Sydney, Afghanistan
First of all I asked Google AI :
the voices heard by individuals with schizophrenia are auditory hallucinations generated by the brain, not external or earthbound spirits.
Decades of neurological research indicate that these experiences stem from physical changes in brain function rather than supernatural sources:
Misidentified Inner Speech: Standard clinical studies show that when a person with schizophrenia hears a voice, their brain is actually generating its own internal monologue or thoughts. However, due to a breakdown in the brain's "self-monitoring" neural circuits, the individual cannot recognize the thought as their own and instead perceives it as an external, independent entity.
Brain Activity: Brain scans (such as fMRI and EEG studies) reveal that when a patient experiences auditory hallucinations, the auditory cortex—the area of the brain that processes real, physical sound—lights up. To the person experiencing it, the voice feels entirely real because the brain is processing it exactly like an external sound.
Cultural Framing: While medical science looks at the neurobiological causes, the meaning given to these voices heavily depends on cultural and spiritual beliefs. In some cultures, these biological experiences are interpreted through a religious lens (such as spirits or ancestors), whereas in Western societies, they are primarily interpreted as a medical condition.
Earthbound Spirits
Earthbound spirits are souls of the deceased that remain on the physical plane instead of moving on to the astral realm or the light.
- Unfinished business: Strong ties to goals, projects, or unresolved conflicts keep them here.
- Fear and confusion: Sudden or traumatic deaths can leave a soul disoriented and unaware that they have died.
- Attachment to loved ones: Deep worry or love for family members can bind a spirit to a specific person or home.
- Fear of judgment: Some souls fear the afterlife or punishment based on beliefs held during life.
- Energy drain: Some belief systems hold that earthbound spirits attach to people or places like energetic parasites.
- Emotional shifts: They are thought to amplify negative feelings like sadness, anger, or depression.
- Mental fog: People with attached spirits might experience sudden confusion, lack of focus, or unexpected mood changes. Opinions on how these attachments occur vary widely among spiritual groups.
- Earthbound spirits: Have active consciousness, memory, and personality. They can sometimes interact or move around.
- Residual imprints: Are not actual conscious beings. They act like a recorded loop of energy tied to a specific location or event from the past.
Protecting yourself from earthbound spirits
Protecting yourself from earthbound spirits involves setting firm personal boundaries, clearing your space, and either guiding the spirit to move on or shielding your energy field.
- Speak assertively: Communicate out loud to the space that you require privacy, peace, and that the spirit must respect your home rules or move on.
- .Do not treat them as friends: Avoid inviting interaction, dialogue, or emotional attachment with lingering spirits, as they can drain your energy.
- Use smoke or scent: Smudge the house or room using sage, sandalwood, or incense.
- Disrupt energy: Ring bells, clap loudly, or use music/humming to break up stagnant or heavy vibrations.
- Use water barriers: Sprinkling holy water around the home or placing glasses of water near your bed is traditionally believed to form a protective boundary.
- Offer empathy and direction: Earthbound spirits are often lost, confused, or unaware that they have passed away.
- Visualize the light: Imagine their loved ones or a path of warm white light opening up for them, and mentally or telepathically invite them to step toward peace and let go of their suffering.
- Call in guides: Ask higher powers, guardian angels, or spirit guides to help escort the soul safely away.
- Visualize a shield: Picture a glowing bubble of white light, a mirror shield, or an invisible cloak around your body that transmutes or reflects negative energy.
- Ground yourself: Imagine roots growing from the soles of your feet deep into the earth to release heavy or drained energy.
- Maintain physical health: Rest well, stay grounded, and read more guidance on energetic sovereignty.
What colour drives away bad spirits? (This is to do with tribal types of "bad spirits", not the earthbound spirits of human souls)
Blue- specifically a pale blue-green shade known as haint blue, is the most famous colour traditionall believed to drive away bad spirits.
Blue (Haint Blue)
- The tradition rooted in Gullah Geechee and African-American history in the American South, people painted porch ceilings, doors and window frames a light blue.
- The Belief: Spirits or Haints were thought to mistake the blue paint for water or he sky, tricking them so they could not cross or enter the home.
- Global Roots: SImialr beliefs using sky-blue paint or blue amulets to ward off the evil eye and evil spirits exist in Greek culture, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.
RED
- The tradiion: Used across Asian and European folklore traditions, Red is a powerful, lucky colour.
- The Belief: Red symbolises life, vitality and fire, which malicious spirits and bad luck are thought to fear ro avoid.
Yellow
- The Tradition: Found in certain Asian and BUddhist traditions, yellow symbolises the sun and pure light.
- The Belief: Bright yellow lights or clothing are believed to banish dark, weak or negative enitities because they represent the overwhelming power of the daytime sun.
Crystals to protect yourself from earthbound spirits
Specific crystals are widely used in metaphysical and folk traditions to ground energy, block unwanted influences, and shield spaces from earthbound spirits or heavy vibrations.
Top Crystals for Protection
- Black Tourmaline: Regarded as an energetic "bodyguard". It absorbs and repels negative energy, psychic drain and heavy spiritual disturbances. Many practitioners place it near entryways or windows to form and energetic barrier.
