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Demons

by Tammie Bowden in Folklore, October 24, 2007

A description of the characteristics of demons and the signs and symptoms that they can inflict.

A “Demon” was originally a Greek term which meant a wise, guardian spirit. In present day spiritualism and parapsychology, the word represents an entity which appears to have a malicious and resentful nature and is generally, though not always, of a non-human origin.

A Description of Demonic Behavior

Demons can be violent and unstable creatures and as spirits, they are parasites. Though they will sometimes completely possess a person, they mostly prefer to simply attach themselves like a leech, feeding on a persons energy which in turn gives them power. Symptoms of demonic attachment include: Energy loss, fatigue, paranoia, depression and irritability.

They are intelligent enough to know not to take so much energy that they kill they the individual, nevertheless their effect can be quite debilitating. Attachment can be hereditary or demons can be brought through from past incarnations and in these cases, symptoms can be seen during early infancy.

Demons may also attach during periods of extreme emotional, mental or physical trauma. Extreme measures are often required to remove these creatures since all methods of regular exorcism can at times be ineffective.

What Are The Characteristics of Demons?

  1. They seem interested in, and often resentful (perhaps envious?) of living human beings.
  2. Although they have been known to inflict minor physical injuries on people, such as scratches, welts, bruises and even what appear to be bite marks, primarily they assault the human mind through oppressive anxiety and fear, feeding on and exacerbating negative thoughts and feelings which may already be present, leaving energies that can then manifest into physical illness.
  3. They sometimes make their presence known through our senses, such as inexplicable foul odors (glamors) and low guttural growling which have on occasion been recorded by ghost hunters.

Demons may exist as a “quasi life-form,” intelligent, though not capable of reasoning in the same way as human beings, and existing outside the boundaries of our experience of linear time and vibration.

An exorcism or spiritual cleansing may provide a remedy, either temporary or permanent, against demonic infestation by making the environment hostile for the entity or entities and by removing those already present and relocating them back to the realm from whence they came.

The Contrast Between Darkness and Light

Since time unfolded there has been a play with duality and the contrast between good and bad, for better or worse in relation to mankind.

Believe what you may but demons in many names and forms do exist and operate here on earth in order to bring about a balance between darkness and light, good and evil which teaches us about duality. In the course of our work as entity clearers, we deal with negative Devils, Imps, Demons etc regularly and whilst these often cause debilitating symptoms in their hosts, the odd few do seem to put things right and in particular the Demonic “Angelic” hierarchy. Demons have a hierarchy much the same as that of the Arch Angels and the main purpose of these higher beings appears to relate to balance and protection of the Dark side, not always with evil undertones.

Demons are present in order to teach us about the darkness in contrast with the light and whilst many people perceive & recall demons as being grotesque, foul smelling, evil eyed beings, this is not the only way that these beings present. Demons come in many shapes, sizes & looks but it is generally not their role to scare you with their appearance like some kind of “boogeyman”.

The more powerful of demons will use their darker charms to seduce their hosts and draw them in so that they might then be manipulated to do their bidding. This would be difficult in the form of an eight foot snarling beast and so they must find more acceptable and charismatic ways of presenting themselves.

Myths

A phenomenal amount of myth and legend surrounds the topic of devils and demons and it must be said that they generally do not feast on the blood or body of their host, nor do they seek to sacrifice them to their Higher Master. We however do give them power with the negative aspects of our lives and our hang ups and vices that they seek to find and exacerbate in order to weaken us whilst satisfying their own wants and desires.

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  1. lynseyhindley79@hotmail.com

    On March 18, 2009 at 8:16 am


    my friend yvonne sees and hears these demons she needs help asap her dog pip also has fits and she thinks her dg can see things can u help

  2. lynseyhindley

    On March 23, 2009 at 9:17 am


    Lynsey, if you’d like help, I would like to re-direct you to http://www.dark-light.forumotion.co.uk

    There are a few members on that site experience with demons and devils and help with witchcraft.

  3. Sherry

    On April 15, 2009 at 12:59 pm


    My Brother in Law he use to be a preacher
    he has had mind control over my sister for
    many years…..and its got worst she has turn
    on me with his help…. she said that our
    Mother who has been dead for many years
    had put a curse on her…. my brother in law
    totaly controls her…. its sad to see you
    can tell by looking at her that theirs no
    life in her….and her use to be green eyes
    are mostly Black now.

  4. ashley (shadowhunter_1313@yahoo.com)

    On April 16, 2009 at 12:36 am


    well i dont know if im going mad or not but i cant hide it anymore, i hear things and see thing that arent there…. no one believes me not even my family they treat it as a joke like i am making it up,some times i dont understand what is being said but when i do it is horrible…. images of fire screaming people death…. i dont know what to do anymore…. i have not spoken about this to anyone for over 3 years when i became a teen they told me to stop making up stories and i know im not crazy… please can you help?

