The following information represents the views and opinions of the ETVOS team. We are not professionally qualified, but we do have experience in Spiritualism, and the information contained on this sheet may not necessarily represent the view and opinions of the Spiritualist Movement.

Am I experiencing bad Spirit activity is a very difficult question to answer? I am not qualified to make a medical diagnosis, but as a Spiritualist my faith tells me that when a person dies they continue to exist without their physical body and that you can still communicate with that person. Based on this belief, logic then tells me that everyone who has died has not necessarily been a good person. For instance, a person while alive that was dominate, cruel, selfish and manipulative is going to be no different when they die and revert back to Spirit, only through spiritual progression can they change.

In many cases a person that has been frightened by Spirit activity is a result of a lack of understanding at what is happening and why it is happening. Once the person is armed with this knowledge and understanding the fear subsides and the activity generally stops. However, there are cases when a person is extremely scared because they can hear voices, objects are being moved or thrown, a particular room is cold etc. So is the person experiencing bad Spirit activity? Well the scientific community does not believe in an afterlife, so therefore, there is a lack of research into Spirit and how they can influence us on a negative level. However, the following is a list of the most common factors that as a Spiritualist we believe you would need to consider if a relative or a friend is claiming to be experiencing bad Spirit activity.

1. Mental Health Issues
For instance the person may be showing signs of schizophrenia. Are they on any medication that can cause hallucinations? Do they have a drug or drink problem? Is there a history of mental illness in the family?

2. Experiencing bad Spirit Activity
The psychic senses have developed sufficiently enough to have linked with a ‘Spirit person’, but the person does not know how to break the link, therefore making this a genuine case of bad Spirit activity. However, it is worth noting that some people do not like to break the Spirit link even if it is causing them severe stress, because the ‘Spirit person’ is telling them exactly what they want to hear, thus bringing comfort and attention in a very negative way.

3. A combination of factors 1 and 2 above
The person believes in Spiritualism, they may have read a lot on the subject, attended development classes, Spiritualist church etc. Then something happens in their life that may trigger a pre-existing mental health issue, or a nervous breakdown etc. When the person tries to explain what is happening to them it manifests itself as bad Spirit activity. It is worth noting that when a person’s mental reasoning starts to break down they may begin to interpret good Spirit as bad Spirit.

4. Trickster
The trickster is the fraudulent Medium or person claiming to be a Psychic/Spiritualist Medium who preys on the fear of a person by telling them they have a bad Spirit attached to them for financial gains.

5. Attention Seeker
The person may or may not be a believer of the existence of Spirit but they claim to be experiencing links with Spirit, their Spirit Guide etc. These claims normally start off mild but as soon as the person realises they are getting attention from various people they up the ante until they reach the stage of experiencing bad Spirit activity.

6. Highly suggestible/imagination
If a person is not a believer of Spiritualism but is told something that a Spiritualist would consider normal and that individual is highly suggestible - or has an overactive imagination – they can then start to believe that scary things are happening to them.

7. Blame Culture
There are people who believe in, or have an awareness of Spiritualism, but are failing to take personal responsibility for a current situation around them and this situation has created a negative atmosphere that they blame bad Spirit for. Also these people are prone to seeking counsel from Spirit via a Medium to tell them what to do.

8. Lack of Understanding
Due to inexperience, Medium’s can be misled into believing a person maybe experiencing bad Spirit activity when in fact the activity is harmless. This is the result of the person being frightened or going through a difficult time that has created a negative energy that shows itself as dark/black to the Medium and subsequently it is wrongly interpreted as bad Spirit activity.

The above factors do not cover every possible scenario or provide solutions to bad Spirit activity, but hopefully they will give a better insight, or at least food for thought, into what maybe the underlying cause of bad Spirit activity.

It is strongly recommended to seek help if you are experiencing what you believe to be is bad Spirit activity, especially if it is causes you severe stress, hearing voices that say very negative things, your personality is changing, for there is a possibility the problem may be a result of an underlying mental health condition rather than actual bad Spirit activity.

Issue 1/Feb09 copyright ETVOS charity No: 1115900