Dear Julia:

Some thirty years ago, an acquaintance of mine summoned a lower astral entity. This was in a form that my friend found acceptable, and she felt like she was in control. Over the last three or four years, however, it has been draining her energy. She now suffers from very broken sleep, violent headaches and mood swings, and for no apparent reason she now has a very negative view of herself. This thing has become violent, leaving multiple bruises on her that were not there the night before. As a child she could lucid dream and astral project, and in summoning this here without protection, it attached itself and now does not want to leave. I'm a healer and send her healing and I also tell her how to protect herself, but she is so drained, fed up and scared that I don't think she is able to help herself. I have told her that she must stop all psychic activities while trying to send this back where it came from. What can she do? Thank you in advance for any advice you may have.

- Arthur

Dear Arthur:

While various things can make a person vulnerable to the attachment of a lower astral entity, exploring the occult unprepared or playing with magick can quickly lead people into metaphysical waters that are way over their heads. It sounds like this is what happened here.

Some people may freak out at the idea that she has physical bruises while others will scoff at the notion, but this simply arises from the natural mind/body connection. Our physical bodies manifest from our subtle bodies, so what happens on an astral level can take shape in the physical. This is why meditation can lower blood pressure and stress can lead to various ailments.

My friend, there is only so much you can do here: You can help her reclaim her personal power over her own experience by teaching her how to align with a high vibration, repair her aura and release unwanted entities from her life, but you can't take these actions FOR her. Since she got herself into this predicament, she'll have to get herself out.

This is very much like trying to help a woman stuck in a domestic violence situation. For some crazy reason, 30 years ago she invited this guy she didn't know well in, and now she's feeling drained and abused and he doesn't want to leave! You can tell her this isn't good for her, but until she summons the self-love, courage and will to help herself, nothing will change. It may empower her to view this entity like a bullying boyfriend, for the less afraid of it she is, the better.

Since she summoned this entity herself and it's been with her for 30 years, she may actually resist letting go of it on some level, just as victims of domestic violence have a strange tendency to go back to abusive relationships time and time again. So if and when she assures you that she wants to be free of it, this is what I'd do: First I'd gather a team of spiritual healers, as this is no ordinary case and there is great power in unity. Try to find a hypnotherapist experienced in spirit releasement therapy (SRT) to lead the team. Above all other skills and qualities, everyone on your team should have strong spiritual faith, for this will be your natural power and protection throughout this process.

Your hypnotherapist will know how to guide your friend in releasing this entity. If you can't find an experienced hypnotherapist, read Spirit Releasement Therapy by William J. Baldwin, and Freeing the Captives by Louise Ireland-Frey, M.D. You may also find the book Practical Psychic Self-Defense by Robert Bruce helpful.

In addition to working through the process of spirit releasement, which is essential, there are some things you can do to enhance your efforts and help your friend remain free of this pattern of experience.

Your team could perform a clearing ritual during which your friend is bathed in a bath of salt water while guided in meditation to cleanse her aura and clear it of anything that is not of her own divine essence. After she is out of the bath, she should meditate further to heal her aura and fill it with her own inner light.

After this, the whole team (including your friend) should go through her home, cleansing the space and all of her possessions. (Everything should be cleansed both physically and metaphysically.) It would be ideal if she could actually move out of her current home into a new one. If this isn't possible, it may help for her to stay with someone for a couple of months while she launches a fresh level of experience.

You were wise to tell her to stop with all psychic activity, for she needs to be grounded in physical reality. People who never think about non-physical entities never consciously encounter them. Astral entities gain entry to our beings through our psyches. They try to weaken our psychic defenses by sending scary or disturbing thoughts into our minds, interrupting our sleep, encouraging us to do things we know are immoral or unhealthy, etc.

Given all the phenomena your friend is experiencing, however, it may be impossible for her to entirely ignore the psychic realm. She needs something she can do to counter this influence, so I would have her daily meditate on peace, harmony and well-being to raise her vibration and strengthen her aura. Whenever she feels psychically disturbed, it will help her to have some quick ritual she can do to recenter in faith, like say a little prayer, call on an angel, or touch a protective amulet - whatever she believes will help her should lead her into a higher vibration.

Further, she should avoid the use of alcohol and mind altering drugs, for this is another way non-physical entities can gain entry through our minds. People who are very clear-headed, grounded in physical reality and healthy on every level of their beings don't make easy targets for lower astral entities or anyone else for that matter.

She should focus on doing ordinary, physical things like cleaning, gardening, exercising, etc. The more time she spends in nature, especially in sunlight, the better. She should also eat a small, healthy meal every couple of hours to remain physically strong and grounded.

She should surround herself with ordinary people and also highly spiritual people. By spiritual here, I don't mean those curious about the supernatural, but rather people with a strong faith in the Divine and a healing presence.

There is tremendous power in faith, and when faith is present, calling upon higher beings for help with any situation can work miracles. I assume if your friend believes in lower astral entities, she believes in higher ones as well, such as angels, spirit guides, etc., so if she has faith in Christ or the angels, by all means, work with that power!

Reassure her that like attracts like, so if she cultivates her own higher nature by meditating daily on the divine and summoning feelings of peace and love, she will naturally attract higher spiritual beings and anything of a lower nature will simply fall out of her experience.

Before she can cultivate this inner peace, of course, she must get out of this abusive astral relationship, so gather your team of spiritual helpers both physical and divine, and trust that if you are united in your efforts, you can generate the healing power to free her from this situation.

- Julia

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