I was keenly interested in knowing the work of Dr. William J. Baldwin on Spirit Releasement Therapy (SRT). He was a doctorate in clinical psychology and worked extensively on Spirit Releasement Therapy. His book Spirit Releasement Therapy: A Technique Manual is a classic and must read for any person interested in spirits releasement. He was trained with Dr. Edit Fiore a clinical psychologist whose book the Unquiet Dead presents her hypothesis and the work with spirit releasement. Many reject the idea of Past Life therapy partly because it is based on the questionable philosophy of Reincarnation. And many more including Past Life therapists reject the notion of Spirit Releasement Therapy because it is based on the objectionable and frightening possibility of Spirit possession.

Edith Fiore states that she uses the working hypothesis that personality does survive after death of the body. She clearly holds that she does not attempt to prove that spirits exist and her patients are possessed with the spirits but when this working hypothesis is used patients do come out with a description as if they were possessed by spirits and release of such possessing spirits results in tremendous healing of the symptoms. Spirit possession can cause both physical and mental symptoms like pains, insomnia, lack of energy, asthma, allergy and obesity. At psychological level the attached spirits can produce memory difficulties, phobias, compulsions, addictions, sadness, and relationship problems.

It is said that the attached spirits does not occupy any space in the host and can attach to the body, aura as well as brain. There can be a single or an array of spirits attached to a person. An attachment can occur at any age even during prenatal periods. There are instances of attachments which continue to attach across lives. An attached entity can get separated at the time of death and wait until the same psychoplasm gets embodied in next life; it follows the psychoplasm and attaches itself in the new life also. This cycle can continue for many lives. An attached entity may be of a good nature or demonic. There may be a purpose behind the attachment or it can be accidental. The attached spirit may get attached to a host for fulfilling its addictions, take a revenge or just a casual attachment without any purpose. When a past life regression is performed it may be possible that the regressed life belonged to the attached spirit instead of the client. There are soft spots where there is high likelihood of the attachments such as hospitals and places of addictions. The spirit attachment does not require any permission from the host and people make their own vulnerability by negative thinking and habits of addiction or thinking too much about the departed souls. The right place of a spirit is its releasement to the light so that it can get integrated into the life cycles. Elaborate system has been evolved to detect spirit attachments and their release to the light. The goal in therapy is to release all interfering spirits into the light.

I kept on using hit and trial method for spirit detection and releasement in my own way. I would ask a subject to visualize that he/she is covered with a divine white light and when done, scan the body for any black or gray spot. The subjects used to come up with blackness over one or the other parts of the body like head, legs and so on. I would then forcibly instruct the blackness to leave the body but such a raw approach was not working. I did have a strong determination for exploring this form of healing. I procured the books of Edith Fiore and William J. Baldwin. By reading these books I came to know about various concepts related to spirit attachments and techniques of releasement.

Dr. Edith Fiore (1987) provided a checklist for detecting possible spirit attachment which includes following symptoms:

1. Low energy level
2. Character shifts or mood swings
3. Inner voice (s) speaking to you
4. Abuse of drugs including alcohol
5. Impulsive behavior
6. Memory problems
7. Poor concentration
8. Sudden onset of anxiety or depression
9. Sudden onset of physical symptoms without obvious cause
10. Emotional and/or physical reactions to reading her book “The Unquiet Dead”

Both Dr. Edith Fiore and Dr. Baldwin revealed their techniques of depossession/ releasement in their books. I have not yet viewed a session of spirit releasement as done by these pioneers or any follower of the methods.  Just by reading the book I was trying to integrate their procedure in my work on past life regression. But the concept of ‘spirit attachment’ and a discussion of it with my clients were frightening me for obvious stigma for such kind of work. Still I was being drawn towards acquisition of these procedures. The divine plan got unfolded for me and I came up with an acceptable form of spirit releasement therapy.

