QUOTE(valkyrie @ May 17 2007, 10:12 PM)
Zugzwang- yes, i suppose confining to a triangle would be a good alternative to a banishing...is that a type of binding? I really have no experience in this sort of thing but I know i am naturally good at binding.
If you're being attacked then usually it's better to bind than banish - the reason for this is if someone has sent out a entity to cause you harm, if you bind that entity then you reduce the casters capability to do the same again with the same potency, they will be like butter spread too thinly on toast! Information on the binding of spirits while inside a triangle can be found in the goetia. A way to avoid most minor astral parasites besides from banishing, is to use aura building exercises like the M.P.
QUOTE(valkyrie @ May 17 2007, 10:12 PM)
by the way...Will banishing drive away all spirits in the area? Ive tried a minor banishment before, and i succeeded...but a friend (i question his expertise sometimes) told me i drew from the wrong energy facet and exhausted the borders i set as well as the source that i drew from; it caused more problems than helped. The energy facet, i am told, was from a friend entity that resided near the room i did it in, evidently some self-appointed guardian i didnt know about. Then, i was completely ignorant of what i was doing. Now, I am fearful to do it again...ESPECIALLY if the banishing encompasses a living person, and not a geographical point (that is, within the borders of a room).
If you want to localise a banishing to a specific area then you first draw a circle about you (the circle should be drawn the size of the room you're in, in this case) either with incense, a dagger, you finger, paint/chalk, or by using visualisation (a brilliant sphere of light encompassing your body is another form of a circle). The atmosphere is laden with spirits and it's great that one appointed itself to look over you, but it should be YOU who appoints THEM - this way you avoid any interference; as they can never conflict with your true will if you are the one who designated that they should be there to act as guardians.
QUOTE(valkyrie @ May 17 2007, 10:12 PM)
What havoc could i wreak that way? I am not much more informed than i was before. I dont want to make things worse! Thats the main thing im worried about. As for leaching...it was a suspicion...but im not sure if it actually WAS a parasite. Is calling it up and questioning it the only way i can tell...im not that advanced yet, and i dont want to get in over my head. what is a leaching supposed to feel like? Are there multiple ways that leaches manipulate victims? What are the symptoms that follow or occur during a leaching? I dont want to misdiagnose the problem!
You don't have to question it if you don't want to. When somebody or something tries to leech off of you it feels, to me, like someone is placing a shoehorn between the layers of your aura - you will feel fatigued in all respects if it gets particularly bad. Leeches manipulate their victims in the sense that they will continue to make you feel bad so you don't take any action against them. I know some parts of my post sound preachy, but it's just my advice.