- Black Obsidian: A natural volcanic glass that acts like a mirror to block, reflect or absorb negative attachments and cut ties with heavy influences.
- Amethyst: Known as a psychic shield, it is believed to transmute negative energy into calm vibrations and guard against unwanted or mental interference.
- Smokey Quartz: Functions as an energy filter that grounds chaotic or lingering presence and anchors you to the present moment.
- Apache Tears (Black Obsidian variety): Frequently used specifically to absorb deep-sealed sorrow or negative energy and protect the aura from lingering spirits. Believed to clear and protect the personal energy field without needing frequent energetic cleansing itself.
(Energetic = an adjective that means showing or having a lot of energy, force, enthusiasm or active effort.
- General use: Describes people, animals, or activities that are lively, restless, or full of life (e.g., an energetic child who never sits still).
- Focused effort: Describes hard work or a strong, determined push to reach a goal (e.g., an energetic campaign or fundraiser).
- Physics: Relates to the physical property of energy or high-energy particles (e.g., energetic cosmic rays speeding through space).
How to Use The Crystals
- Placement: Position Black Tourmaline or Smoky Quartz near the front door, room corners, or windowsills to set a protective boundary around a physical space.
- Carrying: Keep a small tumbled stone (like Black Tourmaline, Obsidian, or Hematite) in your pocket or wear it as jewellery for daily personal shielding.
- Hold a stone like Smoky Quartz or Amethyst during quiet reflection to centre your energy and reinforce emotional boundaries.
How to get rid of an earthbound spirit attached to you:
You can remove an unwanted spiritual attachment by using assertive verbal commands, energetic cleansing or faith-based prayers.
Verbal and Ritual Banishing
State a direct command: Speak out loud with authority. Tell the entity clearly that it is not welcome and must leave.
Use cleansing smoke: Burn sage, incense or sandalwood to purify your personal energy field and your living space.
Visualise protection: Close your eyes, take deep breaths and imagine a bright, protective sphere of light surrounding your entire body from head to toe.
Seek external help: Consult an experienced spiritual healer, pastor or professional energy worker if the attachment feel stubborn or overwhelming.
- Visualization and Light Work: Visualize yourself surrounded by an orb of white or golden light. You can call upon spiritual guides or archangels—such as Archangel Michael, Raphael, or Azrael—to help the spirit recognize that it is safe to cross over.
- Direct Communication and Intention: Calmly and firmly state that the spirit cannot remain attached to your space or energy field, and invite their own guides, loved ones, or a higher light to assist them in moving forward.
- Space and Personal Purification: Use traditional cleansing tools such as smudging with white sage, burning natural resins, or using sound clearing to refresh the environment. Personal cleanses like salt baths or intentional shower visualizations can help wash away residual energy.
- Root Cord Release: Imagine and visualize dissolving or cutting any energetic "cords" or attachments connecting you to the entity.
- Raising Your Personal Vibration: Permanent release relies on addressing underlying emotional wounds, shadow work, and cultivating positive practices (such as meditation, joy, and boundary-setting) so your energy field naturally stops resonating with lower-frequency attachmen
Videos for help
A variety of videos on earthbound spirits
- Earhtbound Spirit Attachment by Holographic Soul Academy
(includes how o banish them from property and physically for your person)
https://youtu.be/ijEtDX9g-q8?si=9O1VD6KDh48CDMEl
- An introduction to Earthbound Spirits - Suzanne Biddiscombs MA
(includes the banishment of earthbound spirits) (Especially good)
https://youtu.be/M2ptDarqCXw?si=Wncjn_bmlkids_Ch
- Release Earthbound (EBs) Spirit Attachments - Spirit Attachments by Past Life Awakening Institute
(A meditation to connect with spiritual entities and to guide them towards the light)
https://youtu.be/xQWLBlkOBFE?si=46xLNP8F0kxzll7A
- Protect Yourself From Dark Souls and Unwanted Energies - Mat Fraser (America's top psychic medium)
(a psychic medium reading application to help with entities)
https://www.youtube.com/live/xwmkkn3looM?si=m4H6kH6kKtHy4Qvq
- Negative Earthbound Spirits with Psychic medium Carolyn Molnar
https://youtu.be/9zAHpzR8mo8?si=baD_7U6NZTG5ka8c
- Attached Entities: The who, what where and how of Spiri Attachment
https://youtu.be/Nq6Pgvarrqs?si=BeZO4wtJbaAfQuDg
Key Books on Earthbound Spirits & Attachments
- Earthbound Spirits Are Attached to You: How You Can Remove Them by George Schwimmer PhD
- Ghosts and Earthbound Spirits: Recognise and release the spirits trapped in this world by Linda Williamson
- Psychiatry and the Spirit World by Dr. Alan Sanderson
- Toward the Light by Amy Major
- Spirit Rescue: A Simple Guide to Talking with Ghosts and Freeing Earthbound Souls by Wilma Davidson
Overview: Offers practical advice and stories from years of helping confused or stuck souls (including historical figures and everyday spirits) cross over to the light.
- The Dweller on the Threshold: Earthbound Spirits by Max Heindel
Explores the esoteric and spiritual mechanics behind why souls become trapped on Earth through unresolved emotions, material cravings, or unfinished business.