I had a professional of high repute with a receptive and open mind. I briefed him about my concepts of SRT and sought his permission to do the first experimentation on my version of SRT which I later termed as Personification Therapy. I labeled this version of SRT as Personification Therapy because for sure it is yet to be established whether it is a genuine spirit attachment or a kind of dissociation defense mechanism. Use of the term “Personification” removed all my own psychological barriers and inhibitions. Now I can freely speak to any person and do the therapy through this model irrespective of the educational and professional level of my clients. I also do not feel at any loss by speaking and working through this model. A single term has made all the concepts and procedures unbelievably easy for me for its application and transmission to fellow therapists. Now it takes about 2-3 minutes for me to detect and release a spirit from the host. The amazing aspect of this extremely easy approach is that the clients are getting comparable results. It seems to be as effective as the original SRT program. The power of personification therapy has been asserted by large number of applications by several therapists. My procedure of Personification Therapy goes as follows.

 

Entity Detection:

For detection of spirit attachment, I would give following integrated suggestions to a client. sit down (or lie down) and make yourself comfortable… close your eyes.. feel and experience as if you are relaxing in a park (or any of your favorite place or a spiritually charged place)… tell me the color of the flowers (or whatever you are feeling or experiencing)…now mentally scan your body, mind and aura for any blackness, darkness, grayness, smoky patches or anything which does not belong to you…(upon confirmation, I explore)…for the time being, I want to personify this ‘blackness’ as if it was a living being, and would like to speak to it directly through your speech mechanism… (now I would address the identified ‘blackness’ or any other form and ask a series of questions slowly in a gentle way)… tell me your name, from where have you come, how long have you been with this person, what are you doing here, what led you to get attached to this person, what symptoms are you producing… are you alone or there are others like you and the like…

This procedure is quite powerful in detecting the presence of an entity. The entity usually gives its name and in a few cases, it does not give any specific name and then I would label it by its form for example, I would simply call it ‘blackness’ and the like. Sometimes, an entity presents in disguised form and in negation mode. For instance, the client could say, there is no blackness or foreign energy with him/her then I would question, you who is telling me ‘No’, tell me your name and reveal yourself to me, I want to speak to you directly. In a case, the entity might not have been in any physical form, it could simply be a formless energy. I would accept it as such. I never enter into any power game or ego dispute with the detected entity and I do not pick up any quarrel with the entity. I have been informed that some of the therapists had quarrel with the entity which created scenes at the place of therapy and the attached entity became arrogant, abusive, and assaultive and even cursed the therapist. I do not use any such tactic and also do not recommend anyone to go for such an approach of confrontation. My approach is extremely gentle, soft and persuasive. I never had any dispute or confrontation with an entity and there was no entity which I could not release with this version of persuasive release.

If time permits and it interests me, then I go for a lengthy exploration of the spirit and its background. Sometime such an exploration results in spontaneous past life regression of the client and the circumstances which led an entity to get attached. I like to follow such an approach of detailed exploration of the background of the attached entity which can significantly add to the insight of the client and me as well.

This fascinating approach of mine to attachment removal is exceedingly simple and straightforward. Having done exploration or at the point I decide to release the spirit I would tell something as under to the attached entity:

Removal Instructions:

Now look into the sky and see if any of your ancestors, relations, friends or divine light is eagerly waiting for you, and I give a pause of about 20-30 seconds when the client confirms visibility of even one of the above beings…(that’s all)

During the pause, I would keep a vigil on the signs of further drift into relaxation indicated by sinking, release of breathe and postural adjustment. These signs usually appear within a few seconds. Then I would ask a feedback question from the subject, how do you feel now? The typical answer is relaxed, calm or peaceful. Then my second question would be what about the ‘blackness’ or I would ask by name of the entity if it revealed its name. The typical answer is going up! I would simply ask the subject to bid it Good bye! I then move on to repeat scan.

My first Personification Therapy case had following symptoms: depressed mood, anxiety, pain in various body parts, fears of specific internal and external stimuli. He was available to me for 45 minutes only and had to leave exactly after this time.

