Since the advent of all the TV shows about paranormal entities and ghost hunting, a wave of paranormal hysteria has come about. things that people once ignored or passed off as insignificant, they are now attributing to spirit activity. The simple truth is, you can not believe everything you see and hear on TV. Many ideas that are long outdated are being presented still today. Such as, the idea that any black shadow entity is evil, simply by virtue of the fact that it is black in color. This comes from the old "black is evil" and "white is good" idea. Spirits can appear in many forms. Not every shadow is a spirit. Not every black form is a demon, and. not every spirit that seems to linger, on what we consider to be the plane of the living, is lost, or up to no good. What do we really know about these supposed planes anyway?
A recent case has brought to my attention once again the importance of addressing this topic. There are many children who have sensitive abilities and may not even know it. They are the prime targets for spirits seeking to communicate or even just make their presence known for good or ill. These kids sometimes have a real hard time. If the child is afraid of spirits then the gift becomes a curse that keeps them in continual terror with no where to turn for help. Many people who become aware that their child is a sensitive will encourage them to develop that gift which in some cases is fine, but it might not always be the best thing to do. With kids who are fearful of the spirit world, the best thing may very well be to teach them how to turn off that ability, at least until they are old enough to handle the strain of what comes along with the gift. I have a case right now which involves a 13 year old girl. this girl is what I believe to be a sensitive and has been seeing and hearing spirits since she was very young. It started as what she thought was a friend, and then others came and as the years went by, this supposed "friend" turned very scary and aggressive. This happens a lot with this kind of spirit attachment. Imaginary friends are something that kids often make up so parents usually do not worry about them. However, when the friend is a man of about 25, and has been communicating with a child for 4 years, I would say that might not be the usual imaginary friend. Now, this family moved into a new neighborhood about a year ago and the "friend" came with, and started to get a bit hostile. Then spirits from the area there, joined in the haunt and now, this poor kid is terrified. Others in the household are hearing ans seeing things too and things are very bad right now. This poor kid sleeps on the sofa right outside her parent's door, because she is afraid to be in her room, even though her older sister shares the room. She still does not feel safe. This girl, because of her sensitivity has become the focus of spirits that want something or simply want her energy or what have you. We are returning to this case tomorrow night to spend some time with this girl and try and teach her how to shield herself from the consistent onslaught of spirits every night, that seek to disturb her. The biggest problem for all people let alone a child, is to learn to stop being afraid and stop giving a predatory entity their "fear fix." This is one of the hardest things to do here. Both Alexis and I, knowing what it is like to be in this child's position will try to help her to get through it and learn to shield herself. One of my team members Ryan, lives five minutes from these folks and he will be on call if anything else happens after the cleansing we plan to do also, tomorrow night. It may give the clients some solace to know that he is nearby and can be there in five minutes should something start up again. Perhaps this case like some others we had, is going to be a matter of wills, and persistence, to resolve. The area where this case is, happens to be a notorious haunted spot, which is unlucky for this poor kid. There are many kids like her out there, and we really need to make the effort to help with this kind of thing. This kind of counseling could help so many kids like this one. Very few paranormal teams even acknowledge "sensitivity" let alone try to help along these lines. I think this is something we need to start taking more seriously and learn as much about it as we can, in order to help children and even adults in this predicament. Many children are sensitive to spirit until the age of about 7, when the demands and the distractions of school and the material world become their main focus, shutting down that inborn sentience. Some people literally grow out of it and some don't. For some that door stays open and they are sensitives for all of their life. People like this are magnets for spirits and spirit activity. Many hauntings take place because of the spirits' attraction to people like this. In reality there are more haunted people, than there are haunted houses.
