Negative presence around me

[tayah]

not sure where to begin but for a long time now ive felt presences around me some dont bother me others freak me out. i often se a figure of an old man going past and he is okay but then there are other things that scare me. 1 night for instance my husband and i were fast asleep when suddenly our bed room door swung open hitting the wall we both bolted up at the same time there was nothing there... our end bed room was so cold even during the hottest months. then are 2 small dogs creeped in on there bellies (there is no way they could of opened on the door) we sat there and a white figure pretty much floated past us into the spare room we followed it but nothing. another time during a spell i was peforming there was a growling it felt like it was right next to me. my husband then peformed a different spell while i was in another room and i could hear people talking an laughing but i did not have a good feeling.
1 more example which does scare me and has been occuring since i was young i start to smell ciggeretts burning originally i thought this was my father who died when i was 11 but recently its changed i now will feel a pressure on parts of my body like my neck or chest like someone is putting there weight on me trying to hurt me do you think these are all related? or different entitys? could it be demons or ghosts or something else there are more occurences but to many to tell... what should i do ive got kids and am worried?!

[shadowx]

Firstly do some simply but powerful protection spells, your own practices will dictate how you do that, personally i would go with the bubble of pure white energy and calling in protective entities. Do whatever feels strongest to you. This will hopefully protect you while you find out more about the entities, namely their "type" and actions.

for example the growling could merely be a negative spirit trying to scare you. On the other hand it could be some other spiritual entity or even some form of energy which has been sent your way or is "programmed" for lack of a better word, to intimidate anyone in that house or something.

I think until you know what it is you cant really fight it but defensive charms and spells should hold until you are ready to get rid of it.

Interesting though that the dogs crawled in on their bellies. I think this related to feeling submissive, and in nature the alpha male of the pack would have that effect on the dogs. Couple that with the growling and to me it sounds like some sort of spiritual entity in an animal form, or perhaps a deceased animal. I assume you and your husband have both experienced it?

[tayah]

my husband heard the growling too. it wasnt our dogs they were little toy type dogs this was a loud growl plus the dogs were outside during the spell. my husband was in the other room but when i came out he looked funny i asked what was wrong and he told me he had heard what i had heard even tho we were not together. he has never smelt the smoke but has seen stuff/ spirits....

my problem is im just getting back into practicing i stopped a while back and tried to ignore everything. which was stupid im not sure where or how to start. im not even sure what i am. lol thanks tho ill look some stuff up to see if i can get help.

[shadowx]

See if you can look up the growling on google, also look up a protection spell just to be sure. I am getting back into things too so i cant help much more than that. I only suggest the things i would do myself as i dont know any better!

[icebunny]

If you feel that there is a negative energy/force around you and your family, my immediate concern would be for everyone's safety. I'm so sorry this is happening to you, if must be unnerving.

I would suggest protection of some sort for you and your family in your home. I also suggest, as you are getting back into practicing, cleansing yourself and your home as a priority. Your varied experiences of the smoke smell, the dogs, and the pressure on your person can develop into a more serious problem if you don't protect yourself. Regardless of what this entity is, know that it can be handled. It sounds like the universe is challenging you to get back into practicing. When we stop, for whatever reason, your energy signature changes, and things like to prey upon people who fall upon weak or hard times. Don't let them get to you! If you have any questions, I'd be happy to try to help you any way I can. There are so many people who can help you - take advantage of all the input you can get.

Be safe and blessed.

[tayah]

If you feel that there is a negative energy/force around you and your family, my immediate concern would be for everyone's safety. I'm so sorry this is happening to you, if must be unnerving.

I would suggest protection of some sort for you and your family in your home. I also suggest, as you are getting back into practicing, cleansing yourself and your home as a priority. Your varied experiences of the smoke smell, the dogs, and the pressure on your person can develop into a more serious problem if you don't protect yourself. Regardless of what this entity is, know that it can be handled. It sounds like the universe is challenging you to get back into practicing. When we stop, for whatever reason, your energy signature changes, and things like to prey upon people who fall upon weak or hard times. Don't let them get to you! If you have any questions, I'd be happy to try to help you any way I can. There are so many people who can help you - take advantage of all the input you can get.