On 13^th April 2011, I asked him to sit comfortably, close eyes and quickly gave suggestions for relaxation of four limbs, abdomen, back, face, mouth, eyes and head. Then I asked him to visualize a park and report the colors of the flowers; he reported yellow and pink flowers and then I asked him to count 10 flowers with integrated suggestions for deepening. Upon confirmation of 10 counts; I asked him to mentally scan his body top to bottom and report any blackness. He reported blackness on his right side of neck up to shoulder level. I immediately told him that I would do personification of this blackness; as if it is a human being. He quickly reported it as monster. I enquired since when it is with him. He answered for a long time. I enquired about the specific time and circumstances of attachment and the purpose. He did not reveal any time or circumstances; instead reported that he is here to harm him. I asked him if he has done enough harm to him; the answer was positive; then I enquired if he was ever in human form on this earth plane; he nodded in affirmative; then I asked him to look into sky and see if there is any light or familiar persons waiting for him. Within a few moments he got released into light. Repeat scan was done for neck region; he reported lightness and absence of blackness.

Once again, I asked him to scan his body top to bottom for blackness; this time he reported blackness around his right eye. Again I adopted the personification mode; and it turned out to be a dancer who was with him for 800 years; she used to dance with him; I asked her to look into sky for familiar persons and light eagerly waiting for her; she reported a crowd waiting for her and she quick left for them.

Since 10 minutes were left; I terminated the process at this point. I commenced integration work; but I sensed that he has not recovered fully from the trance experience; then he reported problems in his both legs as if his legs were tied. I took his permission for a few more minutes to release this feeling. Very quick re-induction, close eyes, report color of flowers; and now focus on legs; this time he instantly drifted back to a past life in which he reported that he was captured by someone for coercing him to do some work which he did not want to do; he was chained in both the legs and was being transported through a ship; he somehow escaped from the ship to an island where he was unchained by some local people and instantly he felt lightness in his legs.

The session was terminated. It could not be clarified if this regression was his own or of some attachment. But upon termination; his pleasant affect was fully released and he left with joy.

This case amply demonstrated me the power of Personification Therapy and its potentials. The seemingly highly complex task became too easy for me. I find many similarities than disparity between Personification Therapy and the Spirit Releasement Therapy. Both the approaches lead to detection of the same kind of entities; the similar releasement to the light; the similar removal of the symptoms; and the similar stories of attachment.

I replicated Personification Therapy on many other cases. Most cases followed the same pattern of revelation, description and releasement into light.

A young boy presented with tremors in hand. I asked him to sit comfortably, close his eyes, visualize a beautiful park, and tell me the color of flowers… now scan your body top to bottom for any blackness, grayness, altered sensation, feelings or foreign energy…there is something on my arm… now I want to personify this ‘something’ what is your name, how did you come with this person, what are you doing here… it was a male entity which got attached to him near a liquor shop. I was continuing conversation with the entity, I sensed that the client is about to shout loudly, instantly and hurriedly I asked the entity to look into sky, if any of its ancestors, friends, relations or divine light is eagerly waiting for him… upon confirmation, I waited and within a few seconds it got released and I terminated the trance. Upon awakening, there was instant removal of the tremors. Prior to this work I myself had seen the continuous mild tremors in his arms and now after this release the tremors disappeared. The client left with joy that a magic has happened to him.

I would like to underline that I usually do not tell an entity to leave the host or to go up. This is one of the secret of this model that most of the entities decide by their own and leave the host in response to above suggestions of looking into sky for ancestors, relations, friends and divine light.

There would be varied reactions of the entities in response to my instructions aimed at releasing the spirit. In general, spirits leave the host quietly without further prompting of any kind. But there are spirits which do not leave the host spontaneously and would tend to say something like I do not want to leave; should I leave now; can I come back again; I know you want to release me to the light but I would not go; why I should leave the host and the like. To deal with such a situation, I adopt an approach that comes to my mind on the spot and I keep on adding to my skill repertoire. I would usually tell the entity I am not asking you to go; the host is your own home you can anytime go out and be back as per your sweet wish. Then entity would cross check with me if it can come back, my instant response is YES. This works. I may also tell an entity that it is your own wish; your ancestors, friends, relations and light are eagerly waiting for you. If you like you can at least go for a few seconds and listen to them, may be they have something important to tell you.

