How To Get Rid Of Ghosts
Here is a guide to outline the three major types of spirit activity and what you can do if it's happening to you.
First and foremost, before you jump to the conclusion that you have a bona fide haunting, rule out everything physical.
Make sure the footsteps you hear at night are not just the house settling, make sure the voices on the stairs are not an echo from a neighbor's house, the plates falling from the cupboard can be caused by a mere mouse.
If you are feeling depressed or overly tired - get a complete physical.
So the moral of the story is ~ rule out everything on the physical level before you blame the spiritual level.
Types Of Ghosts Spirits
Feel a cool breeze when no windows are open?
Smell a sweet smell or a smell like that of roses or oranges?
You most likely have a spirit.
Only mentioned are things you can feel and smell.
Spirits don't have the energy it takes to appear.
So you have to rely on your other senses to identify them.
Ghost
Remember, a ghost was a person and people pretty much retain their full personalities after death.
If someone was a complete grumpy jerk in life - they will remain so in death.
Ghosts tend to be more attracted to places rather than specific people and they can be downright territorial about those places. In many, many cases, they are just not aware they have passed on.
For all the noise and hubbub, a ghost will NOT hurt you.
But, by the same token, don't give it the attention it craves or it will get more and more demanding in it's attention getting antics.
Also, just like spirits, a ghost will use your energy for themselves to continue manifesting.
Entity
These are the most intense of infestations, and fortunately, very rare.
Many people have opinions on what this final level of ghosts are - some people think they are extremely violent individuals, murderers, psychotics, and just plain evil people.
I tend to believe that they are something that was never human to begin with.
Strangely enough, they are almost exclusively called forth through Ouija Boards, seances, and necromancy ceremonies.
If someone else called forth an entity in a home - it can remain dormant for years - even decades - until circumstances are right for it to manifest.
It is patient and will wait until it can emerge at it's strongest.
It feeds on anger, strive, depression, arguments, and general turmoil.
It makes these emotions worse and the worse it can make the situation, the stronger it actually becomes.
How To Tell The Type Of Infestation You Have Spirits:
Spirits
Do not make noises and are not disruptive.
They rarely haunt places and tend to be more attracted to people.
They cause little clutter in your daily life and tend to appear when you are stressed or depressed.
Strangely enough, I have found that spirits who are haunting you are rarely someone you knew in life.
The only reason you don't want a spirit around is in times of stress or depression, a spirit can make matters worse by feeding off your energy and leaving you tired and thus leaving your defenses down.
And they won't stop, so before it becomes a problem - better to cleanse your house now.
Ghosts
Ghosts are like Spirits in many ways, they can bring smells with them. Usually oranges or roses.
I have also heard of chocolate and baking cookies.
You may catch flashes of light out of the corner of your eye.
Ghosts tend to have more "personality" than a spirit.
You may experience any or all of the following: · Voices out of nowhere.
· The feeling someone is watching you. ·
Footsteps leading into or out of rooms that no one is present in.
· An "electric" smell. · Small items moved (favorite items to move are shoes and jewelry). ·
Lights coming on or going off by themselves. ·
Electrical appliances coming on by themselves (usually not plugged in). ·
Phone calls (yes, sometimes they call).
· Bed covers moved off you (sometimes jerked right off you). ·
Touches (light pat on the back, the touch will be warm, never cold).
If you have any or all of these signs of ghost infestation, and you are feeling overly tired or depressed,
wanting to keep your drapes and shades drawn and be in the dark,
and you are feeling withdrawn and tired all the time,
with no good reason, you may be having your energy being sapped by an attention craving ghost.
I can not stress enough to have yourself fully checked and given a clean bill of health -
if you pass with flying colors - you just might have a ghost.
Do not try to communicate with any presence via a ouija board or seance an beware of psychics offering to cleanse your home for a fee.
Entities
Often, in the beginning, these are confused with Ghosts.
They make noises, project voices, move things, however there is never a pleasant smell with these - even in the beginning.
They leave a calling card of an odor not unlike rotten eggs.
In addition to all the ghost characteristics above, you can also have any or all of the following: ·
Bed covers jerked off -usually violently. · Physical damage - slaps, hard pinches, scratches and punches. In rare cases -sexual assault. · Knocks or taps in groups of 3. ·
Activity will peak at 3:13 in the morning -you may find yourself waking up at that exact time for no reason in the beginning of the infestation. · Scratches in the walls that sound like animals. ·
Animal noises at night when there are no animals around (dogs fighting, birds screeching or strange sounding birds singing). · Materialization of Black forms usually either a man or a dog. normally accompanied by a foul odor.
These forms have no features they look like a solid shadow. They can remain dormant for many, many years and can suddenly be drawn forward to active duty if there is a general atmosphere of arguments and tension within a family.
The Entity will first center on one person in the home, and this person may think they are losing their mind.
That is precisely what the entity wants - the more stressed it can make you the more anxious energy it can draw off of you, thus becoming stronger.
The person who tends to become withdrawn or depressed in stressful situations is their ideal candidate.
How To Get Rid Of A Ghost
Alright you know the type of haunting you have - now what?
You want it gone - but how?
Don't go around your house - throwing holy water and reading the bible.
Those tend to only aggravate situations and if the spirit /ghost/ entity was not a Christian, it may not be that effective.
There are ways of course to do it.
And here are some tried and true methods.
Spirits
Sunlight will diminish a spirit's activity almost immediately.
Rosemary works beautifully to render a spirit dormant.
If you don't want the dried herbs around - try planting a little.
Keep a little potted plant of rosemary in the room that the activity seemed centered around.
Ghosts
Sunlight - sunlight - sunlight - let the light in! Stop acknowledging it and don't talk to it, don't talk about it in your home.. even if it manifests itself right in front of you.
If you don't put energy into it - it can't stay.
Consider blessing, if you are of a religious nature, consider having the clergyman or religious figure of your choosing bless your home and everyone in it.
Entities
Natural light can render the entity dormant if you take measures to clear up your home life too.
No more yelling, and work on clearing up problems,
and you can stop the problem before it starts.
DO NOT throw holy water around your house or attempt any spirit depart rituals by yourself, this will tend to only anger the entity and it will show you precisely how displeased it is with you between midnight and 3am.
A Word About Ouija Boards~
Using an Ouija Board is like building a house in the most violent and horrible neighborhood imaginable and leaving the front door wide open with a big sign that says, "Everyone is welcome - Come on In!".
You can attract extremely negative beings and leave yourself wide open for some big problems.
I have never met anyone who had a truly positive experience with a Ouija board, although many times they start out that way. If you feel you must experiment with a Ouija Board or a Psychic Circle, Never use a Ouija (or Circle) alone - and never, ever ask whatever you are communicating with to show itself. After a period of communication, it may offer to show you - decline the invitation. You don't want to invite anything into your life like this. Better bet - put the board up and put the planchette in a separate place, and don't play with fire.