Be safe and blessed.

thankyou i truly appreciate this it is a worry. i am concrened for my children. we have moved house since the growling episode but the entity of the smoke and pressure is still here.
how do go about cleansing myself and home im not sure how to do this?

[icebunny]

thankyou i truly appreciate this it is a worry. i am concrened for my children. we have moved house since the growling episode but the entity of the smoke and pressure is still here.
how do go about cleansing myself and home im not sure how to do this?[/quote]

What tradition did you practice before? What types of magick would be easiest for you to perform? Candles, incense, more developed......what do you thing would work best for you? I prefer to use powders and herbs that I can find in my kitchen....would something like that be helpful to you? I've got this huge book in my bookcase....

[tayah]

i took a little of something from everything in terms of magick i was practicing wicca. i would use anything thats needed in terms of instruments im open to all things. thankyou

[Fayah'sAngel]

Do u have a sage stick? you can use this to cleanse your home you need to burn it so it smokes and wave it around all the rooms and on all your doors wndows etc, also you can use salts to put around your door and windows this will stop anything else from coming into the home.

if u want anymore advice the please inbox me

Blessed Be
Chelsea

[One Walker]

Hi Tayah!

This may sound really off the wall but based on what you described regarding life in your former home it sounds like you were living around some kind of vortex (the diversity and intensity of the phenomenon). You say the growling has stopped since you moved but other phenomenon remains. It occurred to me to ask if you moved a mirror from the old home to the new? These can certainly be gateways and vortexes so I thought I'd ask. If so, you may want to take steps to 'close off' the mirror.

Just a thought.

One Walker.

[tayah]

hi one walker
no it doesnt sound strange at all. kind of makes sense the place has been ripped down thank god for that but i still dont like going past it. i never liked that house and hated being in it alone i always felt there was more then me and my husband in that house. i never went into the back room alone.

we havent brought any mirrors or anything with us but the entity who i thought was my father has been with me since i was 11 its just it was never hurtful before where now i feel un easy when its around. i often wonder if it is him and hes like this because i found out his dirty secret a few yrs back. i dont know? im going to try a cleansing spell and protection spell fingers crossed.

thankyou blessed be

[Kassandra]

This may sound really off the wall but based on what you described regarding life in your former home it sounds like you were living around some kind of vortex (the diversity and intensity of the phenomenon).

That's totally what I was going to say, One Walker ....first thing that came to my mind was ley line of some sort, though. It's similar.

Life on the "Line"
Basically, it sounds like you live on or adjacent to what amounts to a bus depot of the spiritual realm, hahaha. That may explain why you "haven't been feeling like yourself" lately, as I noticed you wrote in another post.

Sage sticks and positive affirmations, as much as I'm an active proponent of both, will not help you when you live on or near a vortex. As with living next to an airport or railroad tracks, your choices are to either move, or get used to the disruptions and learn to live with them. It's funny --I grew up near an air force base. I got used to planes landing and taking off 24/7. When I moved away, it was "too quiet" which made me anxious and I had a hard time sleeping! So I guess one could get used to anything.

In an episode of Lisa Williams show, the psychic medium from England, she counseled a family who lived on a ley line. They had all manner of spirits roaming around and passing through their house and the garage, constantly. But the family decided to stay there, with the philosophy that if the spirits didn't mind them there, they didn't mind the spirits passing through the house either. So they were all at peace, albeit a "noisy" peace. Personally, I could do without living near a bus depot, a physical one or a spiritual one, lol! But that's just me.

Healthiness is Boring
I realize it's more exciting and magical to chant some incantation, or concoct some kind of recipe for a spell, etc., and that taking care of one's health is boring and not what one perceives that he or she "signed up for" when deciding to do witchcraft or other metaphysical work. The TV shows make it all look so kewl! But as long as one is still an incarnate being, dwelling in a physical body, one has to play by the body's rules. No getting around that. And let's face it, healthiness is boring.

In the Ask Elisa forum is a post called "Find Balance." You might want to read through that and do an assessment of how you're taking care of your body. That will also affect how you feel, and it never ceases to amaze me how people do not connect their health habits with how they feel every day. There's a chronic "disconnect" regarding this in Western culture I noticed. Don't fall victim to that. If you're going to be a witch, be a healthy witch, 'cause if you're a healthy witch, you'll be a strong witch. Nothing sadder than a person who undertakes metaphysical work, but their health is so poor and causing them such anxiety, that they jump at every little spirit they encounter. Anyway, sometimes making the slightest change, like eating better or getting more sleep, will make a tremendous difference. You'll have less anxiety and more energy and optimism.