I would allude to the purpose of the entity and inspire it to leave the host to accomplish its purpose. For example, when an entity says that it wants to take revenge from the host; I would ask exploratory questions by addressing the entity by its name. ‘Blackness’ you are here to harm this person. How much harm have you done so far? Do you want to continue to harm more? Alright, since you were the victim of this person, it is natural to take revenge and harm, but what about your own good? Don’t you think that you have already done enough harm to this person, and may be this is the time for your own growth and advancement? Would you like to grow yourself for your own good? If the answer is Yes, I would deliver my above removal instructions. If an entity says that it does not want to do any good for oneself, then I may ask, alright, you seem to have done lots of harms to this person, may be you need to take revenge from other persons too who were your victimizer. If the answer is Yes, then I would deliver removal instructions. I work on the premise that if an entity leaves the host; then it is gone and it usually merges in the divine light. Secondly, I keep on trying with persuasive approach to the release and if this does not work with repeated attempts then I go by alternative methods of entity removal.

Before giving removal instructions, I would also tell the entity “gather everything that belongs to you and confirm when done” as recommended by Dr. Rekha. This can be a powerful suggestion for removal of the effects of the entity because it is likely to leave the host by withdrawing its effects on the host.

Another effective approach in this framework is asking an identified entity simple questions whether it is alone or there are others like you with the host. It is said that an entity can recognize the presence of other entities too. It can happen that there can be a family of entities who are familiar with each other or there can be independent entity or groups of entities in a host. The beauty of the approach is that one can go for group removal of the entities in a stroke.

When I come to know the presence of a group of entity, I would tell the detected entity that I want to speak directly to the leader of the entities. The detected entity itself may be the leader or there could be another one. When I come into interactions with the group leader, I would suggest the leader to invite all the members of its group to be with you and each member to gather everything whatever belongs to them in the host and deliver the removal instructions. This is a powerful approach for removal of multiple entities in a single stroke.

When a single entity or a group of entities prove to be stubborn and do not become ready for leaving the host; I have another set of highly effective instructions which I use when I fail to release the entity with my above persuasive approach. This I call an assisted removal.

Assisted Removal:

Now look into the sky and see a divine fairy with its magic wand is descending from the cosmos… the fairy is entering into the host’s body, mind and aura … the fairy has a magical bag and you (or all of you in case of group entities) are getting attracted to the magical bag and entering into the bag to have peaceful rest and joy of life…now the fairy is ascending into the sky and disappearing far into the cosmos with its bag…. pause for 20-30 seconds

This is the prototype of my alternative approach which I may deliver in many varied ways centering on the theme that a divine being is taking away the entities and releasing to the place which is best for them, the divine light or the like. I may also repeat the assisted removal instructions 2-3 times to ensure that each and every member of the group is picked by the divine being and taken away far into cosmos.

I am told that the entities have their own Karma and background. May be it was within a divine plan for them to learn through attachments with the host and the release work is an interference into their karmic path. But in my view, the presentation of the client and the attached entity to the therapist is also a part of the karmic design which leads to detection and release of the entities by the therapist and the therapist’s acts of releasing are part and parcel of the karmic plan for the spirits. If the release of the entity was not due, then it would not have presented itself for this kind of work with the spirit release therapist. Based on this viewpoint, I continue to release the entities through my persuasive or assisted approach. I still do not know what mechanism really operates in this therapy particularly whether it is some kind of spirit or just a psychological mechanism.

I am reporting one more session with my first case.

