“negative energies and entities”

I felt guided to write about clearings - energies and entities to be precise, as that has been a bit of a theme for much of my life.

Provided I have permission, I run a full clearing as part of all of my consults, because in my experience we all need clearing from time to time, and if it has not been done before, this can be a huge exercise.

Terebinth at night by the horse feed yards

Just going about our day to day lives we pick up energies, but we can also pick up entities of varying types - they can be at places we go to, attached to things we buy or in buildings we inhabit day to day, or projections we receive consciously or subconsciously from other people that attach to us.

Regardless of origin we don't want them attached to our energy fields. There are some common symptoms of the various types of what I will call "attachments" collectively, and over time I have come to realise how the different types feel when attached. For me personally I can feel stifled as if in a fog if I have had some negative energy coming at me. One of my influential shamanic teachers calls this being "blanketed". Another is feeling really aggressive and agitated and you may have a sharp pain somewhere in the body like a knife. These two types are commonly from other people whether they have directed that energy at you consciously or subconsciously.

Entity or spirit type attachments however, I have found feel quite different. I can feel very tired for no good reason, also have a bit of trouble getting a good amount of air into my lungs (like they are being squashed), and when you just don’t feel like yourself. Every time I feel any of these things and stop to clear myself, I feel the bad feelings go virtually immediately. There is a hill locally that I drive down, and in the past I often found by the time I was at the bottom I needed to clear myself from spirit energy trying to attach (back then I would only clear it from myself but not assist it to cross over to the "other side"). I was later told a story about a spirit that lived on that hill that would make your toes curl!

So what is the best way to do clearings? Over the years I have tried many different techniques from saging (burning sage in a physical space or around ones body) drumming, chiming and using crystals and essential oils - all great tools in physical spaces but often short lived. And as a basic, the crystal black tourmaline is probably the best I have ever used to keep your energy field clear from attachments.

But I soon came across some bigger and quite powerful spirit energies that were more stuck and felt I needed something more powerful to match, plus I wanted to be able to do this by distance for people, animals and places. It was around this time I learned some awesome new techniques through two more amazing teachers (Dr Jennifer Oikle and Pam Allen-LeBlanc) - using a Reiki channel combined with the cooperation of my guides and that has become my standard go to. A bonus of working this way is that I am very well supported in my own inner energy landscape while I work on clearing 7 specific different types of energies and entities, along with 6 various supporting elements that can be involved with the entities and energies, and if not cleared along with them can render the clearing ineffective. I also clear along time lines as well. I also find that many people do clearings then just leave the energy hanging around somewhere for someone else to pick up, so I am very particular that I send it on to an appropriate place out of the way of us all hanging around here on Earth.

I would like to point out that one of the entities I clear is obviously humans who have died but have not passed over - Earth bound spirits who are often stuck, which is common if the death was sudden, or if matters were not finalised or circumstances tidied up before they left. So, they missed their opportunity to cross over and are unable to finalise their transition to the other side. Even though the concept of "ghosts" is scary, they were people once, just like us, so I like to use some sensitivity with them and address them just as I would another human to help them cross rather than "commanding them to leave" or anything of that nature.

A recent case in point was when I was asked to find a missing cat in Melbourne (I am in NSW) who had run away after his owner (who lived alone) had died and unfortunately was not discovered until a week later. I went in to connect with the cat, only to find the lady's spirit was there too - so I negotiated with the cat to return to the house and about what would be happening in the future, and to wait in a certain area at a certain time, then I helped the lady pass to the other side. I am happy to say that the cat went home and was able to be met and rehomed to a loving new family.

Another point before I wrap it up is that horses are very, very good at clearing stuck energy from people, but in my experience they often need some help clearing it from themselves after they have taken it on from humans- particularly therapy horses who work in equine assisted learning, so a clearing regularly is a good deal for them.

I would love to hear any stories about what has worked for others or any questions as this topic is massive and has many threads... I could just keep typing here and I know this is already a long post! Something I am fascinated in but yet to learn more of is the power of prayer such as that carried out by the Church in this kind of work. I have heard some very interesting stories on this method also.

But please reach out if this is something I can help you with, x Narel.