They'll Leave Their Baggage at Your Bus Depot
...because if you decide to stay in that house, you will need energy and optimism to survive. Some spirits come with a lot of energetic baggage (unresolved issues) and you will "empath" those emotions and take them on, which is what I suspect has been going on with you. For example you've suddenly become scared of your father's spirit. I don't think it's the dirty laundry you've discovered --honestly what ghost, or living person for that matter, doesn't have what they perceive of as dirty laundry? I think your defenses are down and it's causing you anxiety. You have to be strong and healthy to let that stuff slide off you, like water on a duck's back. You can't get mixed up in the emotional drama of the discarnate beings you encounter.

Get Back to Basics

It sounds like the universe is challenging you to get back into practicing. When we stop, for whatever reason, your energy signature changes, and things like to prey upon people who fall upon weak or hard times.

It does sound that way. Once you set up a certain energy signature, the natural forces around you (and I count spirit people to be natural as much as anything else is) expect that you're still operating at that signature. When you let yourself go, whether through neglect of good energy practices, or just letting your physical health go, you compromise yourself and you are more sensitive to things than you normally would be.

You and your husband should revisit how to ground, center and shield yourselves, if you're not doing that regularly now. Teach the children these skills, as well. They're basic skills for any metaphysical work. Before you start full board on any kind of spell work, get a good grasp on these basic skills first.

Should You Stay or Should You Go?
So, at least keeping your physical health up, as well as practicing very basic "psychic hygiene," will help you and your family withstand the energetic disruptions that come with living on or near an energy vortex. But I guess ultimately you and your family must decide if you want to stay there or not indefinitely. The family that I mention above enjoyed the excitement, since the mom, I believe, grew up in a metaphysical household. I guess for her the presence of the variety of spirits was what the sound of the planes landing and taking off were for me: "normal" in our own odd little ways, what we are accustomed to. But if this kind of excitement isn't your cup of tea, you might consider a more quiet place to live.




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[One Walker]

Hi Tayah!

Elisa is absolutely right but it certainly won't hurt anything to also do some cleansing and protection. I would only add that if you feel your father is still around and his feelings for you HAVE been affected by your knowing his 'dirty secret' then may I suggest you try to forgive him? Or perhaps help him to forgive himself?

People quite often do things that to others seem awful or wrong but it's largely a matter of perception. It's one thing to sit outside a situation and look at it but quite another to be right in the middle of those circumstances and have to deal with them in some way. We've all made bad choices, eh?

I'm not trying to tell you what to do okay so please don't take offense. I'm just offering an idea. I truly hope everything gets cleared up! Blessings to you and your father!

One Walker.

[windscar]

when i was little i could always see and talk to spirits and demons, i did"t know what they where and i have had demons follow me my whole life,i used to have have dreams where a room of demons was hidden and they where messing with my house and i would run around my house trying to find my way out and the walls where covered in blood and the closer i got to the door the louder they're laughing got. i reached the door and my backyard had a demon in it with a giant red blade who laughed and started chasing me through my field and he cut me on my back and i saw my neighbors house ahead so i busted through double doors that had never been there before and i then looked in the living room was the father laughing and saying hes in his room, and i passed through the hallway and saw the mother face down, dead in the next room witch is usually the bathroom, but in this cause it was a big, yellow empty room with on big, open window and a breeze was blowing the curtains up and down and the oldest was in the youngest room saying your all going to die here, you'll never leave here! in a empty voice that was not his own and the youngest was in the oldest room and he was chanting something about death that i cant remember, and then i ran into the living room and the doors where gone, and i kept slamming into the wall where they where and finally, they appeared and i busted through them and the demon was back spinning his sword in his and began slashing at me and i ran and screamed and then woke up sweating and still screaming, i can't see spirits any more but they can talk to me and sometimes they reveal them selfs to me sometimes and i can always sense them and close my eyes and see them and how they died, if its a demon, i justs laughs. if can tell me about my experiences i would be very greatful!