Sit comfortably, close your eyes, visualize a beautiful park and tell me the color of the flowers; “purple”; alright now scan your body and aura for blackness; darkness; something on right eye; I am going to personify it; if it was any human being; what is its name; there is a bird… flying.. alright, follow it…. a king in Europe; (skip forward to the most significant event of that life.)…. pause…. now I see a beautiful lush green environment in Tibet; I am a monk…. (alright skip forward to the time of death)… tell me what is emerging out of the body.. a light… follow it…. now it is in France in a Palace… (skip forward to the time of death)… there is a light coming out of the body.. follow it… moving upward in cosmos… let it disappear now……

Now again scan your body and aura for blackness; darkness… something below the right shoulder… I am going to personify it… if it was a human being what is its name… “Pasha” I spoke to Pasha and asked following questions: since when are you attached; what for you are here; are you alone or someone else is there with you… Pasha replied that he is a leader of a tribe and he is here along with several members of the tribe… this tribe got defeated from him and it is there with him for 4000 years. I suggested to Pasha; do you want further well being of your tribe; it nodded in affirmation, alright now look around and see if everyone is there and gather everything which belongs to you and your tribe here… when ready tell me…nodded in affirmation… now look into sky and see if there is any light or familiar persons eagerly waiting for you… nodded in affirmation…. within moments the full tribe released to the light… instantly there was significant release in muscular tension in limbs; he adjusted his right arm and sank further on the sofa. The session ended with integration and suggestion to present for follow up if required. The client attributed about 95% improvement due to this Personification Therapy.

It is said that an individual’s vulnerability makes it easier for foreign entities to get attached. For reducing this vulnerability for further attachments, a sealing meditation is recommended. However, I have not yet formulated any firm hypothesis for this vulnerability, a few times only I use following or similar sealing approach to mitigate potentials for further attachment by the same or new entities. This is done after reasonably ensuring that most entities have been released.

now visualize a “Divya Jyoti” around your naval area; it is full of divine powers and it is moving like a spiral and covering all of your body and aura; when complete; let me know… upon confirmation, this is a very strong divine protective shield… it will remain with you and keep on protecting… from today onwards, in deep sleep it would keep on getting stronger and stronger…no blackness… darkness can penetrate this protective shield… from today onwards… while in meditation, you would visualize this protective shield for a few seconds every day; and it would keep on getting stronger and stronger….

I am presenting a verbatim script of Personification Therapy with an adult with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:

 Me: Close your eyes, visualize a beautiful park and tell me the color of flowers
Pt: Yellow, red …
Me: Now scan your body top to bottom for blackness, gray areas, cloudy …
Pt: Yes! A blackness is there over the head region
Me: Now I would personify it. In personification, we attribute animate qualities to an inanimate object
Pt: Alright
Me: Now I would speak to this blackness as if it is a person. What is its name? It would speak through your speech mechanism.
Pt: Sanjay!
Me: Sanjay, how long are you there with this person.
Pt: 8 years
Me: Sanjay, How did you get attached to this person
Pt: I got attracted to him.
Me: What do you want to do with this person?
Pt: I want to trouble him
Me: Sanjay, Are you alone here or someone else is also present.
Pt: Two more are there
Me: Sanjay, whether these two are related to you.
Pt: No, they are unknown to me. But all of us came simultaneously.
Me: Look into sky and see if there are any of your ancestors, relations, friends or divine light is present; and eagerly waiting for you.
Pt: Nani is there.
Me: Pause
Pt’s Verbalizations: Nani: leave this person, go away. Sanjay: No, I shall not go, Nani: Chale Jao, Chale Jao… Sanjay: No. A white light is coming from Nani and Sanjay got destroyed inside the head!
Me: (Now to those two other entities) Look into sky and see if there are any of your ancestors, relations, friends or divine light is present; and eagerly waiting for you.
Pt: Yes! there are demons. There is no interaction with the ones in the sky.
Me: A fairy is coming towards you from the sky.
Pt: Yes! it is coming
Me: It will take away both of them.
Pt: It is taking only a part of them; and a part is being left inside me.
Me: Alright. It would come again and take them piece by piece.
Pt: Yes! it is coming again.
Me: Pause.
Pt: Yes! Now I am clean, it took three rounds for fairy to clean the demons.

I am presenting a case worked out by me which was observed and written by a student of mine.

