people who have a serious entity problem can be so negative that mere contact with them is enough to transfer entities to you. In some cases just having them in your house will do it! Like lice, entities like to jump to a fresh source of energy sometimes. And if you are open at that moment, because you had a few glasses of wine, or recently had surgery, or simply because you have holes in your energy field, some of the person's entities may jump over!

Crowds enable entities to jump over to new hosts with ease. Have you ever been in a crowd and come home with a terrible headache, even though you are not normally prone to headaches? If so you probably picked something up in the crowd. It is generally a good procedure to take a shower, put on new clothes and do psychic cleansing whenever you come home after having been in contact with many people or in a crowd.

Sorcery
Entities and demons can also be sent to a person by sorcery (commonly known as "black magic"). When entities are sent by a sorcerer they are much more persistent than ordinary entities which are basically just opportunists. Let me explain: if you are in an area where there are entities, and they see you as an easy victim, because your energy field is wide open, or because you happen to be drunk, they may get into you. If on the other hand you are well-shielded, with an intact aura and totally sober and in possession of yourself, the entities are not likely to go for you. They will look for an easier victim. Even a lion will hunt the weakest animal in the herd. If however somebody has cursed or hexed you, the entities will throw themselves at you constantly until they get through your defences and break through your intact aura or shields. I had times when hundreds of entities were throwing themselves against the warding of my living room, bashing in their heads in the desperate attempt to get in! Those were sent by sorcery of course. If somebody sends you entities by sorcery you will need an experienced shaman / witch / magician who knows how to deal with sorcery to sort that problem out for you!

The Favourite Haunts of Entities
There are certain places that entities favour, sometimes because of the nature of the place, sometimes because there they are likely to find food -- that is suitable hosts. Places that have a lot of stagnant energy and very low vibration are favoured by entities. If your house is messy, dark and dank, entities will feel at home in it! So keep your place clean and tidy! Likewise the cemetery, with its energy of decay and death attracts entities. Entities can feed on extreme emotions, usually negative emotions such as grief and despair, of which there is plenty at the cemetery!

Pubs, where people get drunk and open their aura up to entities, are also among the favourite places of the astral critters! So are places where people take drugs regularly, and of course the homes of drug addicts. Mental institutions are another favourite place of entities. Many of the patients there are full of entities themselves, and the drugs they are being given open them up to entities even more. If you are working in such a place -- as a friend of mine does -- you need to shield yourself and do daily cleansing or you will be affected. Hospitals, as mentioned above, are also places where there is an atmosphere of disease, despair and death combined with heavy use of anaesthetics which makes them a very favourable environment for entities. Finally, places where dark rites have taken place will attract entities as well. Of course you may not be able to avoid all these places at all times, but you can take good care when you have to go there.

How to Get Rid of Entities
It is well known among shamans that the first part of shamanic work is to get rid of all one's entities. There is no point in seeking empowerment while you are full of entities. Because entities will hinder you on every turn from coming in your power and will try everything to lead you astray. You need a “psychic detox” before you can build up your inner strength, your power as a shaman or as a magician. And that psychic detox is getting rid of entities. Unfortunately getting rid of entities is a lot more difficult than getting rid of intestinal parasites. A one time dose won’t do it! To become completely clear of entities usually takes a year or longer with traditional methods. There are ways to speed it up, and if you do your share it will be ever so much faster. But you have to understand that getting rid of entities takes more than a one-time healing session – even though a lot can be accomplished in just one session. And, that once you are clear you yourself will have to take responsibility to stay clear!

The reason why entities can rarely be removed in one session is that they are embedded in different layers of your aura and subconscious. I am using a special technique that is very effective in extracting entities and major demons even from deep layers of client's aura and being. The technique I am using is a blend of what I learned from an authentic shaman and what my own spirits and helpers taught me.

It enables the clients themselves to feel the entities which I then remove. Though at the end of the session the client will feel they are completely free of entities, a few weeks later one can usually find some more. In some cases this could be because meanwhile the client has picked up more entities due to life-style choices they made. But the main reason is that removing entities is a bit like peeling layers of an onion. Many entities and demons are connected to certain issues and trauma which need to be resolved to heal the weakness and permanently banish entities. When people do intense spiritual work they open up deeper and deeper layers of their subconscious and unconscious and the entities residing in those regions become activated and accessible. Generally it takes about four sessions of soul therapy to get a client entity-free. If the cause of the entity problem is sorcery or curses, other methods need to be employed as well to disarm those. If you wish to have your entities removed, please e-mail me to arrange for a healing session.