  5. xinx

    On May 31, 2009 at 5:18 am


    He is comeing for me The man with no face I can hear him screaming

  6. silverpaws

    On June 5, 2009 at 8:07 pm


    i dont know whats going on, i hear yelling when no one is there but me…. i hear people screaming in pain… i can do nothing at night i cannot sleep due to the noises and the nightmares.
    i am lost as to what i am suppose to do… some one out there please help me……

  7. Patrick

    On June 9, 2009 at 2:00 am


    I see these shadows, like these spirits no faces just spirits. I’ve had many experiences when i was young and in my teens used those gifts for negative things such as lust, pride, and later tuerned into envy and lost all the gifts which i believe are god given. That is an acute sense and a deep relationship of the mystery that surrounds us. I have learned that humility and repsect for all of the earth and people is essential and important to not have fear of the experiences that you and i are experiencing. I have been sober now for just about ten years and exploring my soul and it’s negative things which i have brought on myself. These negative experiences a direct response to the seven deadly sins that i was envelopped in, lost, seeking only drugs, alcohol and the life that surrounded them. That isin’t to mention the negative forces that i brought from past lifes. I’ve been in addiction houses, mental institutions, homeless on more then one occasion all because i went of course. In the native tradition they relate it to a feather with the hairs on it being the paths that we go off on and as the feather gets narrower we learn and those paths are very painful and believe me, many are in that pain or on the path towards it or reaching the top of the feather to freedom. We’ve been tought over and over what to do, love, understanding, compassion, self- sacrifice and most importantly is to trust in the mystery of a loving god who has walked the path before us. I go to Alcoholics Anonymous for some guidance or most of my guidance since i’m a recovering alcoholic. I take medication to help me and trust in that and for those who think that there is shame in taking medication don’t because you would be very surprised at the number of people taking them, nurses, priest, and ect… So for those who see spirits pray, ask for a loving compassionate guide to come to help you whether it be in this realm or the spirit world and they will come. Seek and you shall find. Always know that there is someone out there who knows alot more then you may know in these matters. A nun came to me in this physical realm and trust me the knowledge that some of the religous people far exceeds what we may think we know. Try not to judge because in you judging you may be doing so in order do things that you know in your heart to be selfish and cruel. Listen calmly, gently and we will reach the top of that feather together. One day at a time. Love and peace be with you and i’ll see you at the topsince at many times in my life therewas no other way to go.

  8. Richard

    On June 12, 2009 at 3:03 am


    I may not venture this way again for some time. For those who have emailed above: There is a solution. You can be set free. Ask for Jesus to come into your life he can set you free. Demons do not have control they just have the authority that we allow them to have. I personally have a gift to discern spirits. There are may people who I walk past or stand near and I can sense a darkness around them and sometimes I know what conditions they have but only Jesus can set them free. Look up people on the internet such as: Dr Roger Sapp, Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton.

  9. nina

    On July 6, 2009 at 11:53 pm


    like above i may not come through for some time but i been trying to find everything i can on whats goin on with my little brother…i cannot find the ansewrs. im desprite for him. My question, can Shizophrenia diagnosis be mistakin for possesion of demons? We have grown up in Christian environment with my mother and he was vey church active and about a year ago he changed, always so irritable, angry, delusions, hallucinations, seein thingsand when we pray speak in tounges for him he lashes out and becomes even angrier. I look in his eyes and he is not my brother i know.He speaks of demons and says he is one, there are many more things wrong but docters have diagnosed schizophrenia. I will not belive it! Can that be possible?

  10. Patrick

    On August 4, 2009 at 7:50 pm


    It very well may be that he is experiencing those things. It\’s sounds to me that he has alot of spiritual pride. I\’ve experienced my of the things you are saying although speaking in tongues may not be the best aproach for thi in my opinion. What he needs is a spiritual guide that knows of these happenings well. Many religious people are some of these some some are not. In my experience it was a nun who came to help me and she lowered my pride singificantly. It could be that he is rebelling alot too from the beliefs that may be being forced on him i really don\’t know. When i was in the hospital i was honest and they didn\’t diagnose me with schiyophrenia. When i was a kid i was pretty depressed. What i could say through my own experience is that i had to hit bottom bad in order to learn that the beliefs that i had were wrong. Some og these beliefs were , self pride , self pity, anger, envy. the seven sins you know. i just hope that he could realize that the way of light is the way of happiness and not have to go through the things i went through.

  11. loretta harris

    On October 18, 2009 at 10:12 pm


    I need to know what I had encountered was a demon?I lived in this duplex upstairs for 2 years and everthing was fine then we had a very bad storm and the ceiling was badly damaged and we decided to take the downstairs apartment.We when we moved in and got settled I kept hearing my daughters keep calling me from the other parts of the house and i would call back to them only for them to say they callled out to me.This wouldn’t happen everyday but it would happen at least once or 4 times a week.Then I started seeing this little boy!But I never saw him like I looked up and he was standing there he was allways hidding on the side of the door looking or peeking I should say and when i would turn my head he would leave.I never felt anything bad from this child but I knew he was looking at me wanting me to reach out to him amd I told my mother about him and she told me to try and talk to him so i did and nothing happend.But It wasn’t to long after I tried to talk to this little boy that I was standing in the living room folding clothes and all of a sudden I felt this cold fear, hate, seething ,horrible thing behind me and it was like this cloudy orb of blackness and it was taller than me and as I turned it stayed behind me and I ran out the house.
    I am not lying and to this day I really think what ever that was it wanted me to know it was there.I never saw it again and we lived in that house for 1 more year and I never saw or heard that little boy again.I am doing reserch on that house now and it was built in 1920.What I want to know is what I had happen to me was that a demon?And why that little boy never came back?

  12. Brandon Willis

    On October 21, 2009 at 6:24 am


    Loretta Harris most likely what happened was this is the same demon that this boy had been inflicted by as a child, alot of times unsettled spirits come back to their homes until they are settled. In my own judgement i would say that this was a demon and the young boy had probably seen this demon many times and no one beleived him, so on that day when you had this experience it showed the boy that he was not the only one. Therefore he was finally able to find rest.

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