Sir: Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and when you feel comfortable
let me know. Visualize a beautiful park, and tell me the colors of the flowers.
Scan your body, mind and aura and see if you find any dark or grey
spots or different sensations. The subject reported darkness on the face.

Sir: I will personify this darkness and talk to it. Personification
means talking to this dark spot as a human entity.

Sir: Who is this dark spot? What is its name?

Subject: Pratap

Sir: I am talking to Pratap. How long have you been with this person?

Subject: 14

Sir: Under what circumstances did you get attach. (A pause of few seconds)

Sir: See upwards into sky, if you can see similar forms/ relatives/ divine light.

Pratap: I can see darkness upwards also. It is lonely up there. I am
confused whether I should go up or not.

Sir: Going up is your own decision. See if the darkness wants to
interact with you for a few seconds or wants to say something to you. (pause)

Sir: See if this darkness is attracting you towards itself. (Pause)

Sir: What is happening?

Subject: Darkness is floating in the form of a black balloon and has
merged into the darkness. Face is now filled with white color.

Sir: Now scan your body, mind and aura and see if you find any dark or
grey spots or different sensations.

Subject: Many black spots on hands.

Sir: Which hand?

Subject: Left hand.

Sir: Scan these spots. Find the source of these spots.

Subject: There is a big black spot on the joint of the right hand.

Sir: I will personify this dark spot and talk to it.

Sir: what is the name of this dark spot?

Subject: Sagar.

Sir: I am talking to you Sagar. How long have you been with this person? (No response)

Sir: Are there others also with you?

Sagar: Yes. Many (long silence)

Sagar: I am feeling a lot of aggression and suffocation.

Sir: Do you want to come out of this aggression and suffocation?

Sagar: Yes.

Sir: collect everything that belongs to you. (Pause)

Sir: Have you collected everything?

Sagar: Yes.

Sir: Look into sky, if you can see similar forms/ relatives/ divine light, eagerly waiting for you

Sagar: I can see some forms upwards.

Sir: Who are they?

Sagar: May be relatives.

Sir: How many?

Sagar: Four.

Sir: Are they eagerly waiting for you.

Sagar: Yes (pause)

Sir: What is happening?

Subject: It is going upwards and has merged into other similar forms.

Sir: As and when you feel comfortable, you will come back to the present moment, refreshed, and fully alert.

Now I use following sequence in trance based healing framework. Personification TherapyàAge RegressionàPast Life Regressionà Life between Lives Regressionà Future Life ProgressionàJoseph Murphy Modelà Direct Suggestion/Metaphor Model. I usually adopt first three approaches on priority unless there is any specific requirement of using other models.

A 47 years old woman came for past life regression for clarifying why her mother has stopped for two months guiding her in dreams who was doing so for last 16 years since her death. This case was shared by Dr. Vandana.

Dr.: Upon positive scan, what is your identity?
Entity: I am her mother.
Dr.: Why you are with her?
Entity: I love her too much. She loves me too much.
Dr.: Do you want to go to light?
Entity: No. I had very troubled life, only she is the one I have. My other lives were also without love and lonely. I need love.
Dr.:  Why you were not guiding her since two months?
Entity: She learned about this (past life regression). I knew she would come to you. I did not want to go, so stopped guiding her. I was hiding, but when scanning light fell on me I had to come out.
Dr.: Discussed karma theory and white light in brief.
Entity: I want to go to the light, crying and silence on part of subject. The entity was released.

An attached entity may hide oneself and even can stop a client to see a therapist by creating obstacles. The entity can look into the future and take an action accordingly. This is one of the reasons I feel that it may be a part of the karmic plan that an entity present to a therapist for releasement.

A magical cure should not be expected with spirit releasement therapy. It is just another approach to complementary healing and should be added with other standard medical treatments and complementary methods. SRT alone in some cases can provide effective cure to the extent of removal of the symptoms in its entirety; but again such isolated instances cannot be taken as evidence that this modality can produce magical results in all the ailments or in majority of the cases.