The Truth About Spiritual Warfare, Psychic Attacks, And Your Power
Do you ever feel scared of your spiritual or psychic awakening? Like some evil darkness is going to jump out at you at any moment or that ghosts are going to attach to you now that you're more spiritually open.
People newer to a spiritual awakening often struggle with the fear that they will welcome or be attacked by some darkness beyond them. But here is the truth about spiritual warfare and psychic attacks… when dealing with dark and scary things, you’re the most fearsome being around.
Yet, something inside you might make you laugh at that idea. How could you be more powerful than a demon, deity, a powerful witch casting a spell on you, or someone sending you the evil eye?
Let’s get into the truth about all of this and understand why you even question your power in the first place!
What Is Spiritual Warfare?
Like many things in spirituality, the idea of spiritual warfare originates from another belief system. In this case, it comes from Abrahamic religions, mainly Christianity.
In a nutshell, spiritual warfare is about a war between good and evil. It's the idea that we humans are susceptible to evil spiritual forces and have to hold tight to what the religion deems a force of good to stay safe.
This idea that there are forces out there that you have no power against and need to rely on the safety of a deity or church to protect you is not totally accurate.
New Age spirituality takes this spiritual warfare fear and combines it with conspiracy theories… like the whole lizard people thing.
But spiritual warfare at its core, whether from an organized religion or not, is fearmongering, plain and simple.
What Is A Psychic Attack?
A psychic attack occurs when a person sends you negative energy, knowingly or unknowingly. This can take the form of an evil eye, someone talking bad about you behind your back, or someone pouring their negativity into you.
Here are some examples:
That friend who calls to dump all of their negativity onto you consistently. As if you are their dumping ground for all the anger, jealousy, and pain so that they don’t want to deal with.
That frenemy who is nice to you to your face but spreads rumors or talks shit about you when you’re not around.
Your ex's new girlfriend who, for some reason, hates you.
That old mentor or coworker who is jealous of your success.
Most of these are normal human experiences, but over time, especially for those of us who are more psychically open, this negativity can affect you.
Because spiritual warfare has taken root so significantly in Western society, many people who are new to spirituality feel like they are powerless to fight against psychic attacks, evil spirits, or demons, which is the furthest thing from the truth.
The Truth
Fear and darkness are born from our shadows, which is why the first pillar of Spiritual U is shadow work. For many people who come to spirituality, the fact that it is a self-empowered practice is the selling point. However, one of the common shadows is the fear and guilt left over from religious trauma and fearmongering.
The underlining, deeply rooted belief that there are otherworldly things that are more powerful than you can feed all your fears. But there is the truth…
You are the most powerful being in this reality!
Are their malefic spirits, demons, and humans sending you negative energy of all kinds? Yes, but they are no match for you!
Why? Because you live in this 3D reality. Spirits and demons don’t. They can affect this reality to a point, but your energy, words, and intentions hold so much more power than they can ever hope to wield here.
And while people can send you negative energy or hexes, you have just as much power to manipulate energy as they do. And it’s easier than you think to ward off these negative energies.
Embracing Your Spiritual Power
Your words and intentions are some of the most powerful spiritual tools you have.
Plus, this is the most accessible, easy-to-use, and inexpensive form of magic you have. Simply stating, with conviction, that energy that isn’t yours and doesn’t have your highest good in mind be banished can protect you for the most part.
However, there are also many helpful tools and fun magic things you can do to give yourself a helping hand.
If you feel like someone is consistently sending you the evil eye, try wearing some black obsidian, black tourmaline, or protective symbols such as an evil eye necklace or sigil.
If you feel negative energy in your house, try cleansing it with an herbal blend to banish it. Then, use black salt around your home and/or black tourmaline to protect it further. Smudging with herbs like rosemary, mugwort, patchouli, and angelica is great for banishing negative energy and malefic entities and protecting your home.
If you find yourself feeling spent after a day with many people, especially if you are a highly sensitive person, very spiritually open, or psychic, your spiritual hygiene is vital. If you allow others to dump their negativity into you or take away your energy, it will overwhelm you and even make you more susceptible to illness.
Release energy that isn’t yours daily and call your energy back to you. Take the appropriate time for rest and maintain a meditation practice. If you know you're going to be around someone who is difficult for you to be around, activate your golden light of protection before seeing them to limit the amount of negativity you absorb.
You can find a golden light of protection meditation in the Spiritual U Meditation Subscription (use code ABUNDANTU for a free 30 days).
Basically, your key takeaway from his blog post should be that while there are a lot of negative, dark, and even scary things out there, you, my friend, are the baddest bitch around! You have the power to shape worlds with your mind and your words, so demons and jealous frenemies have no power over you. Don’t let the fearmongers make you believe any differently.
