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Spirit Possession

Psychologist and hypnotherapist Dr. Edith Fiore, the author of The Unquiet Dead, shared her work dealing with spirit possession. A small percentage of deceased people don't cross over into the light and subsequently attach themselves to the living, she explained. According to Fiore, these earthbound spirits enter people whose auras may be weakened through drugs & alcohol, illness and other causes.

She detailed a number of possession indicators: low energy level, mood swings, uncharacteristic behaviors, hearing voices, sudden psychological or health problems, and poor concentration & memory. Depossession, in contrast to exorcism, is used to remove earthbound spirits rather than demons, and involves communicating to the spirit. She proposed directly addressing the following to the possessing spirit:

• Your physical body has died, but your spirit lives on.
• Do you remember your own physical body and the point at which you entered someone else's?
• You are harming yourself by staying here, and you are harming the host.
• Your loved ones are waiting for you on the other side; look for the white light.
• I don't give you permission to be with me. I forgive you-- but I want you go now.
• Go in peace and light and love.

A person can also strengthen their aura (and thus make themselves less susceptible to such attachments) by visualizing a bright white protective "cocoon of light" around them, said Fiore. Now retired, she suggested that those seeking depossession therapists in their area, contact the Association for Regression Research (951-784-1570) for a referral.

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Invading Entities

In his book Entity Possession, Samuel Sagan, M.D. presents an inventory of non-physical forms that can attach themselves to humans. They include:

Fragments-- fractured characters that break off from the astral body of the deceased; may focus on a particular negative or obsessive trait.

Perverse Energies-- An etheric substance that has infiltrated the human field, sometimes perceived as a faint or blurry presence.

Elementals & Natures Spirits-- Small beings associated with wind, fire, earth, water and plant life; can sometimes contribute to health & mental disorders.

Rakasas-- described in Sanskrit as intense entities that can live for hundreds of years; their foul odor is said to render humans insane.