After many years of working haunt cases I have seen many patterns for true hostile haunt cases, and others for hauntings that just seem hostile but in reality are not. Let's take a look at the real hostile haunts first.Revenge haunts: This year we have seen three revenge hauntings. These are hostile hauntings, where a spirit has an axe to grind and is hell bent on seeing it through. Spirits who have been wronged sometimes do not move on. Some hang around and try to play out their revenge from the other side. Some of these spirits may have a genuine reason for being so enraged, others may have imagined reasons, and really don't have a real idea of what took place, they just want to blame someone, much like the living sometimes do. Either way it's all about unrest on some level. Some spirits can be reasoned with and urged to move on, but others just refuse and when this happens it is hard to get them to abandon their campaign of haunting someone. Since we, as incarnates in this life do not hold ultimate power over what happens here, let alone on the other side, we are sometimes unable to resolve these matters. I believe there are rules that govern these matters and we are not able to over ride them or even know the details of those rules for that matter.Justice haunts: These are spirits that haunt their murderers, or those they feel are responsible for their death, or some other matter that was never resolved, such as the details of their death, that they want to be made known. A spirit desperate to accomplish this, may be persistent, and go to extreme lengths to make their presence known, scaring the daylights out of the people they try to make contact with.Truly Evil entities: These spirits haunt and torture the living just because they are disgruntled or resentful, and sometimes just plain malevolent. A spirit does not have to be a demon or an imp, or anything non human, to be an evil spirit. Human ghosts are often responsible for about three quarters of evil hauntings.They sometimes attach to people they relate to, or those they want to use or live through, to achieve whatever their goal is. These kinds of spirits are not very common, and ususally are as feared and disdained by other spirits as they are by the living. In the cases I have seen with these kinds of spirits there is usually also reports of a shadow man. I believe that this is because the shadow men are soul harvesters who come like bounty hunters to try and haul these evil spirits off to the realm where they belong. These cases also often feature IMPS that pose as children but in reality are non human entities that take up with human ghosts and lend them their help in creating havoc. This year I got to see my first IMP, though I have recorded their voices for years and even got what I think may be a photo of one. I have no idea exactly what these imps are, but they do not strike me as human at all. They also seem too easily intimidated to be classified as demons, from what I have seen of them so far. All three types of hauntings listed above, also seem to feature night crusher episodes, nightmares, and extreme physical activity. They sometimes try to integrate with a living person and sometimes succeed. While all of these are perceived as hostile haunts by the victims of these spirits, the truly evil spirits are actually easier to banish than the others. There is a fine line between what is truly evil, and what is just a desperate spirit with a serious cause. It takes different approaches to deal with all three of these kinds of haunts, and some may never be resolved. Then there is another kind of haunting called an "Infestation" haunt. This means several spirits are teamed together and pooling their energy to create extreme activity. Usually in a hostile haunt, there is one ring leader who may even be oppressing the others and forcing them to participate in his or her agenda. One thing is for sure, and that is that people do not like to be alone, in this life or the next. years of cases have shown me that where there is one spirit, there are usually others. Rare is the solitary spirit who spends all of his or her time alone. Sometimes I have even found two separate groups of spirits in the same place that are not even in league with each other, but are more or less doing their own thing. In some cases they may clash with each other and extreme activity may be the result of that little ongoing war, between them.Next are other sometimes extreme, but not really hostile hauntings.Suicide spirits: These are people who committed suicide and do not want to cross over because they fear judgment on the other side or, they regret their choice and want to somehow regain their earthly life at any cost. There are many other reasons as well, such as feeling the pain, of what they put their loved ones through and wanting so badly to let them know they are there and they are sorry, and find a way to offer some kind of closure or resolution. Suicide spirits often hang around and try to interact with the world they left behind. Sometimes they just want to stay in their old homes and cling to their earthly life that they took for granted before. Because they are having such a hurricane of emotion of all kinds, they can also be quite unstable, even angry and frustrated and take it out on the living at times. If they find someone who can see or hear them, such as a sensitive person or a young child, they may continue to try and interact with that person to hold on to some connection to this world. No matter what the case suicides do not cross over easily most of the time. There are hundreds of possible reasons and scenarios for them to linger.Lost spirits: These spirits are lost for whatever reason, and do not know where to go and how to get there. Some may not realize they are dead, but more often they are just staying in familiar territory and trying to do what they always did in their earthly life. They may not have been ready to go to the next life and mourn their earthly existence to the point where they just want to stay here. Sometimes they want to cling to their loved ones still here on this plane. Whatever the case, they sometimes cause serious problems for the living who have to experience the unsettling activity that they cause.Mischievous pranksters: These are harmless spirits that just enjoy getting a rise out of us, and haunt for their own entertainment.They are usually earthbound spirits who choose to stay in the realm of the living and play around at our expense. Spirits like these are usually part of a small group of trouble makers, that work together to achieve their mutual entertainment. These are some of the most common types of spirits responsible for hauntings. They as a rule do not do any real harm, but are just out to get a rise out of us. If we don't give them a reaction, they often move on to somewhere , where their efforts will not be ignored. It is our reaction that they want and they thrive on. Last but not least are the hauntings that come about as a result of someone extending an invitation to those on the other side, to come forth and interact with them. People do this in many ways, such as breaking out the old Ouija board, playing parlor games, even bringing out a tape recorder and asking for spirit communication. Opening a door is never agood idea, as there is no telling who or what will walk through it. Many an amateur ghost hunter have brought problems upon themselves, by seeking out spirits at cemeteries and supposed haunted locations. Some spirits will follow you home and some resent the intrusion and will follow to retaliate. Provoking a spirit is another sure fire way to get more than you bargained for or are ready to deal with. These cases often turn out to be the worst kinds of hauntings. The reasons for hostile haunts are endless, and I have only listed here the most common that I have seen over the years. One thing I can tell you is that the number of hostile cases has increased, in the last four years.
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