Strange black figure... advice?

There is a Native American cleansing ritual that WORKS. Burning dryed sage.

You have seen this in countless films, when the Native elders or Shaman is burning somke and pulling it toward them with their hands, they are like bathing themselves in this smoke. They do this for sick people as well.It is believed, that the smoke from dryed sage is close to the Gods, that no evil thing can exists within the area the smoke has been. When doing a sweatbath to cleanse the body and spirit of negativity, you cleanse yourself in the sage smoke first. Prior to prayers to the Great Spirit you cleanse yourself in this smoke as well. No unclean thing can speak to the Great Spirit and be heard.......so prior to prayers a person cleanses themsilves in this manner, to make the spirit clean.

Many New Agers also adhear to this practice. Wiccans and Pagans as well.......these people use a sage smudge in the same manner for the same purpose.
A building can be cleansed in this manner. You go throughout the entire building with the sage burning, and you SMOKE up every room. When you have smoked the entire place, you THEN open windows and doors for the smoke to be cleared out, taking all negativity with it.
Ghost hunters will also cleanse homes in this manner....it WORKS. Plain and simple it works.

I can not vouch for the reality of Shadow people, I have not encountered any in the physical world. The Astral world, well thats and entirely differant matter, and I have encountered beings as you describe them. many people DO claim to have seen such things in the physical realm, and I have seen so many unexplainable things I dare not say they DONT exist.
When encountering such things in the astral, I cleanse myself and my home with sage. This WORKS! this makes for a much more pleasant experiance.I cleanse my own place about once a month....to KEEP things clean, spiritually speaking.

When I move to a new place, PRIOR to moving in I cleanse the entire place with sage. I advocate the cleansing of schools prior to the childrens return in the fall, and a few of my sons teachers have had me come and DO this in the classroom. It WORKS!

This townhouse your friends live in, well ANY place you live in SHOULD be cleansed. I would suggest smoking every person in this house as well, to cleanse their aura of anything amiss. You never know WHAT lived there or what kind of emotional baggage is left behind in a rental. Cleanse the area as I have described to you......when your in a rental its a good idea to do this every month.
You can get a sage smudge at a health food store, or a new age type crystal shop. They are NOT spendy, a 5 dollar smudge will last you over a year. After the house is good and smokey, closets and crannys and basements and attic included, you open the doors and windows so the fresh air can come in and the bad 'stuff' can leave.

I am telling you to DO THIS!!!
Who cares what it really IS your seeing? If its negative YOU can make it go away.......so, DO IT.
If it is a good thing then the sage will not chase it off.

[edit on 5-7-2005 by theRiverGoddess]

Thats a good idea River brought up. The only problem is if the thing does not go away. If that is the case, you need to get some positive uplifting music. I believe the positive and pleasing sounds disrupt their negative energy complex and making them unable to cause grief or harm. Natives used this method as well accompanied with the scent of herbs. Sage is what you want though.If not Sage, then try this mixture

3 parts Frankincense
3 parts Copal
2 parts Myrrh
1 part Sandalwood

make sure to leave windows open while burning this.It doesn't stink but it can get overpowering.

-Aza

people go to the idea of excorcising way to fast. ever thought about the posibility that the entity is part of a lifes lesson that needs to be learned? and by taking away that lesson you basically make things worse?

if rivergoddess can astral travel i'd suggest to spend some more time in the akashic records to do research. same goes for everyone else

matters arent always as simple as they may seem at first glance

that's why it takes me a long time to prepare for a "cleansening" because there is so much to look into to make sure it's ok to do the excorcism and that you're not doing things you shouldn't. then find out what it is that is in the house/area/person and then find the proper ritual to perform. or in my last case find the person who should do it instead of me, because it was his lifes lesson on his road to becoming an excorcist specialist which will be needed later in time.

in short it's very difficult to give proper advice without actually paying you a visit. and seeing i live on the other side of the world i think you need to find someone else in your area to do so.

[edit on 5-7-2005 by Enyalius]

RiverGoddess, will Sandalwood work good all by itself? It's all I have.

Enyalius,

I mentioned to her to use the cleansing only if it becomes hostile. Life lessions don't just go hostile on a person. As i said she needs to contact it and find out its purpose. If its purpose is only pain and suffering then she should do a cleansing. If its purpose is unknown and it may seem confused, then she needs to find out what it needs and /or maybe guide it.
If she is not comfortable with doing a cleansing try and find someone who is. You might end up feeding it more while trying to cleanse it if your not comfortable.

-Aza

[edit on 5-7-2005 by Azathoth]

Yeah but how are you supposed to think if such an entity is carrying negative energy or not. I think the cleansing should be done post haste.

Sandlewood..............well its a good scent, and has alot of good energies for healing various ailments, I have never heard of it used as a cleanser in THIS manner.
Cleanse away sheesh.......if it is GOOD energy and has nothing but life lessons to offer you then a cleansing wont make it leave, for it has ZERO negative intent. If the energy is NEGATIVE and has nothing good to offer you WHY do you want to wait and learn more about it????? WHY? silly to wait IMO..........

A sage cleansing is NOT an excorsism. ~I shall repeat this~
IT IS NOT EXCORSISM NOT NOT NOT!!
....Its not.....ANYBODY can cleanse negative energies with the sage smudge technique.
If you require EXCORSISM thats and entirely more complicated manner, for that almost ALWAYS is because an evil spirit has taken up residence INSIDE a human being..........this can happen from living in an unclean space, so cleansing your space in this way is ALWAYS a GOOD idea........IMO

[edit on 5-7-2005 by theRiverGoddess]

Originally posted by Azathoth
Enyalius,

I mentioned to her to use the cleansing only if it becomes hostile. Life lessions don't just go hostile on a person. As i said she needs to contact it and find out its purpose. If its purpose is only pain and suffering then she should do a cleansing. If its purpose is unknown and it may seem confused, then she needs to find out what it needs and /or maybe guide it.
If she is not comfortable with doing a cleansing try and find someone who is. You might end up feeding it more while trying to cleanse it if your not comfortable.

-Aza

[edit on 5-7-2005 by Azathoth]

some life lessons do go hostile on people because that is needed to teach them a certain lesson. i could tell you a story about a few cases in which a life lesson almost killed people and i couldn't help them. only they could. but they refused to see the problem and deal with it.

as for the excorcism/cleansening remark. i'm dutch so i misunderstood due to translation.

in short i just wish people would just take my word on matters like this due to my experience and vast knowledge about it :S

Originally posted by Ophiuchus

Originally posted by Faceless

Originally posted by Ophiuchus
I don't mean to come accross as self-righteous or holier-than-though - but has anyone had this feeling before? Walking into a dark place and feeling like you're the only light/positivity??

Many times.

Do you ever feel as though you 'threaten' the place, and ultimately feel threatened yourself?

That's the feeling. But it's easily ignored these days, I suppose I just got used to feeling it everywhere I go.

It that some sort f sign of negative energy being present. I get the feeling HEAVILY whenever I am in the dark.