Entities exist on a level of consciousness where shapes aren't fixed as they are in the physical and as such, they have a chameleon like nature whereby they may appear differently to different people or even to the same person from day to day as they use their ability to shape shift and morph.
As an energy clearer, I often initially perceive a spirit entity as a darker patch or symbolic shape (sometimes geometric, other times not) in the clients energy or chakra system. Further investigation will usually uncover a more detailed perception of the spirit entities appearance as spirit entities usually try to conceal their presence for obvious reasons and also the person hosting the being may have a particular perception of it which will be revealed as the process moves forward. Spirit entities can also manifest as a pain or an illness if the entity had that kind of affliction prior to its passing or if the emotions harboured or caused by the presence of such a being are left to manifest physically.
On non-physical levels, there are often mix-ups with senses, which means that the distinctions between non-physical light, sound and smell isn't always clear. Entities can also sometimes be perceived as a particular non-physical smell superimposed on the clients energy. This is also the case with houses and with training, you can learn to perceive non-physical smells or feelings that reveal the presence of an entity as soon as you enter a house.
When someone dies, fragments of consciousness are released during this process. This belief is found within multiple cultural and religious systems and is accompanied by rituals to counteract any negative connotations associated with this. For example, in India people burn corpses with the intention of minimizing the time between the release of the spiritual energy and the spirit's passing over to the spiritual realm and thereby lessening the possibility of negativity escaping the corpse to cause havoc. Indian tradition also has a number of customs related to the mourning period including dietary recommendations which are aimed specifically at protecting mourners from "catching" soul fragments after the death of a loved one
In many other religions (in particular the Catholic religion), ritual plays a big part following death. Among other things, these rituals are aimed at taking care of the energetic side of death and mourning and protecting the living as much as honoring the dead.
Much of the knowledge which lay in traditional lore and ancient perceptions is lost these days resulting in energetic mayhem and large numbers of people suffering as a result of entity attachment. It has been suggested that as much as 70% of the population will have been attached to spirit entities at some point during their lives and this number could even be higher.
Entities can and do facilitate personality fragmentation and they do tend to give people a dual nature as the compulsions and desires of the entity are superimposed onto the person's own desires. Sometimes these desires reinforce one another as in the case of addictions whereby a beer drinker who has a spirit entity attach at the pub thereafter becomes even more fixated on getting their next drink, or a heroine or ice junkie seems all that much more intent on scoring their next hit and seems all the more unable to let go of this addiction, even though their conscious mind may truly desire being clean.
Spirit entities take a tendency in a person and exacerbate it, making it more intense and more difficult to deal with. A spirit entity by itself is unlikely to cause fully-fledged mental disorder; however, for someone who already has this tendency, a spirit entity is highly likely to make things much worse. Entities cause sudden, abrupt impulses that the person believes to be their own and in this way can cause behaviour similar to those experienced by someone with a mental disorder.
Entities are experts in the field of camouflage. Their influence is insidious and sends impulses such as thoughts or desires from unseen depths in the hosts psyche. These are not usually spoken messages, but rather compulsive uncontrollable desires, addictions and/or inner confusion, along with a host of aches and pains and sometimes even serious physical illness and disease symptoms.
Spirit entities interfere with a persons consciousness, choices and decisions and poison free will. As long as hosts haven't undergone some kind of scanning process, they will usually have no idea that they have been attached to though they will be all too aware of the difficulties that the attachment is causing them emotionally and physically. There are of course extreme cases wherein a spirit entity will push someone to commit violent crime, however, these are thankfully relatively few and far between.
Under normal circumstances, the human system has a natural layer of protection which efficiently shields it from attachment by foreign energies and entities. It is when these natural defense mechanisms are overridden that entities have the opportunity to come in.
Collapse of the natural defense system may occur in a number of situations such as:
- During shocks and traumas. In a car accident, during a war where there is bombing and gunfire or during earth-quakes or other natural disasters where fear is at a premium.
- The collapse of a defense mechanism can also take place in the case of very sick people whose energy is highly depleted i.e. in a major chronic disease, after losing blood or consciousness in an accident or during an illness.
- General anesthetics are one of the most frequent situations where modern people go through a complete or near-complete collapse of all energetic defense systems. Surgeons pay a lot of attention to physical factors of contamination but, sadly, totally disregard the energetic side resulting in spirit entity attachment during surgery. Hospitals are a haven for spirit entity attachments due to the number of people who die within them and do not pass over correctly for whatever reason.
- Drugs and alcohol intoxication can also result in a temporary collapse of the energy body's natural defense mechanisms. Alcoholics and drug users are therefore part of the high-risk categories for spirit entity attachment.
Natural shielding is also lessened as one enters into Spiritual Realms. As we seek to explore these realms more fully Spirit allows us to then begin learning how to protect ourselves much as parents step back from their children as they grow so that they can more fully experience every aspect of life and thus it is important for anyone working with Spirit to develop and use spiritual and energetic protection.