For surface intrusions, I have on numerous occasions used my self-made exorcism bath salts with great success to cleanse myself of entities which I had picked up in crowds, busy places or from negative people. This however only works when you have just picked up the entities, before they had time to firmly latch onto you and penetrate the deeper layers of your aura. I highly recommend this type of regular cleansing to all those who are exposed to negative people, drug users and the mentally ill, who have to mix with people a lot, or are exposed to any other negativity on a regular basis. The exorcism bath salts are also good to prevent any build up of negativity if used regularly. They cannot normally cast out demons or entities that are firmly and deeply lodged in your energy field. One of my clients however reported that after using the exorcism bath salts he saw two spirits coming out from him in the night. They wanted to get back in but couldn't! You can read more about my self-made bath salts on the Potions Page, or order them in the Magick Shop in the Bath Salts section.

Smudging is only useful for surface entities that you have just picked up. Unfortunately it will not go to deeper layers of the aura. And it definitely won't be able to exorcise any demons! It is however useful to clear your space of negative energies and random entities. It is also useful to cleanse ritual tools, even crystals from negative energies. Always smudge if negative people have been to your house, if there has been an argument or any form of violence (even after the children had a fight!) or whenever you sense negativity. You can smudge your pets as well if they allow it. But please be careful not to burn them with the smudge stick or falling hot embers!

How to Avoid Getting Entities
Once you are free of entities you probably wish not to have them again. Short anecdote in this place: I once attended medicine ceremonies which were to last for three days. On the first day the shaman removed a major demon from one of the participants. She left the next morning and didn't attend the remaining two ceremonies. Later she e-mailed me, and complained that the shaman had removed her "nice demon", and that she was now feeling lonely without it!

It is strange what people get attached to at times! Hopefully you will not be like her! From what I have written above, it should be quite clear now how to avoid getting (new) entities. Just don't do the things which predispose you to them! This means, never drink or take drugs. Have only sacred sex or none at all. Avoid negative people, the insane and drug users. Don’t go to places of negativity and if you must, be sure you are shielded and in possession of yourself.

Be selective whom you let in your house. People bring their vibrations with them and those often linger long after the visitor has gone. Therefore cleanse the house and yourself if you have had contact with negative people or after any argument. Another less well-known method to keep your house clear is to take your shoes off right at the door! For the simple reason that many entities attach themselves to the feet, and as you don't usually walk barefoot outside that means to your shoes! Now it makes perfect sense, why in the East people frequently wash their feet and take shoes off in the temple or sacred places, as well as in their homes. We Westerners have a lot to learn from the East when it comes to psychic hygiene! You can make a magical spirit trap and keep that under your doormat. It will prevent random entities to come into your home attached to the feet. (It will not prevent entities which are deeply embedded in other people or yourself from entering your home!) Always take your shoes off at the door and never allow visitors to trample through your house and your sacred space with outdoor shoes.

If you are a healer you must do banishing rituals before and after each client and smudge your tools, yourself and the place regularly. If you have been to one of the above-mentioned places of negativity, or if you think you have picked something up in a crowd or from negative people, cleanse yourself as soon as you come home. First, take your clothes off and put them in the laundry. Then take a full shower including over your head and focus on negativity being washed away. Do appropriate visualisation whilst taking the shower. Better still, take an exorcism bath. You can order an effective exorcism bath from my Magick Shop on the Bath Salts Page.

Also, to be safe avoid handshakes and hugs with those you don't feel good about. I have always thought that handshakes and hugs are very unhygienic practices. Besides, as you can read on the Vampire Page, handshakes can be used to hex you or to dominate your will. No need to be paranoid about it, but choose whom you allow physical contact. I hug those I love and feel close to, but I don't let myself be compelled by social customs to have close contact with people whom I don't like, who are either physically or psychically unclean, or who just have a bad vibe! I do namaste (placing the palms together) to greet people and show my respect. Remember, it is your decision, freedom of choice! Don't be embarrassed to say no to something that you don't want to do. And lastly, listen to your intuition – but never to fear manipulation by your entities! You must learn to distinguish between the two! But before you can do that you will have to embrace your shadow and mature your ego or those will cloud your inner sight and your reason! Your intuition should tell you when a person or a place has a bad vibration. If you have the sight you may even see the entities in a person's aura! If so, best stay away! You must learn to distinguish between your entities’ fear of a true healer and your own intuition telling you somebody is not genuine and wishes to harm you.

The best spiritual protection against entities is to have discipline, a clean life-style and integrity! That means you have to integrate your shadow, and mature your ego. Once you have done so entities will have much less control over you -- should they get in. I have been told by a powerful shaman that iron discipline is the best protection against entities! Also, try to develop discrimination so you can distinguish between thoughts that are your own and entity-induced thoughts. And lastly, develop courage, willpower and some backbone, all this will help you to avoid entity manipulation, besides, these qualities are a must for a shaman anyway! Entities and demons can do a lot of damage, but they are not more powerful than you, not if you develop yourself spiritually!