{"id":7535,"date":"2013-02-01T01:10:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T06:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=7790"},"modified":"2013-01-17T16:28:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T21:28:30","slug":"paranormal-path-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2013\/02\/01\/paranormal-path-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"
Common Banishing Tools <\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Some people are not very welcome to the idea of a spirit in their home, especially if the spirit has shown ill or malicious intent.\u00a0 If you wanted to try a banishing on your own, there are a few common tools that are used throughout many cultures and religions.\u00a0 Here are a few ideas.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The simplest technique is to ask the spirit to leave.\u00a0 Many human entities do to realize their physical bodies have passed.\u00a0 They do not realize what they are doing or their mere presence is frightening.\u00a0 Telling the spirit to move on, giving them permission to leave and telling them they no longer belong here can work.\u00a0 However, some spirits, especially if you are dealing with a non human entity, can be more stubborn and therefore more difficult to convince to evacuate your space.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water, the element that helps sustain life and makes up a huge part of our bodies and our planet, is a readily available tool that can also be used.\u00a0 The key is to have the water blessed by a religious official.\u00a0 This does not mean you have to go to a Christian or Catholic, there are officials in every religion that can bless the water and the result will be the same.\u00a0 The water can act as a barrier or a transitory plane.\u00a0 Wet your fingers with the water and mark all entry ways into your home.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another common practice is the use of sage.\u00a0 Sage has been used by many cultures and is widely believed to help protect as well as cast out negative energy.\u00a0 Sage sticks are lit, the flame blown out, allowing the bundle to smolder.\u00a0 Allow the smoke to trail as you walk around the haunted area, it is believed the smoke will capture the negative energy and carry it away as the smoke is fanned out through open windows and doorways.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Salt, preferably sea salt, is crucial to have in any banishing ritual.\u00a0 Salt acts as a barrier that the entity cannot pass.\u00a0 I like to use salt towards the end of a cleansing \/ banishing ritual as a way of sealing off the area, assuring unwanted spirits cannot return.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We all know the power of the written word.\u00a0 Try writing the problems you have been facing with this spirit on a piece of paper, be as specific as possible, names, dates etc.\u00a0 Follow with writing your intentions, that the spirit is not welcome and you wish to reclaim your space, then proceed to burn the sheet of paper with a candle of your choice.. White candles can be used for protection and black candles can be used for banishing.\u00a0 You may want to place the paper in a clean white bowl for a controlled burn.\u00a0 The smoke will carry the negative energy away.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finally there is a method that seems to work mainly for non human entities.\u00a0 These entities can be malicious and very difficult to remove.\u00a0 One theory is that these spirits do not like to be challenged.\u00a0 Taking a small bag of tiny grains, such as sand or rice, place it in the doorways with the contents spilling out.\u00a0 There is a belief that the entity must stop and count every last grain.\u00a0 This task is nearly impossible and the entity should grow frustrated at being unable to complete this challenge and will leave your space and move on.<\/div>\n

The one thing you must remember when using any of these methods, is you must believe that what are you doing will work and put confidence behind everything you do and say. If you don\u2019t stand beside your ritual or allow fear or skepticism to take over, you will not succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Common Banishing Tools \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some people are not very welcome to the idea of a spirit in their home, especially if the spirit has shown ill or malicious intent.\u00a0 If you wanted to try a banishing on your own, there are a few common tools that are used throughout many cultures and religions.\u00a0 Here are a few ideas. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The simplest technique is to ask the spirit to leave.\u00a0 Many human entities do to realize their physical bodies have passed.\u00a0 They do not realize what they are doing or their mere presence is frightening.\u00a0 Telling the spirit to move on, giving them permission to leave and telling them they no longer belong here can work.\u00a0 However, some spirits, especially if you are dealing with a non human entity, can be more stubborn and therefore more difficult to convince to evacuate your space. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water, the element that helps sustain life and makes up a huge part of our bodies and our planet, is a readily available tool that can also be used.\u00a0 The key is to have the water blessed by a religious official.\u00a0 This does not mean you have to go to a Christian or Catholic, there are officials in every religion that can bless the water and the result will be the same.\u00a0 The water can act as a barrier or a transitory plane.\u00a0 Wet your fingers with the water and mark all entry ways into your home. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another common practice is the use of sage.\u00a0 Sage has been used by many cultures and is widely believed to help protect as well as cast out negative energy.\u00a0 Sage sticks are lit, the flame blown out, allowing the bundle to smolder.\u00a0 Allow the smoke to trail as you walk around the haunted area, it is believed the smoke will capture the negative energy and carry it away as the smoke is fanned out through open windows and doorways. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Salt, preferably sea salt, is crucial to have in any banishing ritual.\u00a0 Salt acts as a barrier that the entity cannot pass.\u00a0 I like to use salt towards the end of a cleansing \/ banishing ritual as a way of sealing off the area, assuring unwanted spirits cannot return. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We all know the power of the written word.\u00a0 Try writing the problems you have been facing with this spirit on a piece of paper, be as specific as possible, names, dates etc.\u00a0 Follow with writing your intentions, that the spirit is not welcome and you wish to reclaim your space, then proceed to burn the sheet of paper with a candle of your choice.. White candles can be used for protection and black candles can be used for banishing.\u00a0 You may want to place the paper in a clean white bowl for a controlled burn.\u00a0 The smoke will carry the negative energy away. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finally there is a method that seems to work mainly for non human entities.\u00a0 These entities can be malicious and very difficult to remove.\u00a0 One theory is that these spirits do not like to be challenged.\u00a0 Taking a small bag of tiny grains, such as sand or rice, place it in the doorways with the contents spilling out.\u00a0 There is a belief that the entity must stop and count every last grain.\u00a0 This task is nearly impossible and the entity should grow frustrated at being unable to complete this challenge and will leave your space and move on. The one thing you must remember when using any of these methods, is you must believe that what are you doing will work and put confidence behind everything you do and say. If you don\u2019t stand beside your ritual or allow fear or skepticism to take over, you will not succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}